Volunteer with Gloucestershire Orchard Trust

At a glance

Causes

Animals / wildlife
Environment

Other details

Organisation type:

Charity

Geographical remit:

Local

Objectives

The Gloucestershire Orchard Trust (GOT) is, very simply, the leading charity dedicated to the conservation and celebration of traditional orchards in Gloucestershire. Traditional orchards are a valuable resource and have unique ecological, cultural, genetic, heritage and landscape value that we need to look after. However, changes in agriculture and in the way supermarkets buy and source fruit have meant that about 75% of Gloucestershire’s orchards have been lost in the past 50 years and what was once a familiar part of the landscape is now increasingly rare.

Activities

To achieve this aim the Gloucestershire Orchard Trust will:

Attract and encourage a vibrant membership to enjoy traditional orchards and their unique character.
Acquire and/or manage traditional orchards to help achieve our Vision.
Encourage school and other youth organisations to visit traditional orchards and to participate in orchard management events and activities.
Plant and maintain traditional orchards to provide a genetic and propagation resource of local Gloucestershire and other heritage varieties of fruit.
Provide opportunities to encourage local communities, the membership and the public in general to be interested, participate in and enjoy the restoration, maintenance and simply the presence of traditional orchards.
Provide information and other resources for owners of traditional orchards in Gloucestershire to help them conserve, restore and maintain their own orchards.
Encourage research into the history of traditional orchards and of orchard fruit in Gloucestershire to develop comprehensive records of these items.
Develop and implement fundraising activities and strategies for GOT and to collaborate with other organisations and individuals to enable this vision and these objectives to be implemented.

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