From our CEO Tracey West: NACOA & Being a Child of an Alcoholic
Tracey West has been a proud, active Trustee for the National Association for Children of Alcoholics for a decade. Nacoa is a Bristol based charity founded in 1990 to address the needs of children growing up in families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism, or a similar addictive problem. Their service is extended to […]
Shop for the New School Year & Raise Funds for Us for FREE!
Did you know that you can raise FREE funds for The Word Forest Organisation when you shop for the new school year simply by doing it through Give As You Live? Whether you’re buying school uniform, geometry sets, sports socks or rucksacks, when you do it via Give As You Live the retailers will give our […]
Buy Our Greeting Cards & Help us Plant Trees
If you’re looking for high-quality, eco-friendly greeting cards that help the planet, you’ve come to the right place. We’re delighted to offer you two breathtaking images from Kenya of Chatty Zebra and Stalking Leopard. EDIT: These cards are now sold out. Visit our shop to see what cards are currently available. Both of these beautiful […]
Our ‘Clear the Air & Reforest the Planet’ Tour
Our global weather is changing and becoming more extreme: that’s a fact. Do a little bit of independent research on the Internet and you’ll see that our planet is on track for yet another year of unusual extreme weather events, many of which will claim new records in the history books. The World Meteorological Organization […]
A Reforestation & Conservation Conversation
Now that took some saying! We are delighted to give you a heads up on a fabulous event taking place on 12th November at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden near Ashford, Kent. Our forestry expert and Trustee, Ru Hartwell, will be giving a joint presentation with Giles Clark, MD of The Big Cat Sanctuary, […]
Volunteer Blood Needed
Not literally you understand but as we are still in the very early days of our charity, it would really give us a good leg up if we had a bit of volunteer energy in our pot. I’ve posted a request for a Volunteer Administrator & Fundraising Assistant on Do It Org, the UK’s national volunteering database […]
Gallery: the Classroom and the Library
Our project manager in Kenya, Alex Katana is an absolute star! Despite the constraints of not having brilliant access to the Internet or electricity, he keeps us well apprised of what’s going on by sending lots of images and short videos through Whatsapp – thank goodness for these simple solutions. I thought you might like […]
Go Green! Change Your Energy Supplier to Ecotricity
If you want to reduce your carbon footprint, changing the way you power your home and business to a renewable source, is a great first step. Change to Ecotricity, Britain’s greenest energy company and two rather wonderful additional things will happen: a donation of up to £60 will be made to The Word Forest Organisation and for a limited time […]
Thoughts from our CEO: the new girl
It’s funny really, I’ve been dreaming of this day for so long and I’m struggling to believe it’s actually here. It’s my Day One as CEO and fundraiser for The Word Forest Organisation, a charity… a proper charity! My thoughts of turning the work my husband and I had done in Kenya as philanthropists, into […]