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For a thriving countryside that benefits everyone

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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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What we care about

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

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Get involved

Love the countryside? Want to help us make it even better? Find out how.

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Buy a lottery ticket and support our charity

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Building better places – FREE event plus our AGM

Book now for our event looking at how to design better places

What gets built and where

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Will new housing targets actually fix our housing crisis?

What will 46% more homes each year mean for our countryside?

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2024 photo competition – now closed for judging

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Latest news

Events

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Building better places – FREE event plus our AGM

What gets built and where

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Will new housing targets actually fix our housing crisis?

Events

Somerset

Celebrating Countryside Day at New Stowey Farm

Landscapes

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We are sponsoring the Landscape Award in the Bruton Art Society Exhibition

volunteering

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Volunteer – your time, your way

Cleaner countryside

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Our litter project gets a boost with a generous donation from SUEZ

Renewable energy

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Washford Solar Farm to go ahead after all despite public outcry

What gets built and where

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We win our legal action to protect coastal path from bad development

What gets built and where

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Rural housing: a cash cow running wild?

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2024 photo competition – now closed for judging

Cleaner countryside - our litter project

Join our #2minute litterpick project

Can you spare 2 minutes to clean up your countryside?

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Our litter project gets a boost with a generous donation from SUEZ

Recycling contractor has donated 60 litterpicking kits for our volunteers

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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Sponsor a litterpicking kit for just £20

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

A hi-vis vest, a litterpicking stick, a pair of gloves and a branded bag laid out on grass