Caring for gods acre

Volunteers from south Shropshire have been helping to maintain local churchyards whilst encouraging wildlife and sustainability in the maintenance of the church estate.

By the end of September 2012 there scheme has involved 48 different volunteers who have been out with the Churchyard Task Team, working in 39 different churchyards around Herefordshire and South Shropshire.

Four of these volunteers have completed over a hundred task days....a total of 602 in all just between them!

The highlights of the summer have included building this wonderful composting area for their local churchyard to manage all the grass cuttings from the graveyard.

Congratulations to the volunteers who show that you can have wonderful gardens whilst protecting the environment and make a fabulous contribution to their local communities by keeping the area clean and green.