The Women Behind The Trees
This International Women's Day, we're celebrating the women behind the urban trees. From our volunteers getting stuck in at planting days, to our urban forest team getting our trees in the ground, to our senior leadership team leading the way forward for our charity.
This year's theme is #InspireInclusion, and we hope that by amplifying the stories of our volunteers and colleagues, we let the world know that to make a positive impact on the environment, we need equality.
Our aim should be for sustainability organisations and businesses to have an equitable and inclusive workforce that is equally accessible to everyone. It’s our hope that we can inspire other organisations to hire on an equitable basis, offering equal opportunities to men and women alike, on a best-fit-for-role basis.
Kate Sheldon, CEO at Trees for Cities
Getting trees in the ground
We caught up with our colleagues who are out on location, planting and protecting our urban trees, to find out what they love about having a career that gets them out and about in nature.
Our Urban Forest Team at Trees for Cities is now mostly women, and our senior leadership team are all women, which is great for young children at our volunteering events to be able to see women in these positions.
Georgie Logan, Senior Manager of the Urban Forest team
Bucking the trend: the women leading the fight for urban trees
This International Women's Day, we're shining a light on the women leading the charge for urban trees, and highlighting the importance of diversity and equality in the workplace.
Read moreCelebrating our community of women
Volunteer Stories: Superstar Supervisor Sam
12 February 2024
Trees for Cities Volunteer Supervisor, Sam, tells us what attracted her to volunteer with us, and what brings her back - planting season after planting season!
5 questions with our senior urban forest manager
8 March 2024
Horticulture Week speaks to Georgie Logan, Senior Urban Forest Manager at Trees for Cities, on what it's like to work as woman in a male-dominated industry.
Janine Hawkins wins Charity Chair of the Year!
27 September 2023
Janine Hawkins wins Charity Chair of the Year at the Third Sector Awards 2023. Janine is the Chair of Trustees at Trees for Cities—congratiulations!
The power of planting trees and sharing stories
13 November 2023
Storyteller Bernadette Russell started volunteering with us in 2018 and soon became a Tree Planting Supervisor, one of her favourite things to do.
In line with this year’s International Women’s Day theme of #InspireInclusion, we want to share our story with as many people as possible to help ignite further change.
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