St George’s wins Bronze at 2024 Wilder Kent Awards
We’re proud to announce we have won bronze at this year’s Wilder Kent Awards for our hard work in helping to create a Wilder Kent.
The awards, which was supported by the Marsh Charitable Trust, saw 87 organisations shortlisted and their efforts resulted in a staggering 120,000 people in the county receiving the nature benefits from the actions taken by the entrants.
The finalists covered four categories, businesses, community groups, schools and villages, towns and cities. 18 received the highest accolade of gold, 23 silver, 27 bronze and 19 awarded commendations. They received their awards at a special ceremony at Canterbury University on Saturday, 20th July, hosted by TV presenter and producer of Talk on the Wild Side podcast, Rob Smith.
The Wilder Kent Awards were set up by Kent Wildlife Trust in 2020 as a way of recognising and rewarding the positive actions that groups across Kent are taking in order to protect wildlife and safeguard nature for future generations.
St George’s Achievements
St George’s achieved our bronze award by allocating some of our allotment space for wildflowers and weeds to grow, maintaining bug hotels, bird boxes, bird feeders and bat boxes, growing plants, herbs fruits and vegetables in our allotment, extending and improving our recycling practices, and cutting down on single use plastic in our setting.
We have also been teaching the children about caring for the environment; for example by providing our preschool age children with regular Forest School sessions with a qualified Forest School Instructor and investing in creating a green and appealing garden space for the children to enjoy.
Kent Wildlife Trust’s Tom White, said: “We were absolutely bowled away by both the quantity and quality of this year’s entries. The work that is going on in the county to create a wilder Kent is outstanding.
“When we are constantly faced with negativity about the nature and climate emergencies, it can be overwhelming, but here are 87 projects that are making a significant difference to the people living in Kent from which around 120,000 would have benefitted. From community gardens to schemes to tackle food waste and other harnessing renewable energy, these awards empower people, and demonstrate that we all have it in us to do something special that makes a difference.”
For more information about the Awards, visit Kent Wildlife Trust.
