External Community Group RG14 (Newbury)
Volunteers with the Lockdown Woods project have planted over 2000 native trees of over 25 species in five locations around West Berkshire. The Lockdown Woods team, together with corporate volunteers, carry out regular maintenance visits to all the small woods.
The Nature Corridor project is a multi-year programme to develop, expand and maintain a nature corridor within Newbury. The project will initially be located in a wide corridor approximately two miles long between two Lockdown Woods. This area contains two schools, which are actively involved in the project. The Lockdown woods volunteers are collaborating on fundraising to restore ponds and nature gardens in the school grounds, to benefit students and wildlife alike. They will conduct an outreach programme to residents along the two-mile route, informing them of easy steps they can take in their own gardens to help nature thrive there and to improve opportunities for wildlife to migrate between neighbouring gardens. Local councils will be invited to get involved, to improve habitats for wildlife in areas they are responsible for along the route eg verges.
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Have a look at their website, and Facebook group for more detailed information about this long-term project.