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The Covid19 Memorial Forest Fund has been accused (by some on Social Media) of elevating COVID-19 deaths above other deaths. We are told that we should not create a forest memorial to those who died from Covid-19 as people have also died from other things as a result of lockdown. Is that right? Should we forget about creating a memorial to the loved ones lost because of COVID-19?

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…

Like many others, 2020 started with the greatest of intentions, my positivity was high and I was looking forward to a new start with an exciting change to the career path. I was going to change the world!  But, because of Covid19, the world ended up changing me.  Here’s my story.

The new year of 2020 began with promise. The industry I’d been in for over 15 years was developing…

For the past few months, it has been rare not to see racism, climate change, Covid19 or all three erupting through the news headlines. It appears that the global pandemic has sparked deeper interest in climate change and communities have said enough is enough when it comes to racism.

These three areas are not only being pushed to the top of the news agenda by ordinary people but they are,…

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 opinions so that they can have their say on what they would like to see the forest look like, and where they would ideally like it to be (so if you’ve not signed up as a supporter just yet do so

The global COVID-19 Pandemic has been devastating for many peoples lives at a human level and thrown the world towards a global depression. But, we have also seen a positive impact on the environment as economies have slowed-down and people have stopped travel.

As we begin the recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 will our global environment once again start to suffer. Or, will people now…

Today, a campaign to plant a Covid19 Memorial Forest has been launched by Our Heroes CIC.  We have been working on this idea for a couple of months now and it feels great that we can now finally share our excitement with the wider world with the launch of our campaign website http://www.Covid19MemorialForest.Fund

So, who are ‘Our Heroes’?

Our Heroes CIC is a not-for-profit social…