Our Annual Report

The North East Community Forest is celebrating the results of another successful tree planting season. 

During the 2024 / 2025 planting season, the NECF planted 156,451 trees across Newcastle, Gateshead, North and South Tyneside, Sunderland, and urban County Durham, with 228.40 gross hectares of new woodlands, trees, hedgerows, and open space habitat created.

Our planting projects have included 7,461.5 linear meters of new hedgerow established, including in-hedge trees, 12.5 kilometres of new footpaths laid within woodland creation sites and 45.68 hectares of open space developed, including rides, glades, pathways, grasses, and herbaceous plants.

6,480 people engaged with the NECF programme, including 2,160 volunteers who planted 11,610 trees across 88 events, contributing over 5,000 hours.
 

This has all been possible thanks to £4.7 million in funding secured to support woodland creation and community engagement. This remarkable work is projected to remove approximately 70,857 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over the next 30 years.

For more information see the:

North East Community Forest Annual Report 2024/25 (PDF 15.4MB)