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Restoring the Union wetland: a volunteer-led project in Leicester

Help us clean and replant the Union wetland before the June planting window closes.

🇬🇧 Leicester, England, United Kingdom658 views
Evelyn Armstrong
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Leicester
The Union wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 35 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 150 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, including native species selected by a local botanist. The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade. All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $2,150 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,450 • Waste removal and skip hire: $290 • Tools and protective gear: $410 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Evelyn

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  • Omer Salman RanaID verified

    thinking of you and your family. More neighborhoods should do this. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.

    • Keep going. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.

      • Hang in there. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money

        • Rooting for you, Evelyn. Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Uppsala but we're thinking of you. Blessings.

          • Thanks for sharing this, Evelyn. Hope you get there. All the best.

            • Thinking of you and your family, Evelyn. Gave what I could, wish it was more. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Medellín.

              • Wishing you the best. I hope things turn around soon. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.

                • Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend

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