External Community Group Banbury, OX15 4UJ
Created in 2017, the Salt Way Activity Group was set up to help preserve and maintain the two-mile stretch of the Salt Way as it passes the southern side of Banbury.
Volunteering offers everyone the opportunity to transfer your skills, learn how to identify plants, shrubs, trees, and how to manage areas to enhance the habitats and landscape. It also makes a difference to our community and offers real benefits to your health and wellbeing.
Volunteering activities have been shown to improve fitness and enhance mental wellbeing by combining outdoor exercise, increased contact with nature, and the social benefits of group activity.
Responsibilities:
* Cutting ivy off trees and shrubs adjacent to the way, to reduce incidences of windblow.
* Coppicing trees and shrubs.
* Hedge laying and creating new habitat.
* Letting light into areas periodically to encourage woodland flowering plants.
* Monitoring and learning about birds, butterflies, plants, reptiles, etc.
* Reporting problems on the way.
* Tree and shrub planting.
* Planting out plug plants to increase the variety of native plants - a nectar source.
* Managing grassland - scything to encourage diversity; an almost meditative practice.
* Building bird and bat boxes for placement along the Salt Way.
Salt Way Activity Group would love to hear from you.
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