Our Aims and Objectives

We want you and your family to enjoy the beautiful woodlands. Whether it's going for walks or lending a helping hand to our volunteers who maintain the landscape (and the creatures that inhabit it), you are most welcome.

Some of our more detailed aims:

Our principal aim is to maintain, regenerate and enhance Knolls Wood - reflecting its history, location and habitat, and for its potential amenity and education value
Through our conservation efforts and educationally, to protect against the loss of nature (woodland and wildlife) in this area and more broadly - conscious of the impact of climate and nature crisis on our planet
Preservation of its important specimen trees, where possible, enhancing the rest of this ornamental woodland in keeping with its character and landscape, and to support wildlife habitats
To provide the public access to Knolls Wood and promote awareness of the mental and physical health benefits of a woodland haven
To monitor and review long-term planning, involve the local community, and influence policy outcomes
To record and preserve the history of Knolls Wood
To work with the Greensand Trust (GST) and Central Beds Council (CBC), both practically and on management plans - setting and achieving objectives, to enhance and maintain Knolls Wood
To prevent exploitation of, or threats to, Knolls Wood and local environment

Team Members

Friends on the Committee administer and manage activities, working with the Council and Greensand Trust and their allocated representatives, and any co-opted advisers.

Management Plans

These days the Council’s Management Plan for the Wood sets the tone for why and how Knolls Wood will be managed over five-year periods. The Committee contributes to it to set objectives and monitor achievements; and each year, AGM to AGM, establishes its own plan with members’ approval at those meetings.

Newsletters

Newsletters used to be printed and delivered across the neighbourhood, until 2019. With an improved content and increased frequency, they are instead made available on the website and on noticeboards in Knolls Wood and promoted on other social media platforms.