Project Dates: 1.9.25 to 1.3.26

Force 4 Nature provides local volunteers with the opportunity to get hands-on with exciting local nature restoration initiatives happening across South Devon. The volunteers venture out every week to undertake a wide variery of restoration tasks that give nature the helping hand it needs to recover and thrive.

Activities include: planting trees/hedges; sowing wild flower meadows; building leaky dams; creating new ponds/ditches; establishing community orchards; building no dig veggie beds; revitalising forest school areas; instaling bird boxes; removing invasive species; and much more!

This grant will enable the project to expand and replicate their successful model, of providing a free resource for farmers and landowners to carry out nature-positive tasks, and the chance for volunteers to get involved and connect with others and nature – delivering immense cumulative impact for the people involved and nature.

 

Objectives:

Force 4 Nature aims to fill the void where projects receive funding for capital costs (like tree planting or leaky dam building) but lack the budget or people power for the practical delivery of the work. They provide a team of reliable, resourceful, and motivated volunteers organised and coordinated by a single point of contact.

Methodology:

Volunteers visit a different project each week on a rotating basis to assist with practical work to deliver beneficial outcomes for nature recovery. The team is insured, equipped, has transport, and is free at the point of delivery. They currently visit a wide variety of projects (16 in total) that are working towards a more symbiotic relationship with nature. There are currently 100 members on the WhatsApp group, with a weekly turnout of 10-15%.

 

Images credits: Force4Nature