Category: News
Forest of Memories Kent – Opening 25th March
Historic opening of The Forest of Memories, Kent. Come and be a part of history as we open and start planting the Forest Please join …
Supporting Newbold School and the Ukrainian Community – Planting A Memory Tree
“Many parents and staff told me afterwards how moved they had been and how thought provoking the whole ceremony was.” Mrs. Jaki Chrissey – Headteacher …
The Forest of Memories Wins Award
Community Initiative of The Year Award The Forest of Memories was born in early 2020, soon after the pandemic hit. With a vision to remember …
Forest of Memories Runnymede, Now open!
300 Trees Planted on The First Day! The Forest of Memories Runnymede is now open. The Forest of Memories, Runnymede opened on the 7th December …
Interview: How to overcome the grief of COVID-19 – In Focus
Khalid Shah from The Analyst talks with Salmaan Nasser, founder & Chief vision officer of The Forest of Memories on the topic of grief, as …
Charity Walk for Peace
Together the Charity Walk for Peace and The Forest of Memories aims to make a real difference, and all it takes is a stroll. This …
Now Open: 3 Month Exhibition of Covid Memorial Ribbons
The Journey of the Ribbons As part of the National Day of Reflection and in partnership with Marie Curie and the National Trust, we have …
Not so connected!
Isolation Isolation in our increasingly connected world seems so alien; mentally we are linked to one another through the technology that we carry with us all day. Yet, physically and emotionally we have …
Losing a loved one: How to find comfort after the loss
COPING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS Losing a loved one can be difficult, especially when the person is young or very close to you. The death …
Should football be allowed home?
As England celebrates semi-final victory over Denmark at the Euro 2020 football it seems the country is becoming increasingly more divided about football ‘coming home’! …
Join Thank You Day
Our nation’s first national ‘Thank You Day’ is on Sunday 4th of July 2021. It’s all about saying a massive thank you to those in our communities who’ve helped us throughout the pandemic and beyond. …
Cherished Memories
Sensory recall predominantly comes from visual stimuli and when you hear the old adage of ‘A picture speaks a thousand words’ you might perhaps forgive …
Put on Hold – The year we paused
On the 23rd of March 2021, we all collectively had the opportunity to pause, to reflect as part of a National Day. It allowed us a …
Sharing Stories
In a time of information, where anything and anyone is literally at our fingertips it seems strange that in telling a story you don’t have …
2021 brings time to remember
The start of 2020 has definitely crept in, no large celebrations, virtual gatherings and closely followed by a continued lockdown. If you are anything like …
Memory-Trees for every life lost in this Pandemic
The Forest of Memories has announced previously that a central principle of The Forest of Memories project is to plant a tree for every life …
The Forest of Memories gains parliamentary support
The Forest of Memories are honoured and excited to announce that The Forest of Memories project has been given it’s first backing and support from …
Lighting a candle in memory
The Forest of Memories is encouraging people to light a candle and to spend a simple moment of reflection on the year we have endured, think about …
Where will the Forest of Memories be?
In the last few months, we have run a consultation process on views and ideas for the Forest of Memories, a forest that will remember …
New name, new beginnings, for the Forest of Memories
On July 9th, 2020, the Covid-19 Memorial Forest Fund was launched with its first blog post. Since then we have embarked on a process to …
Covid Memorial Day 5th September 2020 Replay
At 5pm on Saturday 5th September 2020, 6 months on from when the first reported death from Covid19 was reported, a remembrance service was held …
Covid Memorial Day – 5th Sept 2020
Like clap for carers, Covid Memorial Day is an idea – not an organisation or a campaign. It originated with journalist Stefan Simanowitz and friends …
The results are in, do people want a Covid-19 Memorial Forest?
In the last month we’ve put an idea out on Social Media about planting a Covid-19 Memorial Forest. If there was enough support, we said, …
How to plant a forest without money!
We are a little over three weeks into the project to plant a Covid19 Memorial Forest, but gosh it does seem much, much longer. So much progress has been made in such a short time. Back in May when we first started kicking ideas around about this project it was hard to imagine we would reach this point. We had no money for the project, and planting a Forest wasn’t even in our minds. So how did we get here, and where exactly is here anyway?
Learning how to build a forest!
The Covid19 Memorial Forest Fund is currently making plans for the Memorial Forest location and design. We will be consulting our followers soon on their …
Our Heroes Community Interest Company launches The Covid19 Memorial Forest Fund
We are calling on all those who believe in this vision to come and support us and help us with our journey. Please follow us on social media, share our vision with world and where possible please donate to the cause so we might make this a reality.
