As part of our work with National Highways, we sit on the Midlands Collaborative Community which provides us with opportunities to develop great relationships with all of the National Highways supply chain in our area.
Better relationships mean better collaboration on projects which works well for us, our collaborators and our client, National Highways. Last week the Midlands Collaborative Community were asked to get involved in a regeneration project at Grays Wood Nature Reserve at Lake View Park in Coventry.
The area was originally an allotment that had become disused and overgrown to the point it was unrecognisable, although there are still plenty of fruit trees around. The Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and local community groups as well as Coventry City Council have been working together to try and get the area in a condition that the local community can use all year round.
The areas around the reserve are wetlands and historically the area is renowned for being very boggy, which makes them hard to access at certain times of the year. When we were there, it was a very hot day and in the middle of a drought so a perfect time to carry out the works.
A team of 30 volunteers installed approximately 200m of pathways throughout the reserve to allow access all year round for the local community and other groups. The area is now ready to be used by local schools for outdoor learning, counselling and wellbeing groups, wildlife groups and by all members of the local community to improve their wellbeing.
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