New Programme Action Barbara Dixon Award
Theme 2022 – Climate Change Act Now from Local to Global
In the first year of the Barbara Dixon Award, our club won for our Environmental Project work, the development of which has included:
- Working closely with the Welsh and Conwy Beekeeping Associations to develop a project to promote the importance of Honey Bees to our environment and the food chain. This work included visiting 10/12 schools every year for 9 years delivering our hands-on ‘Bring Back the Bees’ workshop and giving presentations to local community groups
- Funding an Apiary in a school in Uganda to help them to learn about bees and sell honey to raise funds towards the building of a dormitory for girls which our club is continuing to support financially
- Setting up a club Apiary producing honey and other related products to sell in order to help fund the school workshops. Bee friendly flowers were planted near the Apiary to encourage pollination
- Attending local shows to sell our products and promote our project and the plight of the bees
- Extending our environmental work in 2022 to successfully redeveloping a large courtyard garden at Glan Clwyd Hospital working closely with the hospital’s estates team and inviting students from Coleg Cambria Horticultural Department in Northop to assist with the design of the garden. The project is aimed at providing a beautiful tranquil space for the wellbeing of patients, staff and visitors.
- Our recycling initiative collecting plastic bottle tops which are made into garden furniture at a local factory and crisp packets which are made into sleeping bags for the homeless.