Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is a charity dedicated to conserving, protecting and restoring wildlife and wild places in Yorkshire. Our vision is for a Yorkshire that is abundant in wildlife, with more people having a genuine and meaningful connection with nature. We were established as a charity in 1946, and are part of The Wildlife Trusts movement. We look after over 100 nature reserves right across Yorkshire, and are involved in hundreds of other conservation-related projects. Our work inspires people to understand the value of nature and to take action for it.

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Brighouse High School Allotment

We have secured funding to develop green career aspirations for the young people within our care. Many students live in the Kirklees area. We aim to build an allotment, wildlife area and outdoor classroom for use in the school community.

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Huddersfield & District Badger Group

We try to protect this delightful and harmless native mammal. We are a dedicated group of volunteers who have been protecting badgers and encouraging tolerance for many years within the Kirklees area of West Yorkshire. We check setts on a regular basis whatever the weather and when we find a sett that has been targeted by badger persecutors or diggers, we then put measures in place to protect the sett and future welfare of the badgers.We give talks and attend local shows to engage with the community and enable education, encourage tolerance, appreciation, and respect for badgers.

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Moorlands Community Garden

(i) to support physical health, mental health and wellbeing; (ii) to foster a sense of community and combat loneliness by engaging team members in social interaction through gardening; (iii) to share knowledge and skills in garden design and planning, horticulture and the use of produce through sharing recipes and cooking; (iv) to create conditions for the production of food whilst also preserving habitats for wildlife; (v) to broaden and enhance knowledge of gardening through visits to gardens, agricultural and flower shows and presentations by invited speakers.

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Growing Focal

Growing Focal is a small community garden where we grow fruit, vegetables, flowers for local people to enjoy. We encourage local people to come on Wednesday afternoon during the growing season to help plant out seedlings, bulbs and plants and to help with encouraging them to grow and maintaining the raised beds. We have a small greenhouse to protect the plants and nurture growth. We aspire to enthuse and encourage people to grow in their homes and gardens and bring pleasure to those who walk by. We also have volunteers that are part of Blooming Lindley and Marsh, where we tidy up and plant bulbs and flowers into the planters in Marsh and Lindley approximately 4 times a year.

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Brockholes Green Spaces

To raise the profile of Brockholes Green Spaces in the local community; Improve the habitat value of Brockholes Green Spaces; To secure funds for Brockholes Green Spaces; To campaign for improving the existing facilities within Brockholes Green Spaces. Working with to improve green spaces and wildlife corridors.

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Friends of Beaumont Park

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; IN PARTICULAR , BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PRESERVATION, PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF BEAUMONT PARK. 4.2 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF

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Oak Primary School

At Oak Primary School in Crosland Moor we have just started a gardening club for children in key stage two. We meet once a week after school and spend an hour working in the school garden. Unfortunately, the garden has been neglected for many years and is overgrown and untidy. We have spent the last few weeks clearing the site with our hand and a few tools that teachers have brought in from home. The children are really excited about transforming the space over the coming seasons with plants, flowers and vegetables. We would really appreciate the opportunity to borrow some tools from the Beaumont Park tool store so that we can really get started on improving the garden.

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Shelley Conservation and Environment Group

SCEG manage the greenspaces around Shelley in partnership with Kirklees. We keep pathways clear, manage Shelley Educational Foundation land, plant trees, work with other groups in the area such as BEG and encourage residents to join us to help in all tasks from weeding and pruning to clearing brambles, creating and maintaining wildflower meadow(s). We always take the best approach for wildlife and biodiversity and engage experts where we can to ensure we are "doing the right thing". We also work closely with the SCA and SEF within the village to agree work beforehand.

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