Rake and Chips
6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Windsor and Maidenhead
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Monday 10th May 2021
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Tara Isherwood
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Sutherland Grange is a designated Nature Reserve between Windsor and Maidenhead. Amy, Diya, Kanika, Amanda, Tara and Laura joined Jason from Braywick Nature Centre to spruce up the path leading to the West. We filled our wheel barrows with mulch and leveled it out on the path using large rakes, while Jason gave us some history of the site and successful steps in Woodland Management that are being undertaken to improve ecology and biodiversity. When our work was completed we headed home, Amanda had run and Diya, Kanika, Amy and Tara had a wonderful cycle back to Maidenhead via Bray and the Braywick Nature Reserve.
This week is Mental Health Awareness week, this year the focus is on our connection with nature. https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week/why-nature.
Goodgym provides an opportunity for people to improve mental wellness by connecting more closely with nature in missions such as this. Feel free to join us at our next mission at this beautiful location: https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/path-maintenance-in-sutherland-grange-nature-reserve-ee7517aa-7585-4981-a133-a6699a92d306
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A community hub to promote awareness of the natural environment.
Working in partnership with Groundwork South, Braywick Nature Centre acts as a community hub to promote awareness of the natural environment with events, walks and talks across the borough, and through educational sessions for school, youth and other groups. The service also offers support for local conservation and amenity groups. The nature centre houses displays and exhibitions on wildlife, sustainability and local history, and has a large classroom for use by schools and other groups and is only open to the public when events are taking place. The nature centre is situated in an old stable block, originally part of the estate belonging to Braywick Lodge. The 19th century mansion house was demolished in 1969, however the stables were refurbished in 1989 to provide a centre for environmental activities in the borough.
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