The Aire Rivers Trust have launched a Community Grant Scheme offering grants of up to £500 each to local groups looking after the River Aire and/or its tributaries. The funding can be used to undertake small-scale heritage-related engagement activities or minor capital works. The scheme supports the aims of our Roots in the River Project.
As summer comes to an end, at the Aire Rivers Trust we are turning our attention to the important autumn and winter tasks that help care for our local rivers. One key practical task for our volunteers throughout September is managing meadows along our rivers, helping to maintain these valuable habitats after the growing season.
Having visited St Aidan’s and Fairburn Ings nature reserves, Lucy Johnson explores a Nottinghamshire variant on the theme: Attenborough Nature Reserve
Betsy Matten worked with us over the summer as part of her BA Hons. In this blog she describes her experience and learning
Gareth wa.s a Project Officer during a critical phase of our development,. Lucy interviews him about his career
Managing a meadow is easier with the help of sheep. Lucy interviews our former Project Officer in his new role at Hebden Royd Town Council
Every summer, volunteers from the Aire Rivers Trust head out to riverbanks, smaller becks and woodlands across the catchment to remove balsam and give native plants a chance to thrive again.
