Community groups awarded funding from Trust
13 lucky community groups from across the UK have been awarded grants for woodland work from a £10,000 pot of funding thanks to the Woodland Trust's Community Woodland Network.
The CWN has awarded over £130,000 in grants to groups since it was launched in 2003, with over 200 individual groups signing up on the network’s website. The network provides resources and information for community woodland groups across the whole of the UK and the grants provided are available to pay for training, buy tools and equipment or even hold tree planting events.
CWN manager Paul Bunton was thrilled by the number of applicants who applied in 2009: “Local community groups are the lifeblood of many of this country’s small woodlands and the Community Woodland Network gives them the opportunity to continue their great work. This year we were oversubscribed with requests for grants, which came to a total of £36,000, so it just goes to show the passion people have for their local woods.”
The 13 groups that received grants are:
- Friends of Manningham Wood, Cornwall
- Clevedon Woodcutters for Wildlife, Avon
- Friends of Priors Hill Copse, Southampton
- Waingroves Community Woodland, Derbyshire
- Wernbrake Woodland Group, Bristol
- Dunnet Forestry Trust, Caithness
- Ruperra Conservation Trust, Caerphilly
- Southwest Community Woodlands Group, Dumfries & Galloway
- Friends of Calderdales Countryside Group, Halifax
- Joyden's Wood Support Group, Kent
- The Yarner Trust, Devon
- Friends of Flass Vale, Durham
- Church Stretton Tree Group, Shropshire
For more information about the Community Woodland Network and how you can apply for funding visit the website at www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/communitywoodlandnetwork
Notes to editors
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The Woodland Trust:
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity. It has 300,000 members and supporters.
The Trust has three key aims: i) to enable the creation of more native woods and places rich in trees ii) to protect native woods, trees and their wildlife for the future iii) to inspire everyone to enjoy and value woods and trees
Established in 1972, the Woodland Trust now has over 1,000 sites in its care covering approximately 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres). Access to its sites is free.