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Since 2014 our Giving Nature a Home in Cardiff project has been busy engaging over 20,000 children and families with wildlife across Cardiff - from the wildflower meadows of Forest Farm to the wilderness of Flat Holm Island. It has provided free outreach sessions to over 60% of Cardiff primary schools, engaging 13,600 children with nature. It has helped communities in 90% of Cardiff wards to spend more time with wildlife through free family events, and worked with local volunteers who’ve donated a fantastic 3,600 hours of their time to help engage communities with nature in the city. However with such a wealth of wildlife in Wales’ capital, there’s still plenty of work left to do to inspire the next generation to take action for nature and to treasure it for years to come. We’re therefore delighted to share with you that the project - in partnership with the City of Cardiff Council and Buglife Cymru - is set to benefit from a fantastic £500,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to continue to help thousands of young people to spend more time with nature in Cardiff until 2022. Over the next five years the team aims to engage a further 50,000 children and their families with nature and deliver free outreach sessions in all Cardiff primary schools. The project is also establishing an exciting partnership with Buglife Cymru’s Cardiff Urban Buzz project to brighten up Cardiff’s streets and parks and increase pollinator-friendly habitats across the city.
Giving Nature a Home in Cardiff is a great way of encouraging children to not only visit our fantastic parks and open spaces on a regular basis, but to see them as areas where they can have fun as a family. The project has already been incredibly successful, attracting 77,000 visitors to Cardiff’s Bute Park since it began in 2014 and holding numerous free family events across the city, so it’s great news that we’re going to be able to help even more families identify with our wildlife and enjoy the benefits of spending time in the great outdoors.
Giving Nature a Home in Cardiff is currently funded by Tesco customers through the Welsh carrier bag levy until 31 March 2017. The Project will be funded by the Big Lottery Fund as of 1 April onwards until 2022. We’re also delighted to confirm that thanks to Aldi, through the UK carrier bag levy, the project’s schools outreach work can continue until 2019. If you’d like any further information about the project, please email Carolyn.Robertson@rspb.org.uk.Images: Martyn Poynor