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Forester for a Day
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Forester for a Day

Earlier this month, Raise Cumbria invited KS1&2 children from Bewcastle School to Kingmoor South Nature Reserve. As part of the school’s ambition to introduce the children to a wide range of job roles and different sectors, they were able to join Gary Waters (Head Forester) as ‘Forester for a Day!’

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Record breaking planting season for Raise: Cumbria Community Forest
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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!

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Forests with Impact launch event at HMP Haverigg
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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.

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National Tree Week
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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.

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Raise Partnership Group visits Park House Farm
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Raise Partnership Group visits Park House Farm

We loved visiting Park House Farm near Cockermouth recently, where we met with the Raise Partnership Group and had the opportunity to show them the project we co-designed and planted with farmers Jen and Mark Lee.

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