For day 4 of the Big Give Christmas Challenge, we're returning to our schools programme, My 20 Trees and Me: Growing up Together, to see how the children and their trees are getting on.

“A practical, appropriate and effective solution to Africa’s food and nutritional insecurity has eluded everyone for over 100 years. Since colonial days, conventional thinking has been based on the misconception that what works in temperate latitudes must work in the tropics and sub-tropics.”

Reflecting on International Women's Day and the history of the Men of the Trees, this article highlights the key role of women in the organisation's creation and development. From Claudia Stuart Coles, who introduced founder Richard St. Barbe Baker to the Bahá'í faith, to Wendy Campbell-Purdie's work reforesting the Algerian desert in the 1960s, women were central to the group's vision and execution.

Discover the importance of trees and forests in protecting wildlife on World Wildlife Day. Discover how we’re engaging future decision makers & leaders by inspiring a love for forests in young people through initiatives like My 20 Trees and Me and Fruit-full Communities.

Following a record number of applications, we are pleased to announce the successful organisations who will receive funding from our Sustainable Community Forestry programme.