Who We Are

Avon Wildlife Trust is the first urban wildlife trust and longest established charity working towards nature’s recovery across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. They have a strong track record of creating, restoring and preserving natural habitats from woodlands to moors and grasslands.

Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group South West is a registered charity dedicated to promoting wildlife, environment and sustainable farming practices. Through providing advice, support and facilitation to individual businesses, groups and communities, they help to access funding to deliver a shared vision of a prosperous and flourishing rural environment.

Forest of Avon is a community forest inituative that spans Bristol, Bath, North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset. Established in 1992, it is one of England’s 15 Community Forests, supporting local wildlife and people. The Forest of Avon Trust, the local charity for trees and woodlands in the former county of Avon, now comprises Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, and Bath & North East Somerset. The Trust’s ethos is to deliver the benefits of trees and woodlands to as many people as possible in the Avon area to benefit people and wildlife.

The Forestry Commission is the government department responsible for protecting, expanding and promoting the sustainable management of woodlands, while increasing their value to society and the environment. They offer grants for woodland creation and management, alongside support on legal requirements and best practice, and a variety of events.

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust exists to preserve, recreate and reconnect Gloucestershire’s Wild Places. They aim to play a central role in tackling the ecological and climate emergencies by working closely with local communities and partners in the county, managing over 1,100 hectares of nature reserves and working with farmers and landowners across Gloucestershire. This vital work safeguards these remaining special wild places and drives nature’s recovery, working towards a future where the countryside thrives once more with wildlife, wildflowers, trees, butterflies, insects and animals.

The Great Western Community Forest brings local people and organisations together to create a better environment. It was founded in 1994 alongside 11 other community forests across England. Unlike traditional forests, community forests aren’t geographically restricted to one place. Instead, they are spread across a mix of community woodland, private woodland, on-street, urban woodland, wooded habitat corridors and hedgerows. The project aims to grow trees where they are most needed. With Swindon at its heart, the Great Western Community Forest covers 39,000 hectares and stretches from the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the River Thames.

The Natural History Consortium is a charitable collaboration of 13 organisations working together on a shared mission: engaging people with the natural world through collaborative action. Their regional and national partners deliver joint projects, including cutting-edge events with live and digital audiences, an ongoing programme of research and evaluation, and sector-facing initiatives to bring environmental communicators together to share best practice.

Founded in 1962, today Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is the leading charity in Wiltshire and Swindon working to achieve nature’s recovery and connect people with nature. With over 40 nature reserves covering over 1,372 hectares (c. 3,392 acres), the Trust protects some of Wiltshire’s most important meadows, downland, woods, fen and valuable chalk habitats. Most of their nature reserves have open public access, allowing people to benefit from nature through enhanced wellbeing and learning opportunities.

The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity, dedicated to protecting, restoring, and creating native woodlands for the benefit of people and wildlife. The trust focuses on safeguarding ancient woodlands, restore and rehabilitating those that have been degraded or damaged over time and actively plants millions of trees each year to expand the UK’s native woodland cover and enhance biodiversity