Vistry Partnerships in the North East is helping to protect a rare species of butterfly on its Ayton Park development site in Washington.
The regeneration and housing specialist is investing nearly £60,000 in schemes to protect the dingy skipper butterfly (pictured), which is in severe decline, and to enhance the natural woodland adjacent to its new homes development, by creating ecological attractions for local communities.
As part of the project, ecologists removed the turf which the Dingy Skipper butterfly larvae were hibernating in and transported it to a specially prepared location at Bowes Railway Local Wildlife Site, where the species will be monitored and managed for the next 20 years.
British Land nurtures young bookworms
British Land is partnering with the National Literacy Trust for the 10th consecutive year in the Young Readers Programme.
The programme, which runs in schools and areas around British Land sites, was set up to encourage children to develop a love of reading outside the classroom, to support their development of literacy skills.
Over the past nine years, the Young Readers Programme has helped more than 42,000 primary school children under the age of 11.
It was acutely important this year, with vulnerable children most seriously impacted by Covid-19 receiving 6,000 books and 3,000 literacy activity packs throughout the summer.
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