Aims

A FOREST FOR ALL

Mission Statement:

"Malvern Community Forest's mission is to establish and maintain a woodland and centre for the educational, health and environmental benefit of the local and wider community, providing ecological and craft knowledge, recreational places and areas for the conservation of indigenous flora and fauna, including threatened, rare and endangered species.

Aims

Malvern Community Forest is actively pursuing the aim of recreating the Malvern Chase, an ancient forest covering 13 parishes, administered from Hanley Castle.
The parishes are:-
Great Malvern, Malvern Wells, Little Malvern, Newland, Madresfield, Castlemorton, Birtsmorton, Powick, Hanley Castle, Colwall, Mathon, Welland and Guarlford.
Our policy is to encourage landowners within these parishes to plant trees.
We also aim to create Community Woodlands with full public access, cycle tracks and disabled access, including one of some 20 hectares to the east of Malvern incorporating a Green Education Centre.

Planting schemes

This Community Woodland will be planted with Oak, Ash, Sweet chestnut and Hazel. It will have long term sustainability and strategic benefit, creating a massive natural resource for construction timber, furniture and garden products, and a managed source of bio-fuels for local people. Other areas will have wide rides and glades with less productive species that have greater wildlife value such as Spindle, Wild service tree, Holly, Field maple and Dogwood. There will also be a community orchard, and areas planted with trees and shrubs that produce nuts and berries for use as a future food source.

The Malvern Community Forest

A place for our community to reconnect with the natural world.

This is our vision.

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PLEDGES

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AGM

Malvern Community Forest held their first AGM on Tuesday November 17th at the Great Malvern Hotel, Graham Rd, Great Malvern.

It was followed by a social gathering at which committee members discussed the groups achievements of the past year and aspirations for the forthcoming year and the long term aims of the group.

PROJECT IDEAS

 

Community planting

Education centre

Native woodland

Easy access for all

Volunteering opportunities

Cycle tracks