NHS Forest
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We support healthcare sites to enhance their green space for the benefit of staff, patients and biodiversity. Run by independent charity @sushealthcare.
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Joined July 2011
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Healthcare sites in Scotland and Wales: we now have funding to supply trees to Scottish and Welsh healthcare sites free of charge. Find out more:
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Looking ahead to the 2025-26 planting season, we’re excited to offer fully funded trees to healthcare sites across England, Scotland
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The NHS Forest conference will be on 2 Oct online. We are excited to welcome Dr Radha Modgil as our chair. As an NHS GP, broadcaster & author she is on a mission to bring about positive change to improve quality of life. Book your place:
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⌛Last chance to nominate your healthcare green space site for an NHS Forest Award. Nominations close midnight on 1 August. 👉
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Each year we present NHS Forest awards to sites who have created inspiring green spaces and used them in particularly innovative ways.
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Thinking of entering your site for the NHS Forest Awards? There's still time - nominations close on 1 Aug. The awards are a great way to recognise the hard work of staff, patients & volunteers in developing green spaces for health. Enter now:
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Booking is open for our Green Walking in Mental Health network group on 13 Aug 2pm. All health professionals welcome. This session will be focusing on our growing Green Health Routes project.
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A free event for anyone involved with or interested in setting up green walking for mental health in both community and in patient settings.
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This article in The Conversation from a team at King's College London discusses how far nature should have been part of the UK government's NHS ten-year plan. We'd love to know what you think.
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Nature is medicine – so why has the government’s health plan ignored it?
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Thinking of starting a green space project at your healthcare site? Not sure how to get going? There's still time to book on to our Green Space for Health training course on 23 July. Don't miss out:
sustainablehealthcare.org.uk
Book your place This course offers an overview of the ways in which human health is inextricably linked to the health of the natural environment. This complex set of relationships is sometimes…
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Your support helps create healthcare green spaces. For just £10, you can sponsor a tree that will:.🌿 Provide cleaner air for patients and staff.🦋 Create habitats for wildlife.🌱 Support healing environments.👉 Sponsor a tree today: #NHSForest.
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Anyone can sponsor a tree for the NHS Forest. Sponsorship is £10 per tree and this supports NHS sites to make the most of their green spaces.
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The NHS Forest free tree scheme is open again! 🍃 There's a wide variety of tree bundles to choose from for healthcare sites. It’s a smaller scheme this year & trees will be available on a first come, first served basis. Get started now 👉👉🏼👉🏾
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Planting trees on healthcare sites creates better places to live and work. We are now taking requests for trees to be planted next winter.
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New opportunity through our volunteer matching scheme at Southmead Hospital in Bristol:
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This #EarthDay we're celebrating our tree planting achievements. Thanks to Nature for Climate & Trees Call to Action funding from @DefraGovUK @ForestryComm & @HeritageFundUK we've been able to plant 52,974 trees on healthcare sites over the last 2 years.
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The NHS Forest started planting trees in 2009 to highlight and enhance the often-underutilised green spaces surrounding NHS healthcare sites. Since then,
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Learn from others who are creating healthcare green spaces and join our online network. It's free to join.
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RT @alexiskeech: Last orchard planting of the season with a new orchard installed at @YorksAmbulance Rotherham ambulance station with a goo….
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Are you a volunteer looking to support a healthcare green space project or a healthcare site looking for green space volunteers? Take a look at our volunteer matching scheme for healthcare sites who are developing their green spaces.
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The NHS Forest volunteer matching service has been developed to support healthcare sites find volunteers to help develop their green spaces, especially
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Read about our latest Green Health Route project with @ForestryEngland. We're mapping routes in Chopwell Woods & Guisborough Forest & supporting community activities to help people get outside & move more. We hope this project will show what's possible.
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When you’re living in a city or dealing with health issues or stress, it can be hard to see the wood for the trees. Our new Green Health Routes initiative
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We're putting out a call for speakers for the online NHS Forest conference on 2 Oct - Healing Spaces, Thriving Communities: real-life strategies for outdoor environments at healthcare sites. If you have a project you would like to share, get in touch - info@nhsforest.org
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Join our networks to share your thoughts on reducing water use at healthcare sites -
🌱🌍 How can the healthcare industry better manage its water usage? Are there sustainable practices and technologies that can help reduce water consumption in hospitals and clinics? #WaterConservation #GreenHealthcare.
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RT @SusHealthcare: Places are extremely limited on our Sustainable Healthcare Course in April! Don't miss out, book your place now! https:/….
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RT @PCRSUK: Sustainable forest management is vital for the planet and public health. This #InternationalDayofForests, explore @NHSForest….
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