It takes a community to raise a forest

Our mission is simple

We bring together communities, landowners, policy makers and artists to co-create sustainable woodland in diverse landscapes to address the climate crisis and improve the health, wellbeing and opportunities of Cumbrian people.

How can I get involved?

Transform your land

Plant trees or hedgerows to improve and enhance existing areas

Volunteer your time

Help us with planting or share your views – join us to raise our community forest

Partner with us

Share our vision? We work with multi sector organisations of all sizes

Where we are

Raise operates throughout Cumbria, while the Community Forest is focused on areas around the urban centres of the county. This means our work is focused nearer to the coast and runs from Carlisle to Barrow.

144,543 trees planted so far

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Record breaking planting season for Raise: Cumbria Community Forest
Record breaking planting season for Raise: Cumbria Community Forest

Communities across Cumbria will benefit from the creation of new woodland, following our record tree planting season!

Tree planting takes place between November and March every year and last season, over 87ha of woodland was planted within the Raise: Cumbria Community Forest boundaries – that’s equivalent to the area of Buttermere!

Forests with Impact launch event at HMP Haverigg
Forests with Impact launch event at HMP Haverigg

Earlier this month, Raise Cumbria’s James and Gary attended the launch event of Forests with Impact at HMP Haverigg in Cumbria.


As national partners, we are proud to support Forests with Impact. This award-winning social enterprise has created a commercial tree nursery at the prison to support prisoner rehabilitation, create a pathway to employment upon release, and fight against climate change.

National Tree Week
National Tree Week

National Tree Week, which runs from 23 November to 1 December, is the UK’s largest annual tree celebration, marking the start of the winter planting season.