Page 15 - Land Trust Annual Review 2023

Annual Review 2023

Fencing Course - Portsunlight River Park, Merseyside. Bird Hide Making Workshop - Hassall Green Nature Reserve, Sandbach

We are Another addition to the nature reserve is a pond dipping platform, installed as part
delighted to be of a Green Angels training course, which provides a great new feature for future
able to offer wildlife explorations.
Green Angels Our Green Angels programme at Port Sunlight River Park has been extremely
training on an successful, attracting 89 Green Angels participants who joined courses in wild
wellbeing, scything, countryside fencing; reedbed management and wildlife
increasing identification among other activities. We ran two holiday play schemes with 148
number of Land children who explored the wilds of this estuary haven, learning bushcraft and
Trust sites and wildlife identification skills, making natural crafts and having fun in the great
outdoors. We also organised four family events with guided walks, wreath-making
are really and face painting - with over 500 attendees in total.
pleased that In 2022 we have been able to start a broader approach to Green Angels, rolling
they are proving out training courses more widely. At Wellesley Woodlands near Aldershot we have
so well attended restored a WWII pillbox and installed a green roof, and run a habitat management
and popular. course where our participants achieved a woodland chipper qualification as well
as their Green Angels certificate. At Castle Hill in Salisbury we have worked with
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust to provide courses on Natural Wellbeing and Land
Management. At Fort Burgoyne in Dover we have provided training in running
guided walks, habitat management and brushcutter training – where our trainees
gained an accreditation which will allow them to be more involved in the day-to-
day maintenance of the Fort’s outside spaces.

We are delighted to be able to offer Green Angels training on an increasing
number of Land Trust sites and are really pleased that they are proving so well
attended and popular – bringing benefits to both our landscapes and our local
communities.

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