Thank you to everyone who took part in the 2024 New Forest Awakening Festival.
Led by the New Forest National Park Authority with a range of partners, it’s now an annual Festival around climate and nature running throughout the whole of March.
More than 3,000 people attended 90 events including walks, talks, theatre, arts and crafts, a local produce roadshow, growing advice, climate-themed events, litter picks, behind the scenes tours, and early green careers advice.
The Festival is about increasing people’s understanding of the special qualities of the New Forest, the issues it faces and how we can all help respond to the nature and climate crises.
Throughout the 2024 New Forest Awakening Festival, messages reached more than 1.5 million people through social and traditional media channels.
A huge thanks to the 52 organisations involved:
Hampshire County Council
Forestry England
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
RSPB
Franchises Lodge
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust
Greening Campaign
Garden Organic
Hampshire Swift Group
New Forest Early Careers Network
Greener Brockenhurst
PEDALL inclusive cycling
New Forest Marque
Hampshire Ornithological Society
Wild New Forest
University of Southampton
Bird Aware Solent
Countryside Education Trust
Fort Climate Centre
Freshwater Habitats Trust
New Forest Fruit Company
Brockenhurst College
Greening Ringwood
Pennington Community Allotments
Culture in Common
Energise Me
St Barbe Art Gallery
Patrick’s Patch
Lepe Country Park
Royal Horticultural Society
South of England Hedge Laying Society
CPRE Hampshire
New Forest Cycling Tours
Cyclexperience
New Forest Retreats
Pig Beer
Everton Nurseries
Pondhead Conservation Trust
Fairweathers Garden Centre
New Forest Catchment Partnership
Go New Forest
Hampshire Bat Group
Great British Spring Clean
Calshot Activity Centre
Friends of Brockenhurst Station
South Western Railway
Four Acre Farm
The Environment Centre, Southampton
The Sustainability Centre Petersfield
Brockenhurst Parish Council
Lymington Transition
New Forest National Park Authority