Forest-wide Newsletter, Winter 2013



The Mersey Forest
Winter 2013 update What is The Mersey Forest?
In this issue
// Welcome
// £13 for every £1 invested: 2012/13 in figures
LATEST NEWS
// Over 6,500 dig in to green their communities
// The Mersey Forest helps to inform Africa project
// Community Forests and Planning - baseline review launched
// Wood allotments website to be launched
// Woodlands in The Mersey Forest scoop awards
// Green infrastructure researcher maps the future of Halton
// Natural Choices project boosts health and wellbeing in Liverpool
// Hundreds descend on Ilchester Park for family fun day
Welcome

Following our three-month public consultation on the refreshed Mersey Forest Plan in the spring, we have spent the summer incorporating comments from the public, community groups, businesses and policymakers into the Plan. The final draft is now being approved by our core local authority partners.

 

The government-approved Forest Plan sets out a comprehensive vision in which Merseyside and North Cheshire is one of the best places in the country to work and live. This vision is shared across our entire partnership and belongs to all of us, whether you're a parent raising your children in The Mersey Forest or an entrepreneur investing in Merseyside's economy.

 

The final version of The Mersey Forest Plan will soon be complete and will be officially launched in 2014. In the meantime, as the new tree-planting season approaches, we look forward to continuing to working in partnership to get more from trees.

Paul Nolan
Director, The Mersey Forest
Pat McCloskey
Chair, The Mersey Forest Partnership
2011/12 in figures
Every £1 invested
creates £13 impact

The Mersey Forest continues to provide great value for money. Local authorities gained £13 worth of green projects for every £1 they invested in The Mersey Forest in 2012/13.

 

Our seven local authorities' combined annual contribution of £167,481 led to the delivery of £2.5 million of projects right here on our doorsteps thanks to the way The Mersey Forest Team levers in extra funds.

Highlights

22,273 trees planted to increase the area's tree cover.

1,020 street trees planted to brighten our neighbourhoods.

864m of hedgerow planted to improve our green spaces.

Latest news
Over 6,500 dig in to green their communities

A big thank you to the thousands of people who have helped us plant trees this year as part of the Big Tree Plant.

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The Mersey Forest helps to inform Africa project

An approach developed by The Mersey Forest is being used to inform how African cities can better plan their green infrastructure, to help them adapt to climate change.

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Community Forests and Planning - baseline review launched

A baseline review of the Community Forests and their relationship with the planning process has been published by The Mersey Forest.

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Wood allotments website to be launched

Following the successful pilot of the wood allotments project in Cheshire, The Mersey Forest is set to launch a new wood allotments website to further promote the concept.

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Woodlands in The Mersey Forest scoop awards

Two woodlands in The Mersey Forest have won prestigious national forestry awards.

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Green infrastructure researcher maps the future of Halton

A researcher has spent the summer working at The Mersey Forest, looking at how green infrastructure planning can contribute to the development of Atlantic Gateway.

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Natural Choices project boosts health and wellbeing in Liverpool

A Liverpool PCT-funded programme in Liverpool has boosted the wellbeing of those involved by 18%, a study has found.

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Hundreds descend on Ilchester Park for family fun day

Hundreds of people attended an urban forestry family fun day at Ilchester Park, Birkenhead, Wirral in June.

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