Funding for the development of an ambitious project to create and connect our woodlands across the Midlands region has been announced, with the aim of increasing habitats for wildlife, improving wellbeing for communities and growing more low carbon jobs.
Earlier this year we awarded That! Dance, an inclusive community dance company based in Staffordshire, one of our National Forest Arts Grants to support their Burton-on-Trent group to create a dance film about their connection to the Forest. In this blog post we hear from...
To celebrate #NationalApprenticeshipWeek we hear from George Green, Apprentice Forest Operative, who joined us in February 2022 through our first forestry apprenticeship scheme.
Through this year’s National Forest Arts Grant, we’ve been delighted to support Ian and Jo Douglas to deliver Furnace Fables spoken word and image making sessions at Moira Furnace. They worked with local primary school children, inviting them to imagine new tales inspired by...