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Trees for Climate
What is the Trees for Climate programme?
Part of the national Government-led Nature for Climate fund, Trees for Climate is a woodland creation programme which is taking place across England's Community Forests.
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust are working in partnership with Great Western Community Forest and Swindon Borough Council to create and enhance woodlands in the Community Forest Area.
Extensive tree planting took place in 2024 across the Swindon Borough, involving staff, volunteers and local communities.
A family plants a tree in their community.
Shaw Forest Park tree planting.
Young people helping with tree planting in their community.
Large groups of people attended our tree planting sessions.
What is the Great Western Community Forest?
The Great Western Community Forest was founded in 1994 alongside 11 other community forests across England, where local people and organisations are working together to create a better environment.
By growing trees where they are most needed, corridors of woodlands will be created across the Swindon Borough as well as Royal Wootton Basset, Cricklade and Faringdon, to better connect communities to nature.
With the town of Swindon at its heart, the Great Western Community Forest covers an area of 39,000 hectares, stretching from the North Wessex Downs to the River Thames.
How does this link with our existing work in the Swindon Borough?
The Trees for Climate programme expands our existing Swindon Forest Meadows Project, responding to increasing demand for environmental action in the area and increasing opportunities for Swindon's Biodiversity Offsetting programme.