Coach House
It is proposed that tenders will be sought from environmental conservation charities to operate a programme of ‘Green Gym’ type practical nature conservation projects in Lloyd Park that engages the voluntary participation of the local community. These projects will help volunteers to improve their physical health, gain new skills/experience, new friends, improved social skills, improved mental health and well-being. The contract period will be from 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2019.
The Coach House will be upgraded to provide an operational base for the successful charity to store materials, provide a small office/mess facility for charity staff and volunteers. Their regular presence in the building would raise its profile as an occupied property and deter potential vandalism. The charity would be required to maintain the building in a sustainable way that preserves the character of this building and this clause would be built into the contract.
This project will require the tenderer to provide a minimum of 50 nature conservation volunteer sessions each year together with the delivery of formal environmental training workshops that supports the volunteers.
Examples of activities to be held in Lloyd Park are likely to be:
Habitat creation
Tree/hedge/shrub/bulb planting.
Creation of mini-beast homes e.g. stag beetle loggery, mini-beast hotel.
Construction of bat boxes and bird boxes.
Planting up the moat and wetland scrape areas.
Habitat management
Woodland maintenance - coppicing, thinning, planting and hedge laying.
Wetland scrape/moat – clearing and weed control.
Wildflower meadow development.
These programmes will target people who need to improve their physical or mental health.
It is proposed that tenders will be sought from environmental conservation charities to operate a programme of ‘Green Gym’ type practical nature conservation projects in Lloyd Park that engages the voluntary participation of the local community. These projects will help volunteers to improve their physical health, gain new skills/experience, new friends, improved social skills, improved mental health and well-being. The contract period will be from 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2019.
The Coach House will be upgraded to provide an operational base for the successful charity to store materials, provide a small office/mess facility for charity staff and volunteers. Their regular presence in the building would raise its profile as an occupied property and deter potential vandalism. The charity would be required to maintain the building in a sustainable way that preserves the character of this building and this clause would be built into the contract.
This project will require the tenderer to provide a minimum of 50 nature conservation volunteer sessions each year together with the delivery of formal environmental training workshops that supports the volunteers.
Examples of activities to be held in Lloyd Park are likely to be:
Habitat creation
Tree/hedge/shrub/bulb planting.
Creation of mini-beast homes e.g. stag beetle loggery, mini-beast hotel.
Construction of bat boxes and bird boxes.
Planting up the moat and wetland scrape areas.
Habitat management
Woodland maintenance - coppicing, thinning, planting and hedge laying.
Wetland scrape/moat – clearing and weed control.
Wildflower meadow development.
These programmes will target people who need to improve their physical or mental health.