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The Central Scotland Forest is widely supported across Government, local authorities, development agencies and community groups and the general public. The development of the Central Scotland Forest is led by the Central Scotland Countryside Trust (CSCT) and is based at Shotts in Lanarkshire.

The Central Scotland Forest Trust leads the partnership which is creating the Central Scotland Forest. It is supported by formal partners (the Scottish Executive, Scottish Enterprise and the LECs, the Forestry Commission, the area’s five Local Authorities and Scottish Natural Heritage) and informal partners including local communities, voluntary organisations, the private sector and the area’s farmers and landowners. The Central Scotland Forest Trust has two key roles in the creation of the Central Scotland Forest. It acts in a strategic and influencing role, defining the vision, assembling the means and resources, engaging and co-ordinating partners, promoting the Forest and woodlands, encouraging action and monitoring progress. It acts as an implementer, undertaking projects including woodland planting (on derelict land, farmland and in urban areas), woodland management, access and recreation works (paths and facilities) and a range of community projects and landscape improvements. To encourage a strong local economy, the Central Scotland Forest Trust, wherever possible, employs locally based contractors and suppliers, and provides operational opportunities for work-based training and volunteering.

1. Hillhouseridge
2. Shottskirk Road
3. Shotts
4. ML7 4JS

• Tel: 01501 822015
• Fax: 01501 823919
• Website: www.csft.org.uk/index.asp?p=a

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