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Fund Raising Appeal

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 To: The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group Supporters and other interested parties.

We are a voluntary organisation that charges no fee for membership as we feel countryside issues should include every interested person regardless of income.

We obtain income to support our nature conservation work from grants and supporters voluntary contributions.

This means we seek as many funding opportunities as we can.

One of these currently is the Community Matters Scheme in Waitrose Supermarket in Burgess Hill. 

For the month of January 2018 we have been listed as one of the three beneficiaries of their green token scheme to give support to local groups. Customers are given tokens at the checkout for donating to one of the collection boxes near the exit. Each token placed in a group’s box will add to their share of the available funding.

We would be very grateful to anyone who lives near enough and shops in Waitrose, Burgess Hill or for those who shop on line, for any token you feel able to donate to The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group to support our work enhancing countryside and wildlife survival prospects.

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Michael Nailard.

Chairman.

Current Volunteer Large Project Activities (Summer).

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Volunteer work parties are engaged in weekly project days at a woodland pond in Reeds Lane, Sayers Common until the autumn.

The work consists of:-

  • clearance of fallen and overhanging trees and brush,
  • clearing the pond of unwanted vegetation,
  • removing the leaf silt that has accumulated over many decades,
  • planting indigenous pond plant species and,
  • creating hibernaculums for the indigenous amphibians to use for winter hibernation.

The overall pond area is punctuated by banks, trees and smaller accumulations of residual water. This shows clearance progress on the largest pond.

Anyone wishing to be added to the group’s Register of Interest to become a supporter or to volunteer to join the working parties should contact Michael Nailard giving name and contact details. No membership fee is required. Group activity information and annual news sheets will be periodically circulated to all on the Register. Email:  dralianmarine@aol.com        Telephone: 01273 834001

Project days are selected according to the weather forecast and majority volunteer availability. An advisory email is circulated to all volunteers prior to the day selected for them to attend if they wish.

A number of group tools are always available on site but often volunteers prefer to bring their own. Suitable rough clothes, gardening gloves and sturdy footwear are recommended. A pair of gumboots might occasionally be required. Any sun or insect protection etc. that you normally require should be brought with you and used as necessary.

Current Volunteer Large Project Activities (Winter)

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From October until April each year working parties undertake meadow restoration and brush clearance activities at Pond Lye SNCI.

The same procedures and requirements listed for the Sayers Common woodland pond project days apply for this work.

The work period is through months of colder weather so suitable warm clothing should be worn.

Volunteers work at a rate and effort they are comfortable with. Many different work roles are undertaken to give volunteers a choice of activity according to their preferences.

Whatever task is undertaken is helpful to the overall progress of the project.

Start times are always quoted in project day notifications and some volunteers will be in attendance for the whole day for others to join according to the time they can spare. However short the time you can give it is helpful as work shared is work halved for others during your period of attendance.

Students from Plumpton College join us for a project day.