Accreditations

We work with a lot of fantastic people and organizations, and some of them are kind enough to pass on words of encouragement and thanks. Here are a few that let us sleep well at night.

“Your facilities at Longworth were excellent and would prove very useful for other similar courses that the Federation is considering running in the future. Your enthusiasm and passion for your subject comes through every time and your gift for passing that on to our members has been mentioned time and again”

Virginia Lawrence - Oxford Federation WI

“already one of our enthusiastic Master Composters… a worthy shortlisted candidate for the Innovation Award”

Bob Sherman - Director of Operations, Garden Organic

“Robert is well known to me, and there’s no doubt that he has a lot of knowledge and experience in the areas of design technology, growing, community engagement and sustainability issues in general. One of our most highly valued volunteers… Very good with people… I consider their work at Longworth to be of the utmost importance”

Eiles Robinson - Household Waste Reduction Officer, Oxford County Council

“Oxfordshire Waste Partnership supports the excellent community and environmental education work that Robert and Yvonne Longstaff undertake. Their activities are in line with our aims to increase recycling, reduce waste and raise awareness of home composting.”

Paul Mocroft - Oxfordshire Waste Partnership

“I have spoken to quite a few of our members since [your talk] and the general feeling was, that with your wealth of experience and knowledge this was exactly the kind of back to basics talk they wanted.”

Ken Young - Banbury Horticultural Society

“ As a result of our contract together we have enriched and extended life long learning opportunities in the county. The courses you are offering meet a variety of local and national objectives as well as enriching the lives of people in our communities. ”

Alison Williams - Adult Learning Service, Oxford County Council