One week, double the impact: will you team up for trees?

23rd April 2026

Trees are in trouble. Can you help? The Peak District National Park Foundation are raising £40,000 to grow more resilient native trees and fight climate change and disease. This week, double your impact by donating to their Earth Raise campaign.

Trees provide us with so much. They clean our air, shelter wildlife, and shape the landscapes that we treasure. But right now, the Peak District’s trees are being decimated by diseases. There’s ash dieback, which has wiped out more than 75 of ash trees in the last 10 years. And there’s phytophthora, which kills larch and sweet chestnut trees and has cost us thousands of trees so far. Alongside this, the extreme weather of climate change makes trees more susceptible to other diseases too.

We’ve already lost a vast number of trees, including in beloved areas of natural beauty such as the Monsal Trail, North Lees Estate, and the White Peak limestone dales. And we’re bound to lose more.

The Peak District desperately needs more resilient native trees. We already know which trees are thriving – trees like sycamore, field maple, birch, and rowan. To restore our landscapes and make them more resilient to climate change, we must grow and plant more of them.

The Peak District National Park Foundation is fundraising to create a tree nursery. This will enable us to harvest seeds from healthy native trees, grow new trees, and plant them around the Peak District. As well as helping to recover our beautiful woodlands, this also offers a unique opportunity to bring back the original character of the landscape; replacing dying ash trees and non-native larch trees with the beautiful species that have grown here for centuries.

The tree nursery will be at Ashford Depot, which benefits from a nearby river. By using water from the river to irrigate the growing trees, we’ll ensure sustainable growth. And it’s not just trees that will benefit from the investment. The tree nursery will provide opportunity for a wide range of communities and groups to get involved in the tree-growing effort. We’ll be empowering volunteers, building confidence and vital green skills.

To build the Peak District tree nursery, we need your support today.

We’re taking part in Earth Raise (22 to 29 April), with the goal of raising £40,000 for the Peak District tree nursery. We need to raise £20,000 from supporters like you, to unlock a further £20,000 of match funding. Every donation made through The Big Give’s website will be matched, meaning you can double your contribution at no cost. There’s no better time to team up for trees.

Let’s grow the future of the Peak District together. Donate today on The Big Give’s website - https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000C3RHhYAN

With special thanks to our match funding contributors, including Gold Peak Partners Breedon Group.

Photo credit: John Mottershaw, johnmottershaw.com