A PROJECT is hoping for residents to come forward with feedback on how it has benefitted the forest.

Foresters’ Forest are seeking as much feedback as possible to help evaluate their National Lottery Heritage Funded programme, and to find out what difference the programme is having on the heritage of the Forest and the people living in it or visiting it.

The survey takes around 15 minutes to complete and gives you the opportunity to win either a three-day break for four people, staying in a woodland lodge at Whitemead Forest Park or afternoon tea for two at the Tudor Farmhouse Hotel.

Projects under the Foresters’ Forest Landscape Partnership programme have included Archaeology Digs, Working with Schools, Conservation Grazing, Reading the Forest, Love Your Forest; covering a huge range of heritage work within the Forest of Dean. Awarded £2.5 million heritage funding and launched in 2017, to run until March 2022, the programme has been raising awareness and participation in the built, natural and cultural heritage that makes the Forest of Dean so special.

Sue Middleton, Programme Manager, Foresters’ Forest says: "The Foresters’ Forest partnership has delivered 38 projects about our Forest heritage over the last five years.

"We would like your help, please, as we need lots of people (both residents and visitors) to complete the survey. This information will be used in a final evaluation report to identify the specific ways that the Forest has benefited from the projects, the volunteering activity and National Lottery Heritage funding."

To complete the survey, open until November 30, visit: https://glos.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/foresters-forest-2021-survey