Morden Urban Rangers
Willow Wood
This winter Morden Urban Rangers will be thinning the shrub layer in Willow Wood at Morden Hall Park and replenishing with native species to increase biodiversity. They'll also be organising a community planting event to encourage others to get out and enjoy their local green space.
News update: Morden Urban Rangers have won a National Trust Healthy, Beautiful Environment LaSEr Award for their work on the Community Wildlife Garden and their very successful Fun Palaces community event. They were shortlisted for the Participation Award at the National Trust's Move, Teach and Inspire conference. They also won bronze in the Young Volunteer Team of the Year category of the Merton Partnership Awards.
Pollards Hill Urban Rangers
The Pollards Hill estate is being regenerated. It's the perfect time to start an Urban Ranger team to engage local young people with looking after local green spaces and to build ownership of outdoor spaces on the estate by being actively involved in the regeneration.
If you are local to Pollards Hill and want to take ownership of your local green spaces and gain the skills and confidence to actively look after where you live, get in touch using the contact details at the bottom of the page. The first project we're working on is creating an environmental garden at William Morris School including a pond, bug habitats, planting areas and compost.
Get a taste for the outdoors with a GAP taster session
Does your youth group or college want to improve local green spaces, learn new skills and get advice on how to use these skills to get further training, education and employment? We offer taster sessions for groups to book and can tailor them to suit your needs. Past groups include Orchard Hill College, The Princes Trust and Cricket Green School.
We suggest a donation of £10 per participant, which goes back to the project enabling us to provide more opportunities for young people.