Escape2Make held their Green Festival in Scotch Quarry today to showcase the creative work of young people on the theme of the environment. Lots of activities and an inspirational feel.
Green Festival
Author: The Areti Trust
Further grants awarded
The Areti Trust has also agreed the following grants:
- £12,206 for children from less well-off families to attend the Forest School Holiday Club organised by Larksfoot CIC
- £25,925 to Arnside & Silverdale AONB for “Into The Woods” – a full-year programme for pupils from Chadwick School PRU.
Two more grants
Two more grants have recently been awarded for summer activities: one to Outward Bound and one to the Lancashire Association of Boys and Girls Clubs.
Grant to Kent Estuary Youth project
The Areti Trust recently made a grant of £2,000 to the KEY project to enable 20 young people to attend a residential weekend of outdoor activities.
Grant awarded to “Where the Wildings Are”
The Areti Trust recently made a grant of £23,396 to LESS for their “Where the Wildings Are“. This is a project working with local schools to grow food, and to encourage wildlife and increase biodiversity in their grounds.
Updates
- Between June 2021 and March 2022, 875 schoolchildren from 12 local primary schools visited RSPB Leighton Moss, class by class, enjoying a day of discovering and learning about birds, minibeasts and what lurks beneath the surface of ponds. The Areti Trust is grateful to the Learning Team at Leighton Moss for connecting children with nature again after lockdown with such enthusiasm and heart.
- Junior members of the Lancaster Boys’ and Girls’ Club had outdoor day visits during half term. As is the tradition, it did rain, but that didn’t stop the enjoyment.
- The Areti Trust recently awarded £2,750 to Skerton Community Association for 50 young people to go on a summer residential trip to an outdoor activity centre for a week.
Working with schoolchildren at Leighton Moss
There is an interesting online article on the Leighton Moss blog about starling murmurations and the work of the Learning Officer, Carol, on connecting children with nature.
New applications
Although things are still far from normal, it was heartening to receive applications for grants from organisations both old and new at the end of 2021. The trustees have decided on the following grants:
- £4,000 to CEEP for outdoor activities during summer 2022
- £8,100 to Lancashire Youth Challenge for outdoor workshops and challenges in spring and winter 2022
- £5,320 to Arnside & Silverdale AONB for a half-term of outdoor activities with youngsters from a pupil referral unit
- £2,500 to CancerCare for outdoor activities with teenagers affected by cancer or loss
- £2,991 to Lakeland Arts for primary schoolchildren to visit Windermere
- £2,720 to Stomping Group CIC to support a small number of children with extra needs to attend forest school.
The Wyrm of Trowbarrow
One of this year’s projects came to a close with primary schoolchildren parading the “Wyrm of Trowbarrow” through the city centre as part of Light Up Lancaster. This was organised by Arnside and Silverdale AONB, working with artists Anna Read and Shane Johnstone.
More events
Lancashire Youth Challenge successfully completed their “Highest, Longest, Deepest, Darkest & Wildest Challenge” in August: canoeing the length of Windermere, climbing Scafell Pike, abseiling into the caves of Cathedral Quarry, a night of wild camping in a gale, and scrambling through the Yordas Cave.
Arnside & Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are taking children from four primary schools to Silverhelme Scout Camp and Trowbarrow Quarry and working with them to produce a “serpent” of lanterns for the Light Up Lancaster event in November.
Ludus has completed a project with primary school children, taking them outdoors to look carefully at and learn about the plants and creatures around them. Back in school, the children’s creativity was developed by using art and physical movement to inspire a respect for the natural world.
The Areti Charitable Trust 