MORE than 3,700 native trees will be planted across Worc-estershire this spring as schoolchildren and community groups aim to improve their local areas.

The planting is part of the Woodland Trust’s More Trees, More Good campaign, which this year will tie in with Climate Week – an annual event designed to highlight ways of combating climate change.

A total of 3,705 native trees are being distributed across the county allowing many children and adults to impr-ove areas through tree planting.

More Trees, More Good aims to enable the planting of 20 million native trees every year for the next 50 years.

This spring, more than 10,000 schools and community groups will be contributing to that vision.

Since autumn 2004, schools and groups have planted more than seven million trees with the Woodland Trust.

Victoria Hodson, project development manager at the Woodland Trust, said: “We have been overwhelmed by people’s enthusiasm for planting trees.

"Schools and communities are transforming spaces within their neighbourhoods, growing their own fruits and food, creating shade and shelter, and providing vital new homes for wildlife.”

Nationally, schoolchildren and community groups will plant more than 500,000 free trees.

Each pack is available in four different themes: year-round colour, wood fuel, wildlife or wild harvest.

Species in the packs support a variety of wildlife from songbirds to squirrels.

Communities can apply for a free pack of trees online at moretreesmoregood.org.uk