The Friends of Holly Hayes Wood
The Friends of Holly Hayes Wood are a community group, composed of local residents, who have incorporated a social enterprise business to maintain and improve Holly Hayes Wood, Coalville Meadows and Forest Rock Wood. The purpose of the Friends of Holly Hayes Wood is to own, safeguard and improve the areas of Holly Hayes Wood, Coalville Meadows, Forest Rock Wood and any other area adjacent to Holly Hayes Wood by demonstrating the value of woodland to the local community and proving the concept of community owned woodland.
The group was formed in 2006, following a series of public meetings, and raised over £200,000 to buy Holly Hayes Wood and Coalville Meadows.
The sites were then donated back to the community via the 'Friends' (in a kind of trust) so that the woodland is owned by the community through local residents who are appointed annually at the group's annual general meeting.
The Friends of Holly Hayes Wood have a website at:- http://www.friendsofhollyhayeswood.org.uk
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