I t ’s party time as Decordia joins the fight for nature

Decordia got in touch this year not only to join as a Silver Member to support LWT but also donated to our Peatlands Project, says Megan Kelsall.

Their kind donation will be used in 2023 to support essential maintenance and management work such as scrub control and plant translocations on our peatland reserves.

This in turn will help to protect and improve these remaining fragments of our region’s lowland raised bog. Not only does this mean that the incredible bog can help in the climate fight but can also be home to rare bog species such as the large heath/ Manchester argus butterfly and carnivorous sundews. Here is why Director; Cordelia Ashwell decided to reach out to the LWT:

‘As an event design business, spending five months plus a year in fields around the UK building music festivals, we should have a strong connection with our venues. The same way a city venue might have 14 pillars in the room and 20 types of chairs, the venues we use have trees and plants and insects and animals.

I would love to encourage my clients to understand our venues better and the impact a festival might have on the ecosystem in that green field. To use the festival platform to educate both suppliers and customers about looking after the green space the event occupies as well as putting on a great show.

What has Decordia Ltd implemented to tackle this issue?

Reduce/reuse/recycle is now a concept imbedded in all DECORDIA’s planning and procurement choices. When we design events- we design ‘out’ the waste from the very start, and reinvent using existing materials, using recycling as a final option.

Regeneration is also a really important factor for us. Rather than looking at offsetting our carbon use, how do we seek out and support projects on our doorstep reducing carbon released into the atmosphere and regenerating the crucial biodiversity of the land where our business exists? That’s why we have supported the LWTs Peatland Project this year.

What does nature and wildlife mean to you?

I think being outside and understanding nature has an incredible positive impact on people’s mental health and well-being, and I’d love this to go one step further where it becomes part of our brief to address the impact we have in these spaces and what we can do to help them flourish in the off season.

Any handy recycling tips for our Wildlife Supporters?

In 2022 I reused my 'who gives a crap' toilet paper wrapping to wrap all my Christmas presents for my family and friends and the ribbon was reused from Christmas 2021. What a great idea.

Standby are making an impact

Standby Productions were on St Annes beach as part of our Fylde Sand Dunes 10th Annual Christmas Tree Planting.

They joined us and a number of local volunteers and community groups to dig trenches and replant donated Christmas trees in order to collect sand and create embryo dunes to grow this habitat, home to lots of highly specialised plants and animals.

Our sand dunes are an effective form of soft sea defence for the local community and a habitat that you can find flowers of international importance, moths and butterflies of UK conservation importance, breeding birds, amphibians and reptiles and a SSSI designation.

Standby productions also celebrated our partnership by representing SME businesses on the panel of the inaugural Nature North conference. Managing director Simon Owen said: “If everyone did something on a local level, it would have national effect.”

We couldn’t agree more, if your business is looking to make a local impact on nature and wildlife in the region, we would love to hear from you. Get in touch at business@lancwt.org.uk

Wright by name, right by nature

We are pleased to announce that the Eric Wright Group have joined our network of corporate supporters as a gold member.

After several years of supporting LWT with materials that have been used for fencing and pathways we are delighted that Eric Wright Group have committed to engage even more with LWT this year.

The Eric Wright team are looking not only to support projects across the region but to infuse nature and wildlife into their day-to-day operations for their staff and clients.

With the opportunities ranging from teambuilding days, nature talks and wild wellbeing days, we look forward to seeing what 2023 brings for this brilliant partnership.

Corporate Members

GOLD

– Beechfields

– Close Brothers

– Crystal Doors

– Eagle & Child Ramsbottom

– Eco Speed Couriers

– Eric Wright Group

– Gresham Office Furniture

– Mace

– Siemens

– Standby Productions

– Volker Stevin

– VP plc

SILVER

– Decordia Ltd

– Fort Vale Engineering Ltd

– MJ Wilkinson Plant Hire

– Nurturing Hope

Bronze

– Derek Fox Timber

– Dugdale Nutrition

– Holiday Cottages

– Responsible Mailing

– Valley Mist

– Weinerberger

LOCAL BUSINESS MEMBERS

– Hoofs & Paws

– Su Melville Art

– Morecambe Bay Wills & Estates Ltd

– Worthington Sharpe Ltd

Also special thanks to other businesses that have generated income, taken part in Welly Workouts or given in kind materials and help to projects this last quarter: Siemens, Wildlife Travel, Morgan Sindell Construction, EricWright Constuction, VercoGlobal, Laing.

Our Partnership Officer; Megan had a great time at the The SHE Show North West, a day filled with powerful presentations and insightful conversations, we are incredibly excited to see what 2023 will bring for these innovative and forward thinking companies that are making a difference for the planet.

At Lancashire Wildlife Trust we believe that business charity partnerships should be mutually beneficial and based on shared values. Our partnerships are bespoke not “one size fits all” packages. It’s important to us that we get things right at the start to make sustainable long-term relationships. We believe that your company can benefit greatly from a partnership with Lancashire Wildlife Trust as we help your business and your staff to connect more with nature and thrive from the health and well being that happens from connecting with their outdoor environment.

If your company is interested in being a corporate member go to www.lancswt.org.uk/ how-you-can-help/business

Kate Bradbury is passionate about wildlifefriendly gardening and the author of Wildlife Gardening for Everyone and Everything in association with The Wildlife Trusts.