Working in partnership

We work closely with partners from a range of voluntary and public sector organisations including the Woodland Trust, the National Trust, Natural England, the Arboricultural Association, The Tree Council and the Municipal Tree Officers Association. This enables us to seek funding for and deliver joint projects, produce knowledge and alliance policy responses.

The ATF and its members and supporters have also developed links with numerous organisations and individuals working with ancient and other veteran trees overseas. In Europe we forged strong links with partner organisations in Sweden, Spain, Romania and Belgium, through VETree and VETcert. The ATF was a partner in these successful projects,  with funding from the European Union, National Trust and Natural England. Its achievements have included the development of a course in Valuing and Managing Veteran Trees which is being taught across Europe, and a series of nine freely available films on managing veteran trees.

Making use of our work – We welcome other organisations citing our work, however, the complexity of the technical management of AoVTs means that we always encourage full reading of the ATF’s own work, rather than any abridged or interpreted versions in other publications.

Please note that the ATF does not take responsibility for inaccurate citing, use of material or other inconsistencies that other publishers might make, even when our name has been referenced.

Unless we have approved our logo for use on another publication and host that publication on our website, citing of our work in another organisation’s work does not constitute approval of their interpretation or content.

If you would like to speak to the ATF about a potential partnership project, please get in touch.