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WILD EAST WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT SCHEME
Eaton Rise residents, Paul and Tania Donnachie, have sent us details of a scheme called Wild East which may be of interest to residents: 

"You may already have heard about wild East, an East Anglia based project to encourage 20% of land to be given over to nature to promote environmental objectives. The world can be under the cultural or even residential gardens.

I have just signed up to include our garden and want to suggest that the association consider at least making residents aware of this organisation and their valuable objectives, if not to have Eaton Rise as a whole participated and contribute towards the overall target. I think it would be an incredible achievement if the association could be the first of it's kind to participate and support this work in East Anglia.

Perhaps we could even arrange for a speaker to present on the subject (online?) to interested residents? I would be happy to make a film of the subject within our estate to that end.... Perhaps starting with my own garden! We have a section where we allow nature to do its own thing, have fairly deep and shrubby borders where birds are regularly nesting, lots of insect and butterfly friendly plants, and a pond. I leave the lawn uncut during the summer and have allowed clover to take over which provides nectar for bees. I appreciate not everyone may want to go that far,. but even a small section of garden in alignment with Wild East principles would still be valuable contribution to preserving natural habitats and our overall environment"


For further details, follow this link: https://wildeast.co.uk/your-pledge-can-be-as-big-as-you-want-it-to-be

ERRA members are looking at how we might take part in this scheme

volunteer opportunity for keen gardeners with a passion for mental health!

Your local NHS mental health trust is seeking to recruit a team of Gardening Support Volunteers. This is an exciting opportunity which involves supporting people receiving care for mental health problems to enjoy the outdoors and learn basic gardening skills.
 
What does a Gardening Support Volunteer do?
  • Support service users to learn key gardening skills such as weeding, sowing, planning and harvesting.
  • Chat about gardening with individuals going through mental illness
  • Be a calm, caring and positive presence for the service users, and gently encourage them to enjoy the gardens
 
All our volunteers are supported and supervised by clinical staff throughout the volunteer experience, and will receive full induction training before starting any voluntary activity. We have various hours available throughout the week (Mon-Sun) and ask that volunteers can commit to at least one regular session per fortnight.
 
If you are interested in this role, we would love to hear from you. You will find further information and details for how to apply on our website. If you have any questions at all please contact Eve Edwards, Voluntary Services Manager, on 01603 421348 or at
eve.edwards@nsft.nhs.uk

ERRA Receives 'Highly Commended' certificate at the Norwich Eco Award Ceremony. Click here for more details

Collectors Wanted

As you may know, each year the Eaton Rise Residents Association collect £1 from each household on the estate to contribute to the running of the website, publication of the newsletter and many other organisational and administrative tasks carried out on behalf of the residents. We have a small, but enthusiastic team of collectors, but we are looking for additional people to help spread the load. Would you be prepared to help once a year? If so, please use the Contact for and we will provide further details