OUR LAND PLAN
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We have long held the idea of working with the land to amplify our charitable objectives.​ This began to take shape in earnest in 2025 following numerous inspirational meetings with the team at Bates Wells and Wood Could Should, who demonstrated how achievable (both legally and practically) our dream was.
Their eagerness to share their learning and experience so that others may feel empowered to do the same or similar (visible through the beautifully-detailed roadmap on their website!) showed us a clear route for at least one approach that we might adopt. The size and location of the land they had found lent itself primarily to carbon sequestration.
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Over the years we’ve learned about the rewilding landscape as well as the connection between the climate crisis and social justice and reconnection as a powerful force for our wellbeing.
At this explorative stage, we are staying open to what we find, as the exact shape of the project will depend in large part on the needs of the land.
Some potential restoration and people-centred possibilities might include:
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Strategic land/nature recovery; connecting fragmented areas of biodiversity and/or creating biodiversity hotspots in an otherwise ecologically barren area
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Restoring woodland; tree planting, carbon sequestration
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Restoring freshwater systems
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Reconnecting people and land; walks, talks, partnering with existing local orgs with aligned objectives
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Creating space for a range of holistic indoor / outdoor activities
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Community food projects
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We’ve undertaken desk research and met with those with expertise in this work to understand in more depth the capacity and resources needed for launching and managing such an initiative. We learned about the funding options and support that exist both from state organisations and charities that specialise in helping launch such projects.
To achieve this, the foundation is open to adapting its own structure, creating a new one or carrying out this work in partnership with another organisation.
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Watch this space...!​
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And please don't hesitate to get in touch with any thoughts or questions, or if you know of any land that would be a fit for our vision, thank you!​​​​​
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For further detail, please see our blog page...
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