The Heathlands Reunited project (HeRe), led by the South Downs National Park Authority, aims to expand, create new and improve existing heathland to cover an area greater than 1,200 football pitches. Heathland covers just one per cent of the South Downs National Park, mostly separated into ‘islands’ where isolated plants and animals are far more vulnerable to local extinction. The project aims to reengage and inspire communities to visit their heathlands, learn more about them and work together to look after them, so they can be enjoyed for generations to come. The HeRe project has been designed to support this aim and will run across 5 years – we are now half way through the project and are working closely with 11 partners on 41 heathland sites to achieve our project aims and g