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New Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest announced The creation of Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest is part of a government drive to see tree planting rates treble in England by the end of this Parliament. From: 23 June 2021 The Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest will enhance and improve the look and feel of the city and surrounding areas over the next 25 years. Image credit: Chris Parkes Photography The Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest, announced today by Defra, England’s Community Forests and Plymouth City Council, will be the first newly created Community Forest supported through the Nature for Climate Fund (NCF) and join England’s Community Forest network. ....
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments The Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest will enhance and improve the look and feel of the city and surrounding areas over the next 25 years. Image credit: Chris Parkes Photography The Plymouth and South Devon Community Forest, announced today by Defra, England’s Community Forests and Plymouth City Council, will be the first newly created Community Forest supported through the Nature for Climate Fund (NCF) and join England’s Community Forest network. The scheme will receive NCF funding to develop canopy cover across the city and plant up to 500ha of woodland by 2025, which is expected to more than treble in size to 1600ha by 2034. Plymouth will plant up to 25ha in the first year of this project and receive up to £480,000 in funding from the NCF funded Trees for Climate. ....
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Camilla Rigby, co-founder of the Women’s Work Lab Daisy Roach, Head of HR at Better Food In this free virtual event Safiya Bashir – a member of the Bristol24/7 editorial team – will host the panel discussion to examine some of the challenges facing employers and staff and best practices for promoting wellbeing, a healthy work-life balance and support for mental health. Click here to register for free and we will send you all the information you need to join us live on the day. (Clockwise from top left): Camilla Rigby/Daisy Roach/Jess Borthwick/Bianca Jones. We also launched our Bringing Bristol Together campaign. We asked you to share what kept you going over lockdown – and you delivered. ....
Image from an earlier Sodbury Slog The organisers of the Sodbury Slog have announced that they are optimistic this year’s run can go ahead. The potential date- the same as previous years will fall on Remembrance Sunday, this year being Sunday, November 14. Last year’s race was cancelled due to the pandemic. Following Prime Minister Boris Johnsons announcement that restrictions will continue to gradually ease with the governments roadmap out of lockdown, runners will be pleased that the ever popular jaunt that starts at Chipping Sodbury School and takes in a breadth of South Gloucestershire countryside across a 10 mile distance, is hopeful to return this autumn. ....