Another section of the Lichfield Canal is now in water, thanks to combined funding of £437.5K. A 500+ metre section of the canal has been built and lined as part of the Darnford Moors Ecology Park project. The project is all thanks to funding from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with match funding from HS2’s Community and Environment Fund …
Milestone reached as more of the Lichfield Canal is in water Read More »
Our Grand Prize Draw took place during our Autumn Show on 27 October 2023. The response to ticket sales throughout the year was amazing, with 3,376 tickets sold, plus donations, making a net gain of £5,641. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and to all our volunteers who sold tickets during the year. The winners were: Prize Ticket …
Environment Trustee, Chris Bull, gives us an update on the work of our Green team and Duke of Edinburgh volunteers, who are in action on Saturday mornings and some Thursday evenings. The “painting the Forth Bridge” metaphor is not entirely appropriate to keeping all our grounds in good order, as we never seem to have all jobs/sites cleared! And …
The Wesleyan Foundation’s Climate Action Grant, has awarded us funding to help towards the completion of Darnford Moors Ecology Park. The Climate Action Grant was launched by the Wesleyan Foundation earlier this year, with the twin goals of protecting and improving the environment and combatting the effects of climate change. Three charities received support, totalling £74,000 between them, and we …
Wesleyan Foundation supports Darnford Moors Ecology Park Read More »
With the scrapping of the northern leg of HS2, we’ve had a lot of people ask us how we’ll be affected, bearing in mind Cappers Lane is right in the path of the HS2 track. Well the answer is – we won’t be affected. Phase one of HS2, is known as the ‘London to Birmingham’ phase, but a lot …
Darnford Moors Ecology Park It’s been a particularly wet July and a relatively cool August and so consequently there have been a couple of weeks when the lining contractors On Site have not actually been on site. There was also a two week period when the Waterway Recovery Group held weekly camps and so the volunteers either had a …
