Malpas's Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s health and wellbeing volunteer group have been working at the NeuroMuscular Centre in Winsford to help improve their grounds for wildlife.

The volunteer group have been using the traditional meadow cutting method of scything to cut a wildflower meadow at the Centre.

By cutting the meadow this way, the budding ‘Poldarks’ were conserving the wildflowers by helping them to spread their seed for the following year, while making sure important pollinators such as bees and butterflies using the meadow as their home were safe.

“We’re really excited to be working with the NeuroMuscular Centre,” said Catherine de Zwaan, Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s natural futures manager, who leads the volunteering team at the Trust.

“There are opportunities for us to support the Centre in making areas of their garden more wildlife-friendly, so we will be visiting them a few more times – our volunteers are really enjoying it."

Catherine added volunteering is the perfect way tyo meet new people. She said: “The group working at the NeuroMuscular Centre is our Wild Wellbeing group, which aims to increase volunteers’ feelings of health and wellbeing by providing opportunities to spend time connecting with nature, so this ties in well with the NeuroMuscular Centre’s ethos too. "

Cheshire Wildlife Trust offers a wide variety of volunteering opportunities across the county. To find out more visit: www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/volunteering