Students rebuild vandalised site
PRESS RELEASE
2nd February 2010…For Immediate
Release
Students from the CTC Kingshurst Academy
have been tidying up after part of the Nature Area at Warwickshire
Wildlife Trust's Parkridge Centre was vandalised. The vandals
destroyed the Forest Schools area, which is used to deliver
environmental education activities to groups of children and
teenagers, during the summer holidays last year. Students from
Forest Oak School had worked on the site, making seating area with
hand made benches and a 'Habitat Hotel' for insects, all of which
were pulled apart and strewn across the woodland.
The dedicated team from Kingshurst Academy
have been visiting on Thursday afternoons to re-build the seating
area and the habitat hotel. In addition, they were so keen to do
more that they cleared a large patch of brambles from the area to
allow groups more space during sessions and to encourage a greater
diversity of woodland flowers. The group are volunteering as part
of the Brueton Park Heritage
Project, which is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The
project is engaging young people in researching the natural history
of the park and carrying out conservation work to ensure the
wildlife is preserved for future generations to enjoy.
For more information about the project and to get involved, please
contact Laura Bailey on 0121 704 0768 or email Laura.Bailey@wkwt.org.uk.