4th December 2024
Some of the Vernon team recently headed out volunteering, planting trees with the RSPB.
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Last week, 8 of our colleagues ventured out to Dovestones and helped to plant 1000 trees as part of our Centenary celebrations. The Vernon gang were really lucky with the weather and all did a great job tree planting! By giving our team volunteering days, this enables our team to volunteer at local charities and community groups of their choice, offering their time and skills to help local causes. The RSPB offers specialist advice on land management for nature and we also work in partnership with other conservation organisation, farmers, landowners, businesses, and others to make a positive impact on the environment.
Jon from the RSPB who runs the event gave us this feedback:
"We had a great couple of days and the teams were really brilliant. We only had 2 on the second day but Ian and Aaron did really well and had the best weather. Overall we did the 1000 trees a mix of Alder and Oak.
Incidentally I got talking to a local chap in the car park near by who was out birdwatching and he said he had seen an article in the Saddleworth Chronicle about the Vernon coming out to plant trees at Dove Stone."
The RSPB is now the largest nature conservation charity in Europe, working to protect, restore, and create wild spaces for nature that benefit people and wildlife, from reedbed and heathland to chalk grassland and wetlands. Established in 1889, Emily Williamson created the Society for the Protection of Birds to fight against fashion that used feathers and exotic materials that were driving certain species of birds toward extinction.
Today, the RSPB works with both the Civil Service and the Government to advise Government policies on conservation and Environmentalism. It is one of several organisations that determine the official conservation list for all birds found in the UK. The problems facing birds, other wildlife, and the environment are large, and make the greatest impact, the RSPB has nature recovery groups that prioritise species, habitats, and sites. It also works with other partners, sometimes on a landscape scale, to do all that it can to help save nature, which is why the Vernon gang enjoyed being able to do their bit for the environment by tree-planting for another year in our local area.
We're proud to contribute to the process of helping our environment by planting trees with the RSPB. The Vernon Gang put in lots of hard work and helped to plant 1000 trees during the day. It's always great to contribute to helping our local areas by volunteering our time, and this is certainly going to continue as we head into the new year.