About

We are a registered charity (RCN: 20206178), run by skill-sharing volunteers, committed to creating an ecologically complex patchwork of native habitats in Ireland. Founded by Eoghan Connaughton, we became an official charity in 2022 (here we are in the Charities Register).

Many people care about the environment, and we want to create an outdoor learning hub to turn that passion into action. Through our work with removing invasive species and our fundraising to create a native woodland, we hope to bring the power of communities together in the service of Irish ecology.

You can read about work on RTÉ News here, or listen to our founder Eoghan Connaughton discussing our mission on RTÉ RadioOne here.

People-Powered

Everyone who works for the project, from Directors to volunteers, from advisors to professionals, is donating their time, energy and skills to do it. Our reward is the satisfaction of working together for something greater than ourselves, measured by what we are already achieving.

The Board:
Originally founded by Eoghan Connaughton in 2019, the GWP is run by a small team of volunteering, working professionals.

The Professionals:
As a skill-sharing organisation, we rely on professionals who volunteer their knowledge to guide us through the uncharted territories of community-owned and natively-restored woodland creation. We’re so incredibly lucky to have the help of permaculturists, accountants, solicitors, safety officers, communicators, artists and videomakers to do our work.

The Volunteers:
With our meitheal working days out removing Cherry Laurel, fundraising efforts and awareness campaigns, there’s a lot of work to do and we’ve been blessed by an ever-growing team of volunteers who have stepped up to join the fun, helping ecology while making new friends and building community. If you’d like to get involved, here’s how!