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AD Waste Ltd, Flintshire Community Trust |
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Community Action Partnership fund through the Welsh Assembly’s Local Regeneration Fund |
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Flintshire County Council Strategic Development Scheme |
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Countryside Council for Wales |
NEWW employed its first Community Wildlife Officer in October 1999 solely funded for 3 years by AD Waste Ltd through Landfill tax credits. The Community Wildlife Officer aims to engage local people in active participation of nature conservation, through school visits and projects, public consultations, events, newsletters and media coverage.
Now in its 4th year, the Community wildlife Project has expanded from Deeside and Buckley; taking the message of people and wildlife to the boundaries of Flintshire.
Based in Buckley, the Project draws on the knowledge of local communities and organisations to enhance, create, manage and survey wildlife habitats mainly in the urban areas of Connah’s Quay and Buckley. To date, the project has worked with many partners including, the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW), Flintshire Countryside Services, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV), Forestry Commission, Butterfly Conservation Society, The Princes Trust, Community Services (young offenders), local schools, cub/scout groups, Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, businesses and landowners. Projects have and will include building boardwalks, bird hides, dipping platforms, footpaths, creating and restoring ponds, organising events, signage, news-letters, consultative surveys, planting community woodlands and more….the work goes on.