Countryside Classroom has announced that the the Bumblebee Conservation Trust has won top funding from the Aviva Community Fund. They have been awarded £25,000 for Pollinating the Peak. This project is based in Derbyshire and has education and community engagement at its core. There are five strands:
- buzzing gardens
- buzzing communities
- buzzing schools
- buzzing tourism and
- skills for bees
Work with schools will include a mobile Polli:lab to provide students with the opportunity to take part in hands on science experiments on the topic of bumblebees and pollination, and a new interactive website to host education resources.