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NHS Forest

NHS Forest. www.nhsforest.org. NHS Forest- Central Aims. Greening the NHS Estates and planting 1 tree per employee = 1.3 million trees over the next 5 – 10 years

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NHS Forest

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  1. NHS Forest www.nhsforest.org

  2. NHS Forest- Central Aims • Greening the NHS Estates and planting 1 tree per employee = 1.3 million trees over the next 5 – 10 years • Increasing health benefits to staff, patients and local community: a greener environment helps people avoid illness and aids their recovery • Improving flood runoff times, summer cooling and air quality • Physically Linking healthcare organisations with their local communities • Linking health and the environment in a positive and tangible way

  3. NHS Forest- Role of The Campaign for Greener Healthcare • Creating synergies (between stakeholders and scheme participants) • Developing opportunities (for staff, patients, local community and stakeholders) • Coordination of project centrally (tasks include website, mapping, steering group, guidance pack, training, and evaluation)

  4. What is The Campaign for Greener Healthcare? • Healthcare charity created early 2008 • Taking climate to health and health to climate • Engage, share knowledge, transform • Small organisation - wealth of existing resources and extensive healthcare experience including other local projects • Numerous key contacts • Created the NHS Forest project in late 2008

  5. Why Are we doing the NHS Forest? • We want everyone to feel more urgency about climate change • Health is a great way in to this • We need something positive to give people • Engaging people is our first step to transforming • It allows health people to think outside their four walls • Creates better spaces for communities

  6. NHS Forest- National Funding • We are applying for funding to finance the central coordination of the scheme and are approaching The National Lottery and Corporate Sponsors • Individual NHS Trusts will also be encouraged to apply for Forestry Commission grants and approach local funders

  7. NHS Forest- What money will help to fund

  8. Case study: NHS Forest- Falmouth • Community Hospital- mainly elderly patients and various outpatient clinics • 110 staff = 110 trees to be planted • Tree planting to provide shade, privacy, green meeting space, and scope for art therapy • Friends of the Falmouth Hospital will carry out maintenance of the NHS Forest

  9. NHS Forest- Falmouth- Pictures of the Site and future location of the NHS Forest

  10. Case study: NHS Forest Airedale General Hospital, Yorkshire • Large acute hospital – 2,900 staff • Sparse tree cover, old playing fields, agricultural land and helicopter landing • Benefits from NHS Forest: • Improved greenspace • Community engagement • Cheaper maintenance • Healthy staff

  11. NHS Forest at Airedale The Woodland Trust is helping to plant trees with local schools involved – started!

  12. NHS Forest key partners • Funding From • Forestry Commission, Natural England, the NHS Trusts, Rowse • Steering Group includes • Natural England, Forestry Commission, The Woodland Trust, BTCV, Small Woods, Community Forests, Forest Research, Campaign for Greener Healthcare, NHS and Department of Health • Key Delivery Partners are • Woodland Trust and BTCV • .

  13. NHS Forest – How you can be part of it If you want a GP surgery, acute trust or other which you are near to join the NHS Forest you can get someone at the organization to contact us. If you don’t know anyone there who might be interested, we can help you to find someone. as an individual or as an organization you can sponsor a tree your organization can become a partner - and tell others about it!

  14. NHS Forest- Key Contacts • Sarah Dandy- NHS Forest Co-ordinator sarah.dandy@kintoa.org • Rachel Stancliffe- Director of Campaign for Greener Healthcare rachel.stancliffe@kintoa.org • Central Number: 01865 515811 www.nhsforest.org

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