\n The project, supported by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), is taking place at St John the Evangelist Church in Treslothan, just outside Troon.\n<\/p>\n
\n Nanette Newton-Hinge, project manager for the Camborne Cluster of Churches, said: “Our project will remove invasive species from the space and provide homes and protection for wildlife and eventually encourage greater biodiversity in the churchyard.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This will include bat and bird boxes, insect hotels, and hedgehog homes.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Funding has also provided outdoor play equipment to allow toddler and after-school clubs to take place, and some kitchen equipment to allow a lunch club to be established.\n<\/p>\n
\n “This grant allowed us to purchase equipment that we would not have been able to afford, so a big thank you to National Grid for the Community Matters Fund.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It makes a big difference to the events and support we can offer our community, and the wildlife and nature within the churchyard.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Known as the Church in the Woods, the Grade II listed building sits within temperate Atlantic rainforest and was awarded a grant from NGED\u2019s Community Matters Fund, which supports the development of green spaces.\n<\/p>\n
\n Andlyn White, social impact partner at NGED, said: “It\u2019s gratifying to see how the community will be enriched by the use of the churchyard and how this project is encouraging people to promote and protect nature.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Community Matters Fund offers grants of up to \u00a35,000 for charities and community groups.\n<\/p>\n
\n Over the past year, it has supported initiatives to help people overcome barriers to employment and address fuel poverty.\n<\/p>\n
\n Since its launch in 2021, the fund has awarded more than \u00a312 million to 2,200 grassroots organisations, benefiting more than one million people across the South West, the Midlands and South Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The project, supported by National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), is taking place at St John the Evangelist Church…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-800201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}