Get involved

Volunteers

Get outside and
help build a forest

Volunteering with Heartwood is a great way to get active outdoors, connect with your community and do something genuinely worthwhile. We run planting days and community events throughout the planting season, and there are opportunities for training and skills development too.

You don’t need any experience, just a willingness to get stuck in!

What to expect

Seasonal planting days across the Heartwood area
Training and skills development opportunities
A welcoming, friendly team
The chance to be part of something that will last for generations

Our stories

Bondhay Golf Club, Whitwell

Bondhay Golf Club had unused land between the 15th green and 16th tee on their Devonshire Course. This area of slowly regenerating grassland wasn’t contributing to play but had potential for environmental improvement.

Drakes Wood, Denby

Drake’s Wood, just north of Denby, was once an open agricultural field, typical of the wider landscape of irregular pastures and sparse hedgerows. When the current landowners bought the site two years before, they had a clear intention to transform the land into healthy woodland.

Tibshelf Ponds and Greenway

Two nearby green spaces in Tibshelf, both shaped by the area’s mining past, have now been brought forward together with thoughtful woodland creation led by Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest.

Get in touch

Whether you’re a landowner with a question, a farmer who wants to find out more or a community group with an idea, we’d love to hear from you. Our friendly team is here to help.

Read our Forest Plan

Find out more about our vision for Derbyshire’s Heartwood Community Forest, including our strategic aims, key policies and plans for delivery over the next 25 years.

Download your copy