Corporate Volunteering Case Study – NECS Consultancy Midlands Team
Our Day with the Dunsmore Living Landscape Scheme. Exciting Break from Routine: On a sunny yet brisk Monday, 19 February, the NECs Consultancy Midlands team swapped office gear for gardening gloves to support the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust's Dunsmore Living Landscape scheme. Our mission was to revitalise Ashlawn Cutting on the Great Central Walk, encouraging wildflower growth and creating...Read More
From Scheme Volunteer to Trainee
I first became involved in the Dunsmore Living Landscape scheme as a volunteer in 2019 after completing a degree in Zoology. I was working in an office at the time and I found that being outside, surrounded by nature, once a week was literally a breath of fresh air. It also gave me a taste of the work involved in practical conservation, an area that has always felt incredibly important to me. So,...Read More
Dunsmore Living Landscape: yours to explore
Enjoy More It’s approaching that time of year again. Winter-still woods erupt with a blaze of colour. First to bloom are primroses, often along sunny wood banks. Then comes the carpet of Wood anemone, Stitchwort, Yellow archangel and finally Bluebell. Frozen, creaking timber starts to whisper in milder winds as bright, caterpillar-laden leaves attract early spring migrants: Chiff-chaff,...Read More