Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund has provided £6,500 of match funding
Growing a community woodland
Penzance, England, United Kingdom
Aim
To finance the creation of a public woodland, here in Cornwall and a place for nature and people.
I got so weighed down by climate change, so overwhelmed by the shear weight of the scale of it. Not knowing what to do I planted a tree. Having worked as an arborist for many years I have working knowledge of trees, so planting that tree in that field was my obvious simple action against climate change, but it began a push back that has been going for 5 years now.
After planting that tree, taking that one simple small step I started Plant One. To date we have planted over 14,000 trees almost 35 football pitches of woodland restored.
And whilst creating woodlands and boosting biodiversity is important, accessing public green spaces is just as important. With over half the woodlands we have are in private ownership. Its of extreme importance to create a woodland habitat that the whole community can enjoy. We want to use this crowd funder to purchase land so we open up the woods to the public and engae them in the work we do.
Cornwall Council: Cornwall Climate and Nature Fund has provided £5,000 of match funding
Aviva Community Fund has provided £970 of match funding
Aviva Employee Giving has provided £960 of match funding
Solus Employee Giving has provided £30 of match funding
This project successfully funded on 11th December 2023