Volunteers will be helping to protect the UK’s endangered bumblebee population as part of a three-year conservation project supported by a £340,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) will begin work with 300 farmers and landowners and up to 20,000 members of the public from across the UK to raise awareness of these important pollinators and … [Read more...] about Lottery money to help protect Bumblebee
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Volunteers wanted for Lake District clean-up
The Lake District’s biggest annual “spring clean” event – tidying up around the shores of Windermere and filling hundreds of bags of rubbish – is about to get even bigger this year taking in other lakes and rivers that feed into England’s longest lake. National Park Management Ranger Steve Tatlock is appealing for schools and community groups to get involved and help … [Read more...] about Volunteers wanted for Lake District clean-up
Stories from the fells-The Cumbria Landscape Story
Cumbria Wildlife Trust is looking for people to help tell the story of the Lake District's high fells and bring alive the history of the iconic landscape and its wildlife. The Trust is exploring the changes to our landscape through the High Fells. The Cumbria Landscape Story project will be recording the memories of those of people who have lived and worked in the … [Read more...] about Stories from the fells-The Cumbria Landscape Story
High Fell – The Cumbria Landscape Story
A wildlife trust in Cumbria has secured lottery money to enable it to record memories of the Lakeland fells. Cumbria Wildlife Trust has secured funding from The Heritage Lottery Fund for its latest project, High Fell - The Cumbria Landscape Story. The oral history project will record memories of how the fells have changed since World War Two. Memories and stories … [Read more...] about High Fell – The Cumbria Landscape Story
400,000 trees available for new green spaces
Community spaces and school grounds are set to benefit from a project to plant almost half a million trees. The massive planting scheme is being organised by The Woodland Trust as part of it's More Trees, More Good" campaign. Targeting deprived areas and school grounds, over 400,000 native trees are to be planted by an army of volunteers within the next month. Apply … [Read more...] about 400,000 trees available for new green spaces