It is Trustees’ Week, and we’d like to take a moment, not only to thank all the Countryside Regeneration Trust’s trustees, but all the trustees around the United Kingdom that give up their time to make a difference to a cause of their choosing. Read more
Volunteers are the backbone of the CRT, doing everything from conservation projects to wildlife monitoring. This blog details some of the activities our volunteer community are working on, helping us to regenerate the countryside and protect wildlife.
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Lark Rise Farm was pleased to provide the location for a camp run by the Cambridgeshire Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) Open Awards Centre. Twenty-five people aged from 17 to 24 travelled from all over the country to participate as part of their (DofE) Gold Award, learning survival skills and getting stuck in with conservation tasks. Read more
CRT volunteers and a fire service crew rushed to help a buzzard that had its leg caught in baler twine high up in a tree near Bere Marsh Farm in Dorset. Read more
This autumn, volunteers have held three apple picking sessions on Green Farm Read more
The CRT has been working with a group of volunteers to look for evidence of hazel dormice in the hedgerows on Awnells Farm and Turnastone Court Farm. Read more
CRT volunteers have been clearing Himalayan balsam from the Bourn Brook on Lark Rise Farm as part of our joint venture with the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire (WTBCN). Read more