The Forest of Avon Trust is the local charity for trees and woodlands in the former county of Avon, which now comprises Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, and Bath & North East Somerset.
[1] It runs wellbeing activities for people with learning disabilities, mental health needs or dementia;[2][3][4] it works with schools to plant trees and engage children in the natural world;[5] it supports community groups and young people to improve their local environment; and it works with land owners to care for woodlands and plant new ones.
[8][9] The Forest of Avon Trust currently manages a community woodland near Upton Cheney, South Gloucestershire.
[12] Since then the charity has campaigned for strategic woodland creation, in support of the principles of the Community Forest.
In their first three years work included: creating mini-orchards in school grounds, donating thousands of locally grown, native trees and shrubs to school and communities, providing advice and support to local groups to enable them to plant trees, delivering environmental awareness and play activities for local schools and nurseries, delivering tailored woodland activities for adults with learning disabilities, advising landowners on woodland management and Forestry Commission grants and taking on the lease of The Retreat community woodland.