People & Projects
Get involved in the nation’s biggest, boldest long term environmental venture! Individuals, businesses, local community groups, landowners - your participation can make a real and lasting difference!
There are many opportunities to take an active role in the Forest’s creation. These range from volunteering for practical conservation work, community tree planting projects, maintenance of local woods and marking your place in the Forest with a distinctive arts or heritage feature. Whatever your interest, you can contribute your expertise and energy. Grants are available to support many community activities.
Education
The environmental education programmes in the Forest are very successful, with 37,000 children and their teachers last year learning about bugs and bats, tracks and trails and habitats. Planting a tree is a great way to connect with nature and the very different time scale that trees inhabit, as opposed to our hectic lives
- Read more: Education
Volunteering
One of the most fantastic things about The National Forest is that people can actually ‘get involved’ in its creation. This can be through planting a tree, community projects or even becoming a conservation volunteer.
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Health
The National Forest, provides plenty of opportunities for a huge variety of walks for you to explore and help keep you healthy! The National Forest could be seen as a ‘Therapeutic Landscape’ helping recovery from physical and mental ill health.
- Read more: Health in the Forest
Arts
Celebrate the unique identity of where you live in The National Forest! Find out how we can help you to set up a project to create an inspiring Forest feature.
- Read more: Arts in the Forest
Landshapes
From 2003 to 2006, the National Forest Company’s LANDshapes project worked with local people to record and celebrate their culture and heritage of The National Forest. Although the project officially ended in June 2006, the archive and website will continue to be accessible until at least June 2008.
- Read more: Landshapes
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10 Oct 2008
Small is Beautiful - Help is at hand to create small woodlands in The National Forest
Anyone with land in The National Forest and who wants to create a woodland or plant just a small number of trees can contact the National Forest Company (NFC) for help and advice. And this is just the time of year to be thinking about it.
10 Oct 2008
Celebrating Success with The National Forest
“As a merchant that sells ‘green’ products for domestic use, we wanted to celebrate the opening of our 300th branch in a sustainable way,” explained Alan Ball, Managing Director of Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS), at a National Forest Company event last week. “Our head office is in Lutterworth, so supporting The National Forest is the perfect option.”
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15 Oct 2008
Forest Arts - Draw the Forest Floor with Vivienne Cawson
Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Observing natural forms such as seed heads, twigs, acorns and bark you will develop your pencil drawings.
19 Oct 2008
Ibstock, Leicestershire
Join a Ranger on this guided walk looking at the different trees growing on site, and talking about their uses and myths surrounding them.
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