The Central Scotland Forest Trust, an environmental charity leading the partnership which is creating the Central Scotland Forest, has two key roles in the its creation:-

• Strategically, it defines its vision; secures resources to create it; engages and co-ordinates partners; promotes it and monitors progress
• In practice, it plants and manages woodlands; creates access and recreational facilities; assists community projects and improves landscapes

Major activities include:

• Establishing amenity, community and commercial woodlands
• Bringing neglected woodlands and shelterbelts into sustainable management
• Constructing and repairing footpaths, cycleways and bridleways
• Removing “eyesores” such as derelict buildings and fences
• Landscaping highly visible transport corridors and business sites
• Developing the support and involvement of local communities
• Creating, protecting, expanding and enhancing sites of natural, historic and cultural importance
• Connecting to health, education, biodiversity and social justice initiatives

There are formal partners (the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and the LECs, Forestry Commission Scotland, the area’s five Local Authorities and Scottish Natural Heritage) and informal partners including local communities, voluntary organisations, the private sector, farmers and landowners.