Today we shine our spotlight on Locality members @EppingForestHT
EFHT exists to preserve and protect the 6000-acre forest @coleppingforest and ensure it is a welcoming, accessible place for the wide range of communities it intersects with.
🌳Read the blog: locality.org.uk/case-studies…
It was great to meet @EppingForestHT Chief Exec Peter Lewis at @eppingforestdc
We discussed protecting our precious forest, promoting it as a top visitor spot, the trusts guided walks, and volunteering opportunities.
We are so lucky to have #EppingForest on our doorstep! 💚🌳
Here's a brand new podcast for Epping Forest created by Talia Randall! Episode 1 is now out: ‘Looking Over Your Shoulder’ exploring barriers to nature related to gender and sexuality. Listen at
essexcdp.com/commission/tali… or
podfollow.com/1778314792
Our latest news is now out!
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Headlines for Awesome August:
🍂@PrimadonnaFest Commission Call Out
🍂CALFE 2024 at @ChelmsMuseum
🍂Global Village Presents world music at @ColchesterArts
🍂Save the Date: Voices of #Epping Forest Podcast Launch
🍂 more!
Community events with groups are among the most wholesome & rewarding part of our work! 💚It is our vision that #EppingForest is a place where both people & nature can thrive. And we can only do that when all of us coming together. 🌳 #LoveEppingForest
To bring in new communities, @EppingForestHT partners with groups such as @Muslim_Hikers, @ukbgh & @fencesfrontiers. Through these relationships they have introduced over 800 new visitors to the forest in the past year.
“Our mission is to conserve the Forest while educating and inspiring people to enjoy the Forest responsibly and play their part its protection for generations to come.” - Peter Lewis, CEO
.@EppingForestHT's 125 volunteers welcomed 9,500 visitors last year, offering activities from conservation to guided walks. Volunteers are the heart of the Trust!
At the finish of the Big Walk, @DrNeilHudson gave a closing address.
Thanks to all those who celebrated London’s great Forest by walking the length of the woodland today, & our #EppingForest staff who supported the event. Thanks to @EppingForestHT for organising this event! 🙌🌳
Always a pleasure to welcome visitors to #EppingForest.
Today's adventures as part of @EppingForestHT's annual Big Walk travels from Forest Gate to Epping, with lots of stops to hear about what makes this ancient woodland so special along the way.
Lovely morning for @EppingForestHT annual big walk ☀️ 🌳
Great to join the start across Wanstead flats and hear about the history of the movement to preserve it for the people 🙏 ❤️
Lovely morning for the @EppingForestHT#EppingForest Big Walk where 200 people will walk the 14 miles from Manor Park to Epping after some encouraging words from MP @CalvinBailey MBE.
We're looking for a (Volunteer) Project Manager to lead our Never Walk Alone project ! An exciting opportunity for anyone who loves nature & walking, and who wants to make a tangible difference to the lives of refugees in London.
fencesandfrontiers.org/join-…#RefugeesWelcome
Dawn, our amazing Ambassador Engagement Manager, is volunteering today at Epping Forest with the @EppingForestHT to help preserve this stunning natural space! We’re so proud of her dedication to conservation and giving back to the community! 🌳👏 #conservationvolunteering
A well-cared for herd of English Longhorn cows in #EppingForest being let back out to graze at Fairmead, following a quick 'MOT' with the team, where feet & horns were checked & batteries in collars replaced if needed. All passed with flying colours as healthy, happy cows.
Great walk in the north of #EppingForest yesterday led by our hugely knowledgeable volunteer walk leader Mike : Wintry Wood, The Lower Forest and the rewilding of Coopersale Common (buffer land). #ecology#history#walking#geology
Great walk in the north of #EppingForest yesterday led by our hugely knowledgeable volunteer walk leader Mike : Wintry Wood, The Lower Forest and the rewilding of Coopersale Common (buffer land). #ecology#history#walking#geology