Exciting
New Project Gets Underway!
The
Kentish Stour Countryside Project is working with Canterbury City Council
to help improve a local nature reserve area near Whitstable.
The Wraik Hill and Foxes Cross Local Nature Reserve project has received
£12,765 from Viridor Credits Environment Company, through the Landfill
Communities Fund.
The project aims to improve the site both for wildlife and people.
Over the years the site has suffered from vandalism and fly
tipping. It is hoped that the
project will give the reserve a new lease of life.
As part of the project a pond will be created, a hedge will be
planted, new gates installed and stock fencing improved, creating more
opportunities for conservation grazing schemes.
The Kentish Stour Countryside Project (KSCP) will be leading a group of
volunteers from
Canterbury
College
, organised through VSU Youth in Action. VSU is
Kent
’s leading youth action volunteering agency.
It contributes to the education of young people by creating
opportunities for them to volunteer in their local community, including
one-off taster opportunities and longer-term volunteering.
Matt Hayes Canterbury Countryside officer for KSCP said, "The Wraik
Hill project is a great opportunity to improve one of the area's valuable
nature reserves. We hope to have up to 40 volunteers to help plant a
native hedge, with a mix of species nearly 200 metre's long.
It will be great to get young people involved in the project and
also promote the site as a place to visit.
It's on a lot of people's doorsteps but many won't even know its
there."
Wraik
Hill and Foxes Cross is located off the Thanet Way (A299) roundabout to
Whitstable and Blean, signposted to Wraik Hill.
Details of the reserve can be found on the Canterbury City Council
Website, in the special place's section.
The Kentish Stour Countryside Project run regular volunteer days every
Thursday in the
Canterbury
area, including Wraik Hill and Foxes Cross.
To get involved or for more information please contact the KSCP on
01233 813307, or email matthew.hayes@kent.gov.uk.
Or visit the website www.kentishstour.org.uk
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on information VSU
'Kent
and Medway's Vinvolved team, supported by v the youth volunteering
charity, hosted by VSU Youth in Action.'
VSU
Youth in Action (VSU) is
Kent
’s leading youth action volunteering agency.
It contributes to the education of young people by creating
opportunities for them to volunteer in their local community.
Including one-off taster opportunities and longer-term
volunteering.
v
is the new youth volunteering charity launched in May 2006 whose mission
is to inspire a million more young volunteers in
England
aged 16-25. To do this, v is
working to increase the quantity, quality and diversity of volunteering
opportunities available to young people. The charity was set up to
implement the recommendations of the Russell Commission outlining a new
national framework for youth action and engagement.
Following a nation-wide consultation which included 6000 young
people. www.wearev.com
Viridor
Credits
Viridor
Credits Environmental Company distributes funding through the Landfill
Communities Fund. Funding is
available for community and environmental improvement projects within ten
miles (priority to projects within 5 miles) of an active Viridor Waste
Management landfill site. Since
1996 Viridor Credits has allocated over £50M to over a thousand projects
across the
UK
.
For
further information about how to apply for funding please call Viridor
Credits on 01823 327221
For more information or to get involved contact us.
