Annex 2

 

Summary of Work with Volunteers by

Environment and Community Officers 1st April – 31st October 2022

 

·        Total volunteer hours (only including tasks / activities they are aware of): 5,603.5

 

·        Average volunteer hours per month: 800.5

 

·        Number of corporate days: 56

 

·        Number of volunteer hours from businesses: 2,758

 

Total number of new volunteers signed up and inducted:

 

Gardeners: 13

Litter Pickers: 53

Goose Scarers: Just starting to reform

 

Total number supported:

Gardeners: 266

Litter Pickers: 824

Park Unlockers : 97

Snow Wardens: 295

Leaf Blowers: 36

Tree wardens 37

 

Friends of groups supported: 30

 

Sites worked on: 52.

 

Sample of work by the community overseen or arranged by the ECOs

 

·        Sovereign Park (Acomb) Weeding of flower beds around the play area

 

·        Carleton Street Play Area (Holgate) Installed raised beds, hard standing and tool shed. The new Carleton Street Community Garden group have installed further raised beds, have created new flower beds and planted up and have installed compost bins and a greenhouse.

 

·        Alex Lyon House (Micklegate) Weeding, planting up raised beds, creating new flower bed and planting up, weeding and creating lawn area, cutting back weeds and grass in the orchard.

 

·        Alma Terrace (Fishergate) Gardening group prepared land and progressing to refresh the area

 

·        Glen Gardens (Heworth) Work started to refresh flower beds round perimeter of the park. Local school volunteers tending to wildflower area. Basketball and tennis court perimeters tended to

 

·        Rawcliffe Country Park (Rawcliffe and Clifton Without) Froglife and volunteers have helped improve the condition of the pond. Regular trailbuilder volunteer days to do maintenance on the bike tracks.

 

·        Clarence Gardens (Guildhall) Rose bed volunteer group meet weekly during summer months to tend to rose bushes. Refresh of wooden edging. New leaf bay installed

 

·        Hob Moor (Dringhouses and Woodthorpe / Holgate)

Regular volunteer litter picks by local residents, scouts and new volunteers. Thistle pulling in North Street pasture. Bramble and nettle cut back on Little Hob moor near to Hobmoor Terrace. Bluebell and wild garlic bulbs and wood anemone tubers planted in cleared areas. Broken wooden tree guards and barbed wire removed from wooded area.  Underpass cleared of weeds, soil build up and scrub overhang

 

·        West Nook Water Meadow (Haxby and Wigginton) 4 new Friends inducted and trained as gardeners. Wildflower area scythed and cuttings removed