Tees Community Forest

20/05/2026

Community grants now open in Hartlepool!

We’re proud to be part of the multi-partner Tree Equity for Hartlepool project, and we’re excited to share that grants of up to £2,000 are now available for local groups and organisations.

Funded by The National Lottery Herittage Fund and led by Trees for Cities, these grants will support projects and activities that:

✅ Get communities involved in the town’s urban forest
✅ Support tree planting initiatives
✅ Help care for and maintain trees

From community events and creative activities to planting and long-term care—this is a great opportunity to help create a greener, healthier, and more equitable Hartlepool.

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2026 Projects to be delivered: Aug–Dec 2026 Apply here: https://forms.office.com/e/e65wPsrWrT

Please help spread the word to groups who might benefit 🌳



The Tree Equity for Hartlepool project is led by Trees for Cities and part-funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and The Linbury Trust. Partners include Hartlepool Borough Council, Treeconomics, Thirteen Group, Tees Community Forestand The Woodland Trust.

18/04/2026

The team had a great day out assisting Durham Wildlife Trust at Mossdale measuring some beautiful Elm trees for a special purpose…

The Great British Elm Experiment, launched by The Conservation Foundation is a long-term project aimed at reintroducing disease-resistant native elm trees to the UK landscape.

By propagating saplings from mature trees that survived Dutch Elm Disease, which killed over 25 million trees, the experiment seeks to understand resistance and restore biodiversity.

It was amazing to see how well the trees were doing thanks to all the hard work from DWT.

Hopefully this means we’ll start seeing more resistant elms back in our woodland mixes in the future thanks to this incredible project.

With thanks to Northumbrian Water

18/04/2026

The team had a great day out assisting trust at Mossdale measuring some beautiful Elm trees for a special purpose…

The Great British Elm Experiment, launched by is a long-term project aimed at reintroducing disease-resistant native elm trees to the UK landscape.

By propagating saplings from mature trees that survived Dutch Elm Disease, which killed over 25 million trees, the experiment seeks to understand resistance and restore biodiversity.

It was amazing to see how well the trees were doing thanks to all the hard work from DWT.

Hopefully this means we’ll start seeing more resistant elms back in our woodland mixes in the future thanks to this incredible project.

With thanks to

15/04/2026

That's a wrap on the 2025/2026 planting season!

It's been fantastic, thank you to everyone involved in making Teesside greener 💚

Want to get involved this planting season? Get in touch!

13/03/2026

🌿 What a week at Wylam Hill!

Thank you to everyone who showed up, raincoats, muddy boots and all, to help us plant trees and build a woodland the community can be proud of. Your enthusiasm has been incredible.

This is just the beginning. Let’s keep growing something special together. 🌳💚

We're about half way through, so there's still time to get involved:

📆Mon 16th Mar: 1-3pm
📆Tues 17th Mar: 1-3pm
📆Wed 18th Mar: 10-2pm
📆Thurs 19th Mar: 10-2pm
📆Fri 20th Mar: 10-2pm TBC

See you there 🥰

09/03/2026

🌱 Woodland Creation Underway at Wylam Hill! 🌱

After months of hard work behind the scenes, we’re excited to share that woodland creation has officially begun at Wylam Hill!

Today, with the amazing help of students from Reid Street Primary School, over 250 trees were planted. A huge shout‑out to these eco‑warriors of the future! 🍃💚

A massive thank‑you to all of our partners, volunteers, and everyone supporting this project. We couldn’t do it without you.

🌟 Want to get involved?

Come along and join us at Wylam Ave, Darlington DL1 2FR:

📅 Tues 10th March — 10am–2pm
📅 Wed 11th March — 10am–2pm
📅 Thurs 12th March — 10am–2pm
📅 Fri 13th March — 10am–2pm

Let’s keep growing something amazing together! 🌳✨

02/03/2026

26/02/2026

📸 What a view!

Thanks to Microsite UK for this fantastic image and creating almost a hectare of new woodland in Stockton-on-Tees.

🌳 Project designed and facilitated by TCF's Mungo Leveroni

🌳 Project planted by Microsite UK

13/02/2026

We couldn't resist posting this beautiful tree with Valentines Day just around the corner, any guesses what species it is?

Seen at Broughton Sanctuary & Avalon Wellbeing

🩷 🌳 ❤️

04/02/2026

🌳 Celebrating a UK First: Tree Equity-led planting in Bishop Cuthbert, Hartlepool

We’ve just wrapped up four brilliant planting days at Bishop Cuthbert, creating new woodland right where it’s needed most.

👏 Two days with the wonderful Years 3–6 pupils from Clavering Primary School.
👏 Two days where the Hartlepool community showed up in full force to plant in all weathers.

This is the first project in the UK to use the Tree Equity Score to identify where trees are most needed. Hartlepool currently ranks as the second lowest scoring place in England, and this work marks the start of a long-term effort to tackle tree inequity and improve access to nature.

Together we planted:

🌱 1.7 hectares of new woodland
🌱 almost 2,000 trees (including 44 standard trees)

Huge thanks to our partners Trees for Cities, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, THE LINBURY TRUST, Treeconomics, The Woodland Trust, Hartlepool Borough Council and to Living Woods CIC for delivering the planting on site.

🤝Tees Community Forest funded the trees and planting as part of our commitment to bringing woodland into the communities that will benefit most in the Tees Valley. If your school, community group or neighbourhood would like to explore a similar project, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re not stopping here. More planting days are coming up soon in, and we’d love you to be part of it.

👉 Sign up here for new planting at The Phoenix Centre, Hartlepool: https://www.treesforcities.org/phoenix-centre -event

Let’s keep growing a greener, fairer Hartlepool 💚



📸 Trees for Cities