Breathing life
into your
neighbourhood
We are the only UK charity working at a national and international scale to improve lives by planting trees in cities.
We get stuck in with local communities to cultivate lasting change in their neighbourhoods – whether it’s revitalising forgotten spaces, creating healthier environments or getting people excited about growing, foraging and eating healthy food.
Our impact
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1285073
That's how many trees we've planted to date
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167174
with over 150,000 taking root this year
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2479
Over 2,000 volunteers got stuck into tree planting
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258
including 258 taking part in overseas projects
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28343
over 28,000 school kids have learned about trees and healthy eating this year
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53
and we delivered 53 planting projects in 27 cities
Latest stories
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COP26: THE GLASGOW CHILDREN'S WOODLAND
7 October 2021
Trees for Cities are proud to be supporting 'The Lost Woods', a fantastic volunteer-led initiative empowering over 151 Glasgow schools to use their voice ahead of COP26!
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The Importance of Urban Green Spaces on Our Mental Health
7 October 2021
On World Mental Health Day, we celebrate urban trees, parks and green spaces and the ways they have helped us to cope with and in some cases overcome mental health issues.
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#GenerationTree taking action in east africa
16 September 2021
Did you know that for the past 15 years Trees for Cities has been proudly working with a range of partners to deliver tree planting projects internationally?