Cheshire West and Chester e-newsletter, Winter 2013



The Mersey Forest
Cheshire West and Chester update / Winter 2013 What is The Mersey Forest?
In this issue
// Welcome
// £13 for every £1 invested: 2012/13 in figures
LOCAL NEWS
// Northwich Woodlands scoop Royal Forestry Society silver
// Cheshire biomass project draws to a close
// Rudheath and Witton volunteers create new community orchard
FOREST-WIDE NEWS
// Over 6,500 people dig in to green their communities
// The Mersey Forest helps to inform Africa project
// Wood allotments website to be launched
// Community Forests and Planning - baseline review launched
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.

Cllr Myles Hogg
Member for The Mersey Forest, Cheshire West and Chester Council
Pat McCloskey
Chair, The Mersey Forest Partnership
2012/13 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.

 

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

Cheshire West and Chester highlights

2,754 trees planted in Cheshire, increasing the area's tree cover

5m of new hedgerow planted, providing an important habitat for wildlife

31 hectares of habitat restored, improving local green spaces

Latest local news
Northwich Woodlands scoop Royal Forestry Society silver

Northwich Woodlands has won the silver Community Woodlands award in a set of prestigious national forestry awards.

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Cheshire biomass project draws to a close

The Cheshire Rural Biomass project has drawn to a close, leaving in its wake a legacy of sustainable energy.

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Rudheath and Witton volunteers create new community orchard

Rudheath and Witton volunteers have completed work on a new community orchard, which in years to come will provide free fruit for all.

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Forest-wide news
Over 6,500 people 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 to adapt to climate change.

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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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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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