Summer at Thames Chase Forest

I had the pleasure today of visiting the Thames Chase Community Forest to meet volunteers, see the fantastic work they do and hear all about their latest projects. 

In December 2016, the Heritage Lottery Fund confirmed an award of £1.35 million to the Land of the Fanns Partnership.  Comprised of the Thames Chase Trust, LB of Havering, LB of Barking & Dagenham, Brentwood Borough Council, Thurrock Council, the Forestry Commission, Thames21 and the Thames Estuary Partnership, the partnership is now setting up a five-year programme of activity to restore, discover and celebrate one of the last remaining landscapes of London as it once was.  

I have offered to highlight this fantastic project to the Environment Secretary in the hope that it can prove a model for restoring other lost landscapes in the capital and beyond.

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