The National Forest Company

We were thrilled to welcome our partners,Poetry as part of Selective Marketplace Ltd, to the Forest today for an experience day with Heartwood Community Woodfuel group! 🌳 They also became the first partner to receive our new wooden certificate of support after recently renewing their partnership with us. 🤝 Thank you Poetry for your continued commitment to the Forest and helping to create a greener future for everyone! 💚 🌍 Interested in supporting the National Forest and helping your business achieve its green goals? Find out more, here: https://bit.ly/4hzKwP5

We would like to say a big thank you to our corporate partners, Gardiner Bros & Co (Leathers) Ltd, Lucid Support Services Ltd, M-LeveL Ltd, NMBS and My Pension Expert for attending our Plant a Tree event on Saturday!🌳 Thank you for your continued support in helping to create a greener, healthier and more sustainable future.💚 Get in touch to find out more about partnering with us: https://bit.ly/4hzKwP5  

We were delighted to welcome Amanda Hack, MP for North West Leicestershire for a tour of the Heart of the Forest last week to talk all things trees and outline our exciting plans for the future. We look forward to working together in the coming years. 🌳 #theNationalForest #outdoorlearning

🌳 Do you invest in UK woodland projects? Or develop projects in need of funding? 🌱   If you're interested in supporting or financing woodland initiatives, we need your input! Please complete our anonymous survey and help us shape a strategy to significantly expand woodland projects funded by both public and private investment across the Midlands.   Be part of creating a greener future! 🌍 👉 Have your say, here: https://bit.ly/4faA5jd   #GreenFinance #WoodlandProjects #Sustainability #MidlandsForestNetwork #ForestryInvestment

With Natural England's recent State of Natural Capital Report for England 2024 highlighting the pressure on the nation's woodlands, the National Forest is proving that positive change is possible. 🌱 By increasing forest cover, boosting biodiversity, and promoting sustainability, it's showing the way forward at a time when the nation's woodlands need it most. 💚 Read more about how we’re creating a greener, healthier and more sustainable future, here: bit.ly/3Y8iEZC

Do you have creative idea to grow and flourish in the National Forest? 🌱 💡We are looking for projects that provide different approaches to connecting people to the National Forest, responding to either Nature, Health & Wellbeing, Sense of Place, Sustainability, Climate Action or Circular Economy. If you’ve got an idea, we would love to hear from you! 💷Grants of up to £3000 are available, find out more and apply, here: https://bit.ly/4eir1bL 📅 Deadline: Friday, 15 November 📷 (C) David Wilson Clarke - A Beacon of Birds by Lucy Stevens, supported by a National Forest Arts Grant.

Exciting news! 🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that 90% of primary schools across the National Forest are now regularly engaging in outdoor learning—up from just 20% in 2016! This milestone demonstrates the transformative shift in education across the region, bringing substantial benefits to the wellbeing of our young people. 🌳 We would like to thank individuals and our partners who have helped us to achieve this target. Your continuing support is invaluable as we continue to grow the Forest and work towards our achievement of 100% of primary schools. 🙏 Read more: https://bit.ly/4dHtifw

We were delighted to have journalist Sarah Baxter join us in the National Forest for an incredible 'slow tourism' e-bike adventure with National Forest E-Bike Holidays, allowing her to witness firsthand the transformative power of trees in creating a sustainable destination. 🌳 A huge thank you to all our tourism partners for their incredible support in making this happen. 🙏

📣 We’re pleased to announce that the latest round of National Forest Arts Grants are now open for applicants! 🌱 Do you have a creative idea to grow and flourish in the National Forest? We are seeking proposals that respond to either Nature, Health & Wellbeing, Sense of Place, Sustainability, Climate Action or Circular Economy? We are looking for projects that provide different approaches to connecting people to the National Forest and would love to hear your ideas! 💚 💷 Grants of up to £3000 are available, find out more and apply, here: https://bit.ly/4eir1bL 📅 Deadline: Friday, 15 November 📷 (C) Darren Cresswell - Lady of the Forest by Evelyn Silver, supported by a National Forest Arts Grant.

Timber festival began in 2018 as a partnership between the National Forest and Wild Rumpus CIC, with the aim of telling the story of the National Forest, and providing a place for people to connect with the rich heritage of the land, and celebrate all that nature has to offer with music, art, talks and debate. Over the last six years the festival has exceeded our expectations and we are grateful to all of those people who have made it such a success. This year’s festival was a wonderful opportunity to gather in the midst of turbulent times, where we saw the hills of Feanedock come alive with artists, community groups, musicians, creators and thinkers. We would like to thank each of you for offering your time, energy and enthusiasm to the festival and in celebrating what the National Forest means to you. Going forward, a joint decision has been made that Timber 2024 will be the final year of the festival. Rising costs in producing Timber, coupled with a cost of living crisis have made it increasingly hard to make the festival financially sustainable in the longer term. We are truly grateful to our many partners, communities and funders who have given their time and unending support to this inspiring project, without which it wouldn’t have been possible. While this marks the end of Timber festival, we are incredibly excited about the future and the projects already underway. We will soon be releasing the first Arts & Creativity Strategy for the National Forest, along with the next round of Arts Grants, which will continue to support new creative ideas that connect people with the Forest. Our recently launched Heart of the National Forest vision seeks to deepen the links between art, nature and people, and we’re excited to see all the creativity and collaboration that will emerge from this too. The National Forest has always been about communities and partners coming together to make things happen. While this chapter ends, a new seed is sown, inspired by the spirit of Timber, and we hope you’ll continue to be part of this journey.