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We are the countryside charity

We’re passionate about making the countryside a better place for everyone to live, work and enjoy.

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We want to connect people to the countryside, wherever they live.

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Renewable energy

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Rooftop Revolution event – November 2023

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Renewable energy

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Solar power plants in our countryside

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Fundraising

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Buy our eco-Christmas cards

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What gets built and where

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People and Places – we tell Somerset Council what we think

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Landscapes

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Restoring Somerset’s historic signposts

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Renewable energy

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Beautiful landscape saved from Washford solar park threat

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Cleaner countryside

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Our young litter superstars

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The countryside next door

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Photo competition 2023 – results

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Cleaner countryside

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Our Source To Sea Litter Quest

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Cleaner countryside

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Fivehead Fixers get to work

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Cleaner countryside - our litter project

Join our #2minute litterpick project

Can you spare 2 minutes to clean up your countryside?

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Sponsor a litterpicking kit for just £20

A £20 donation will provide a litterpicking kit for one of our volunteers

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We’re helping Marine Conservation Society to track sources of ocean litter

We are recording different types of litter as part of national project

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Our young litter superstars

Students at schools around Somerset have been cleaning up their local area as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Awards

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