Melbourne Community Woodland: Volunteers Required
Mon, 10 June 2013
A group of local residents in and around Melbourne, Derbyshire, are looking to purchase ten acres of land on Melbourne Common to develop as a productive community woodland. The types of trees proposed for the site are: orchards, cider apples, forest gardens, productive timber trees and coppice. The group also wish to run courses and events on the site to promote education in sustainability. It is hoped that the land will become a centre for sustainable learning, as well as offering the community resources to increase their resilience and self-sufficiency. The land purchase is being part funded by a generous grant from the National Forest Company but the group also needs to raise further funds to get the project off the ground.
Volunteers from any location are welcome. In particular if you have an interest and skills in the following areas: sustainability, horticulture, permaculture, IT, finance, fundraising, business management, or if you’re just keen to see more people growing food, planting trees and enjoying woodlands, we look forward to hearing from you.
If you would like to be involved in this exciting project from the start please contact us via www.whistlewoodcommon.org.