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Hedgerow Heroes
Become a Hedgerow Hero with CPRE Leicestershire
Hedgerow Heroes is a national campaign launched in 2021 to increase our hedgerow network by 40% by 2050. The project involves working with local communities including landowners, volunteers, schools, farmers and businesses to plant and restore hedgerows all over England.
Join our Hedgerow Heroes campaign in 2026 and help us plant 2 miles of hedgerow across Leicestershire.
Why Hedgerows Matter
Hedgerows play many roles. They’re homes for wildlife, climate superheroes, and keep livestock where they’re supposed to be. They also help to keep soils healthy, reduce flooding and give much of the countryside its unique character. They are important in our towns and cities too, reducing air pollution and sheltering urban wildlife.
But our countryside faces ongoing pressures from development, habitat loss and climate change, and hedgerows have been in decline in recent years. We want to stop this decline, and we need the help of local communities to do it.
Our Rough Guide to HedgerowsGet Involved
Become one of our Hedgerow Hero Volunteers, and you can get involved with our efforts to create new hedgerows across Leicestershire in 2026. We’ll be hosting a number of planting days throughout the year, and we want local communities to come out and be part of these unique events.
We’ll provide the tools, the plants and the safety equipment; we just need you to sign up via the link below, and we’ll notify you of any planting events we have lined up. Then just turn up on the day, and our experts will show you what to do.
So, if you want to give back to your local community, you want to enjoy some outdoor activity with like-minded volunteers, or you’re looking for some volunteering experience to add to your CV, why not sign up as a Hedgerow Hero today!
Click here to read about one volunteer’s experience as a Hedgerow Hero.
So, if you want to give back to your local community, you want to enjoy some outdoor activity with like-minded volunteers, or you’re looking for some volunteering experience to add to your CV, why not sign up as a Hedgerow Hero today!
You can reach us at info@cpreleicestershire.org.uk.
