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At Lunt in Sefton, Merseyside, we purchased 78 hectares (192.7 acres) of land from Sefton Council in 2024. We planted this in 2025 with nearly 93,000 trees to support a new network of woodland, wooded habitats, wetlands and grassland
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Trees for climate: our work with England's Community Forests and the Woodland Trust
- Published:
- 17 January 2025
We’re working with England’s Community Forests and the Woodland Trust on tree-planting projects to fight climate change, help nature thrive and make woods more accessible, closer to where people live.
The work is funded by Trees for Climate, a woodland creation programme offering funding and support for landowners and farmers to plant trees. The funding is part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) Nature for Climate Fund.
Who are England's Community Forests?
England’s Community Forests is a network of 15 individual Community Forests across the country. These work to ensure that trees and woodlands are at the very heart of local communities. Launched three decades ago, their work now represents the largest environmental regeneration programme in the country.
We've been working in partnership with England's Community Forests since 2021, and will continue to do so over the next four years, along with the Woodland Trust and Community Forest Trust, to support delivery of the government’s Trees for Climate programme.
Together, we will support the creation of new woodland and trees in the places where people live, work, and spend time.
The partnership also directly contributes to our ambition to plant and establish 20 million trees by 2030. In addition, some projects have received further donations from our Plant a Tree fund and HSBC UK.
Together, we're planting:
904,000
new trees across 60 projects
1,070
hectares of woodland and woody habitats
1,500
football pitches-worth (roughly) of new woodlands and habitats for people to connect to nature and for wildlife to thrive
Trees are our most powerful tool in locking up carbon and mitigating climate change. Working in partnership allows us to plant even more trees, restore more spaces for nature and store carbon on an even bigger scale.
A quote by John DeakinNational Trust Head of Trees and Woodland
Where we're planting new woodlands for the community
Our partners
England’s Community Forests work closely with communities, landowners, and businesses across England to plant trees and improve our natural environment.
The UK's largest woodland conservation charity.
The Community Forest Trust (CFT) supports, enables and champions the work of the 15 Community Forests across England who, in turn, create woodlands that ensure urban areas are economically, socially, and environmentally more sustainable and resilient for everyone.
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