Eden-Rose Coppice Trust provides effective restorative environments for people with cancer and mental health challenges and outdoor-based volunteering opportunities for vulnerable people in the community. In the last ten years, the Trust has helped more than 290 people through end-of-life in its beautiful Sudbury woodland and is one of four sites in Suffolk and Essex.

Why the community needs us

By making safe, replanting, fencing, applying woodland management and promoting voluntary work, we provide a proven and effective therapeutic-specific environment for people with life-limiting illnesses. By encouraging the participation of children with special educational needs and those affected by mental health issues in our woodland development, we teach life skills and provide the necessary confidence to gain a valued place in society while helping other people.

Our impact on the community

Our work is crucial in addressing the lack of restorative spaces in urban areas. Medical evidence states that many of the most effective settings for recovering or living with illness involve the natural environment. Such restorative environments are in short supply in many urban areas.Our woodlands provide the perfect environment for people who have life-limiting problems.