Veterans plant thousands of trees in environmental initiative to help them back into work Date published: 07 May 2021 Ex-servicemen and women are learning about the environment as they plant thousands of trees A team of ex-servicemen and women are learning about the environment as they plant thousands of trees across the city region in a programme designed to build their employment opportunities and improve their mental health. Today (Friday) a special tree-planting session will take place on Oldham Edge. OP-REGEN is a volunteer programme run by military charity, Walking With The Wounded (WWTW), who have partnered with charity City of Trees to offer paid short-term work to ex-servicemen and women to plant thousands of trees in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale, Tameside, Wigan and Salford.