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In this film by accomplished film maker Oliver Crossland, we meet the Friends of Spud Wood to learn about their woodland allotment scheme. Director Jo Yellen explains how the scheme matches people who need wood to a woodland that needs some management. Trees that need to be thinned or felled are marked, and allocated to those in the scheme to come and remove the wood. Wood allotmenteer James Hurrell tells us about the benefits of the scheme, in terms of biodiversity and woodland management, but also for health and wellbeing. Jo also demonstrates the different tools they use.

For more information on the activities of the Friends of Spud Wood, please see https://www.spudwood.org.uk/ and https://www.spudwood.org.uk/friends-of-spud-wood/wood-allotments provides more information on their woodland allotment scheme.

Many thanks to The Woodland Trust for permission to film in their woodland. For more information on this woodland please see https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/spud-wood/."