Mud Pie Explorers, Bristol

We provided Mud Pie Explorers with funding for their Bio Boost project in Bristol. We caught up with Bekkii Woodward to find out more about how it benefited the local environment.

Tell us more about the group

Bekkii: "Mud Pie Explorers has specialist experience working with children with additional needs.

"We provide forest school activities, holiday clubs and projects in Lindcombe Woods in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Newport."

How did the grant help the local environment?

Bekkii: "The grant of £2,000 covered the cost of staffing, equipment and supplies for the project and allowed us to offer free spaces for children.

"The project involved litter picking to protect wildlife, water quality testing, and native wild garlic and bluebell bulb planting for the spring pollinators.

"We also built dams after seeing how intense the water flow was during heavy rainfall, and planted trees for carbon capture."

Bekkii and one of the Mud Pie Explorers planting trees.

Did the children take part in the project?

Bekkii: "Yes. They were hands-on throughout the project, learning new skills while helping their local woodland.

"Some of them took their parents to the woods to show them the leaky dams. We have plans to do more in the woodland, including water testing, wildlife surveys, planting and bramble clearing.

"All these works were done in consultation with the Friends of Lindcombe Barn Park and Woods."