A sapling from the felled Sycamore Gap tree will be planted on a farm which will be staffed by autistic people. John Phillipson, he head of the charity North East Autism Society which runs the farm, said it was a "real honour" to be awarded one of the tree's 49 saplings.

Its destruction triggered outcry and sadness across the nation – but now, over a year on from the felling of the Sycamore Gap, the National Trust has revealed where the tree’s saplings will spring up across the UK.

The National Trust announces the recipients of the 49 ‘Trees of Hope’ Sycamore Gap saplings. See the full story

Saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree are being given to charities, groups and individuals as "trees of hope". A charity set up to remember murdered schoolgirl Holly Newton in Hexham, Northumberland, and The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease in Leeds are among 49 recipients across the UK.

Saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree are to be sent to 49 different organisations around the UK, including hospitals and a Ministry of Defence LGBTQ group.

The National Trust has given an update on the future of saplings taken from the famous Sycamore Gap tree, which was felled in 2023 in an act of vandalism which shocked the country. The 49 good causes that will receive saplings grown from seeds recovered from the felled Sycamore Gap tree have now been revealed by the National Trust.

A Merseyside hospice is to be presented with a sapling from the Sycamore Gap tree that was cut down. St Joseph's Hospice in Sefton successfully applied to be given one of 49 Trees of Hope saplings grown from seed from the iconic tree by the National Trust.

Here are all the 49 good causes the Sycamore Gap tree, in Northumberland, is going to including one in the North East.