This year we have been working on revamping our wildlife garden with a team of Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award volunteers. We have also been raising funds to replace the leaky pond liner and build a new – larger – pond dipping platform.
National Lottery grant
We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded £16,000 by the National Lottery Awards for All community fund. £11,500 is to contribute towards the costs of the new pond liner, dipping platform and interpretative signage (the remainder is for new furniture for the Clubhouse).
Aviva Crowdfunder
We have been working with the Aviva Community Fund to crowdfund the remaining £2,500 we need towards the costs of a new pond liner, dipping platform and hiring a digger to reprofile the shape of the pond (we’ve been advised that it needs shelves!).
Aviva will match fund any donations made – so if you donate £5 they will donate £5. If you can help please visit our crowdfunder page https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/revamping-the-wildlife-garden
What’s next?
Our volunteers will continue cutting back brambles, pruning hedges, sowing wildflower seeds and painting the bird hide as well as making new wildlife habitats over the coming months. We hope to have a contractor renovate the pond and build a new pond dipping platform in the autumn.
