GROWING TOGETHER

About Coed Lleol / Small Woods

We help to improve the health and wellbeing of people across Wales though woodland and nature based activities.

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Our History


Small Woods is a national charity and company limited by guarantee, with woodland programmes in England, Wales and Scotland. The National Small Woods Association (NSWA) was formed in 1988 as the national organisation for small woodlands. We later became a charity in 2000 under the new name, Small Woods Association. We have a significant track record in managing social forestry projects, as well as projects to promote sustainable management of small woodlands for social, environmental and economic benefit.

Coed Lleol/Small Woods in Wales was established in 2002, and we have been running a huge range of outdoor and nature-based health and wellbeing activities since 2010. Visit our projects page for more information. We also established a support network for community woodland groups which now runs independently as Llais Y Goedwig

Our Funders


Coed Lleol (Small Woods Wales) currently runs a number of projects with a variety of different funders.

 Our past funders include:

  • Active Inclusion Fund (managed by WCVA, funded by European Social Fund)
  • Welsh Government Enabling Natural Resources and Wellbeing (EnRAW)
  • Rural Development Programme
  • Heritage Lottery Fund
  • Actif Woods Wales
  • Natural Resources Wales
  • Healthy and Active Fund (Sports Council Wales)
  • Big Lottery People and Places Fund
  • Sport Wales
  • Anglesey AONB Sustainable Development Fund
  • Clywydian Range and Dee Valley AONB
  • Neath Port Talbot County Council
  • LEADER (RDP)
  • Doyle Carte Charitable Trust
  • Gwynedd Voluntary Development Fund
  • Tesco Bags for Life
  • Awards for All
  • Anglesey County Council
  • Wrexham County Borough Council

Our Advisory Board


We have an Advisory Board of representatives from a wide range of Wales-wide public and non-governmental organisations in the community, health and environmental sector. These include:

If you are interested in joining the Advisory Board, please contact our Social Forestry and Wellbeing Manager, Amie Andrews.

Membership of our Advisory Board is voluntary, but expenses are paid for those not in a paid role with their organisation.

Our Wellbeing in Nature Training Development Working Group