Heaton Woods

Its main purpose is to preserve, replant and maintain The Heaton Woods Trust (nearly 50 acres) in order for current and future generations to enjoy.

Each month the committee holds a meeting to discuss the Trust's finances, work that needs to be conducted, current issues in regards to the woodland and what improvements could be made to ultimately benefit the community the charity serves.

Its first purchase was a piece of farmland that they came to call “Renold Woods” in 1982 (5.5 acres) where over 4000 trees were planted[3] Approximately 20 local residents at the time paid £500.00 each to acquire this land in order to avoid it being used as a housing development.

[7] This resulted in the reintroduction of the local residents visiting The Heaton Woods Trust woodland again as a significant decrease in dog attacks were being reported.

The Heaton Woods Trust in recent years have suffered from criminals attempting to steal its machinery and assorted tools that are used by volunteers to maintain and improve the woodland for its visitors and the local community.

[10] In 1991 The Heaton Woods Trust was named Regional Winners in Yorkshire and Humberside in the Tidy Britain Spring Clean Award.

For its Millennium contribution, with the assistance of monies from the Forestry Authority and Bradford Environmental Action Trust via Landfill Tax, they planted 2000 trees in Rosse Woods.