Yorkshire Bank 150th Community Awards
Friday, 26 June 2009
For the past 150 years, Yorkshire Bank has been proud to support local communities. To mark their 150th anniversary they are inviting charities and community groups to participate in their 150th Community Awards, through which they will donate £150,000 to local charities and community groups. The Awards will focus on four areas which they consider important for the health and wellbeing of communities.
The Awards will be open to projects benefiting communities in the North of England and Midlands.
Yorkshire Bank’s 150th Community Awards are available for a limited period only. Please submit your completed application form together with any supporting information by 16th August 2009.
The application form is available to download.
Success at Coed Bell
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Prestatyn and District Environment Association have successfully completed work at Coed Bell, an ancient woodland on the East outskirts of Prestatyn, that has been carried out due to their successful Lottery bid of £10,000 last summer.
The group have cleared paths through the wood which already existed but had been overrun with brambles. This has lead to the Prestatyn Walking Festival to again be able to take walks through and up the woods to the vantage point at the top where the scheduled ancient monument is found. The work also allowed more bluebells to come through this year and the work began at the top path where there were brambles and other overgrown shrubs with Prestatyn Youth Club Members who cleared a huge area over a period of three days during half term holiday in May. There were marshmallows roasted over the glowing ashes. Kissing gates have been installed to be more dog friendly, a better path up from the road is now protected from the cattle in the field and will not become so muddy and finger posts have been installed to give walkers a better sense of direction. Later an information board will be put in by Denbighshire.
Due to this fantastic work there is already a large increase in walkers taking advantage of the better paths. The wood is inhabited by many species and is found in the AONB in Flintshire and Denbighshire.
MuckIn4Life: Get out and about with conservation volunteering
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
From bird watching to bat spying, and from wildlife gardening to bracken bashing, there is something for all ages to enjoy. You’ll learn new skills, make new friends and enjoy lots of fun together.
Whether you live in a city or in the countryside, MuckIn4Life will keep you all healthy and active. But you’ll enjoy yourselves so much you won’t even notice the benefits.
When the kids are at home finding stuff to do is never easy, or cheap. With MuckIn4Life you’ll be helping organisations look after the natural environment so they won’t charge you a penny. In fact they will love having you around.
To find out more search online for ‘Muckin4Life’ and have a look around.
Doug the Spade
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Doug the Spade, the official BTCV 50th Anniversary mascot, is travelling around the UK meeting BTCV volunteers, staff and supporters. He’s quite a character, follow his adventures by checking out his blog.
Doug wants to get involved with as many projects as possible in 2009. Help Doug celebrate BTCV’s 50th Anniversary. Could he plant 50 trees? Meet 50 volunteers? He’s already travelled over 50 miles....
Want Doug to come and see you?
The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service by Groups in the Community
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
In 2002, in celebration of Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award for Voluntary Service by Groups in the Community was established. Its purpose is to recognise groups of individuals who are giving their time freely for the benefit of others. It is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon groups of this kind and is equivalent in status to the MBE. As such, the Queen’s Award not only serves to provide recognition of volunteer groups, but also demonstrates the high respect in which volunteering is held.
Recently, Greystones Community Action Group, who are part of BTCV's Community Network, has been awarded the Queens Award for their work. BTCV would like to acknowledge such a great achievement and also encourage other Community Network members to apply for this prestigious award.
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