Award Highlights
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Multi-award-winning 9Trees is a non-profit CIC, rooted in Powys, Wales, and has since expanded its presence to encompass numerous counties across the UK.
Powys-based non-profit wins national awards
“Community interest company 9Trees, of Builth Wells, Powys... took the Wales’s FSB Micro Business Award by tackling climate change, restoring new woodland habitats, promoting biodiversity and creating jobs within the countryside sector.”
- FSB Award Winners in Wales Announced
“We are delighted to be recognised for 2 awards for Sustainability & Microbusiness of the Year which we will be receiving on Thursday 28th March in Cardiff. I will be accompanied by our new Welsh director Yzzy, who started with us as a volunteer in 2020.”
- Michael Cunningham - 9Trees MD & Founder, from Erwood station, Builth Wells.
“We have also won ‘The Natural Environment Award’ for the South West of England and we have been nominated by Conservation Optimism for the ‘Earth Shot Prize’.”
- Yzabella Hill, 9Trees Director, from Llandrindod Wells, Powys.
The FSB Wales awards has highlighted & celebrates so many prestigious firms & inspiring small businesses: Sustainability consultants, pioneering prosthetics, a pedigree sheep and flower farm & environmental NGOs.
Sustainability Award & Microbusiness of the Year Award
Winner: 9Trees, Builth Wells, Powys
“9Trees was set up in 2019 to support the climate response, working towards economy, ecology, biodiversity, wellbeing and community. 9Trees works with landowners planting, maintaining and conserving native trees. 9Trees offer skills and experiences to volunteers and supporters who find outdoor environments beneficial for health and wellbeing.”
- FSB Award Winners in Wales Announced
“9Trees champions ecological restoration and community involvement in combating climate change, illustrating the significant impact small businesses can have on global challenges. These winners embody the innovative spirit driving Wales’s small businesses towards sustainable and socially responsible practices.”
- Wales Celebrates Small Business Excellence
FSB Awards 2024 Interviews
9Trees Team and Volunteers in Brecon Powys at a Team Green Away Day 2023
“Each person emits 9 tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere every year, planting 9 trees every year will balance the average UK citizen’s carbon emissions.”
- Michael Cunningham - Woodland Wizard MD 9Trees CIC
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