Get involved

If you are interested in helping to improve your local environment and meeting new people, why not join one of the volunteer community groups supported by The Mersey Forest's Community Contracting Initiative (CCI)?

The CCI groups work to improve their local woodlands by protecting and celebrating wildlife, creating new features within their woods, holding community music and arts events and much more.

The groups are based at the following sites.

• Anderton Nature Park & Marbury Country Park, Northwich
• Church Wood, Whitegate, near Northwich
• Clinkham Wood, Moss Bank, St Helens
• Furey Wood, Northwich
• Griffin Wood, Clock Face, St Helens
• Littlewood, Stockbridge Village, Knowsley
• Marshall's Arm, Greenbank, Northwich
• Mill Wood & Alderwood, Speke, Liverpool
• Murdishaw Valley, Murdishaw, Runcorn
• Owley Wood, Weaverham, near Northwich
• Woolton Woods & Camphill, Woolton, Liverpool

To find out more about the Community Contracting Initiative or how to join one of the groups, contact Tamsin McCarthy at The Mersey Forest Team on 01925 816 217 or email mail@merseyforest.org.uk.

The Mersey Forest's Community Contracting Initiative
Find out more about the CCI and the benefits of getting involved.

Northwich Woodlands
This umbrella website features some great examples of the activities of CCI groups such as the Friends of Furey Wood and the Friends of Anderton and Marbury.