Guardians of
the Moors, Heritage Lottery Fund
A lot can change in three years. Youth Rangers grow up and
move on to university, much valued staff and volunteers retire or move on and
babies are born, grow and join Ranger Tots! We’ve seen a lot of change here at
the Eastern Moors and much of it has been down the fantastic efforts of our
community and volunteers. We’ve repaired miles of stone wall, planted thousands
of trees, inspired hundreds of school children and eaten a LOT of biscuits.
This year of our Guardians of the Moors Grant funded by the
Heritage Lottery Fund comes to an end after 3 years of funding. This grant has
ensured our volunteers were trained, equipped with tools and kitted out in
uniform – including our Youth & Junior Rangers and Muck In Volunteers. The
grant also funded educational events, a brand new vehicle and part funded the
role of Community Involvement Ranger (that’s me!) to lead on volunteer
coordination and community involvement.
We’d like to assure all our supporters that tree-planting
and biscuit-eating will continue on the Eastern Moors even once the grant has
finished. But we’d also like to say an enormous thank you to Heritage Lottery
and Lottery players, for giving volunteering and community involvement a huge
boost that has set us up for years to come.
Here are just some of the highlights from the last three
years…
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| Youth Rangers in their uniforms stand next to our Lottery Funded vehicle, after a hard days heather spreading! |
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| Our adult volunteer team planting trees. |
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Muck In day volunteers learn how to willow weave and create an amazing structure to help improve Shillito Wood for people and wildlife, which has helped deter antisocial behaviour in this much loved area.
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| Visitor Experience Manager Katherine, teaches Youth Ranger, Jess how to survive in the wild! |
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| Community Involvement Ranger, Bryony lead a tracks and trails walk. |
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| Archaeology volunteers explore the area and learn more about the site they take care of. |
