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The Land Trust Annual Review 2021

Green Angels

Our Green The Land Trust’s Green Angels programme which provides free environmental The Land We ran three online Spring Food Growing Courses in partnership with Lancashire
Angels team and training and education makes a huge difference to the lives of our trainees, Trust has also Wildlife Trust and also promoted and co-ordinated three online workshops on
trainees adapted helping many into further education and employment. benefited composting, recycling and food waste in partnership with ‘Garden Organic’.
and made a Since launching Green Angels in 2013 thousands of trainees have enjoyed our hugely from the Our future plans include developing a Green Angels Woodland Heritage Skills course
success of the courses, while the Land Trust has also benefited hugely from the dedication and dedication and which we are aiming to pilot on our site at Davy Down, and we are just starting to roll
very challenging commitment of our Green Angels, who make a huge difference to our sites. commitment out a Green Angels programme at Port Sunlight River Park funded through United
Utilities Catchment Systems Thinking (CaST) fund.
scenarios placed Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the Trust had to suspend many of our activities or run of our Green
in front of them... them at vastly reduced numbers to ensure they were safe. However we were acutely Angels... It has also been a very successful year on the Land Trust’s site at Hassall Green
aware that many of our Green Angels trainees relied on our activities for their physical where, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, we were able to meet our
and mental wellbeing so our team worked incredibly hard to engage with our trainees targets – and exceed most of them – for the Denise Coates Foundation project. This
and support them through this challenging time. saw the Trust awarded a further £155,000 and with remediation of the site complete,
and a new container installed, our Green Angels team can now focus on developing
Throughout the first period of lockdown the team produced fantastic newsletters and delivering a very ambitious and exciting programme of activities.
packed full of activities and ideas for trainees to complete from the safety of their
own home or gardens or while taking their daily exercise. These mailings have Plans include:
continued on a monthly basis and aim to keep people focusing positively on their local
environment through activities, information and virtual networking. Construction of a timber roundhouse
We also introduced Green Angels weekly online coffee mornings which ran until the Drystone walling training
end of March 2021.
Training in ecological survey skills – to support ecosystem recording on site
As Covid-19 restrictions eased at various stages some activities were able to be
resumed in person, with limited numbers and appropriate social distancing measures The formation of a Friends of Hassall Green Nature Reserve group –
in place. Our Green Angels team and trainees adapted and made a success of the meetings have already been held and there is a lot of interest and commitment
very challenging scenarios placed in front of them.
Training courses in wildlife ID skills; horticulture; bushcraft and survival;
We were pleased to be able to run online Wellbeing with Nature courses in partnership traditional scything; habitat creation; willow weaving
with Cheshire Wildlife Trust for trainees from Fort Burgoyne, South Yorkshire,
Warrington, Hassall Green and Davy Down. Regular volunteering sessions

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