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A warm welcome

The Trust would like to extend a warm welcome to the following staff who have recently Making a Buzz for the Coast wins national award
joined us:
We are thrilled to announce our ‘Making a Buzz for the Coast’ project, has been
Alex Worsley who joined the Trust in early 2020 as maternity cover for the West Country awarded first place in a national competition run by the Association for Local
Buzz Project. Alex will continue to work with farmers and landowners to create habitat.
Government Ecologists, from a field of over 50 nominees from across the UK. The
Dr Ros Shaw joins as Project Officer for the Fowey Valley Bumblebee Project. Ros will award recognises successful collaborative working between organisations who are
work with the University of Exeter, trialling their Bee-Steward model at a landscape scale in working in partnership for a positive outcome for biodiversity and protecting wildlife.
the Fowey Valley, Cornwall.
Emma Lansdell, Project Manager for Making a Buzz for the Coast said “The Making a
Bumble club membership Farewell and good luck! Buzz team and our partners are delighted to be recognised nationally for the important
work we are doing to conserve and promote interest in bumblebees and other wild bees
We launched our After eight years with – in Kent and beyond”.
new-look youth the Trust, Conservation Emma Lansdell (back row, third from left) received the award on behalf
membership the Manager, Sam Page has of the Trust and its partners.
bumble club last left for pastures new. Sam
November. We want was instrumental to the New Trustee Blake Gaffney Bee kind wins award
children to explore & Trust projects and partnership work - we
discover the wonders wish Sam all the best. Blake Gaffney (BCom, CA) Bee kind, our bee-friendly
of bumblebees with joined the Trust as Finance gardening tool has won the
some buzzing fun! So, if you know a Double poetry competition winners! Trustee, with thirteen years “Technology for Good Award” at the Prolific
budding bumblebee conservationist, at of experience, ten of those North Tech Awards, which took place in
only £1.50 per month or £15 for the year, post qualification, in the February. The award recognises Hydra
this is sure to keep them buzzing all year accounting and finance sector. We Creative, the digital agency that worked on
round! welcome him to the team. upgrading the Bee kind tool, and the Trust
You can take a look at www. for using technology to make a positive
bumblebeeconservation.org/youth- Species on the Edge success impact.
membership-signup/ We are thrilled that Bee kind and the work
The Trust will be part of a new
Funding from the Postcode The Making a Buzz for the Coast team project called Species on the Edge, of everyone involved has been recognised
in this way. Bee kind is an extremely
an ambitious partnership project by
Green Trust launched a poetry competition in the Scottish Natural Heritage to take action useful resource and has already helped
We were delighted to receive three summer of 2019. We are delighted to along Scotland’s coasts and islands. many people improve their gardens for
bumblebees.
announce Dorothy Jerrome was awarded
years funding from the Postcode Green the overall prize of £100. Our patron Olly Funded by the National Lottery
Trust through players of the Peoples Smith selected the winning poem and was Heritage Fund, the project was Give your garden a bumble-boost today at
Postcode Lottery in 2018. In early so impressed with the quality of entries, he awarded over £260,000 for an initial beekind.bumblebeeconservation.org/
2020, we received our final £95,000! awarded an extra award to Ellie Gosling, development phase, ensuring crucial
This funding has allowed the Trust aged 11 for her delightful poem. Olly work gets started on protecting over 40 Follow us on:
to expand and deliver real results to endowed the John Clare Poetry prize of of Scotland’s most vulnerable species, @Bumblebeeconservationtrust
help the UK’s bumblebees through £50 to Ellie. Congratulations to both our including the Great yellow bumblebee.
fundraising, engagement, planning and winners! You can read their poems at www. @BumblebeeTrust
raising awareness. A huge thank you to bumblebeeconservation.org/making-a- The project will work with some of @Bumblebeeconservationtrust
all at the Postcode Green Trust for their buzz-for-the-coast/ Scotland’s most geographically remote or check out some of our project accounts
support. and diverse communities. @BuzzingCoast @BuzzingDevon @BuzzingPeak
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