Project at local festivals and University volunteer fairs

The project ran information stalls at local festivals including one on Streatham Common during the Streatham festival.

The project also ran information stalls at University volunteer fairs to attract their students to part.

Pratical environmental conservation event on common

The project organised a successful free practical environmental conservation event in October 2008. The event was run by BTCV Clif Osbourne and tools were provided by Lambeth Council Rangers, who also took part and helped organised the event. The day was well attended by almost 20 participants, who all received certificates for taking part.

Participants were shown how to identify trees, prune trees / shrubs, fell small trees, create wildlife habitat piles and how to use/carry tools correctly. The young adults taking part also videoed and took digital photographs during the event with tips from Embrace's professional media staff. Also a team building exercise was also undertaken by some of the young people where they had to make a piece of rope into a square shape while blind folded.

Picnics on Streatham Common

The project has organised picnics on the common for young adults from other Embrace Cooperation Ltd projects.

Events organised for local schools

The project has run various events for local schools including wildflower surveys, insect surveys and wildlife pond design sessions both on the common and at schools.

The project has had over 100 secondary school pupils take part in the project sessions. New environmental projects are being developed with local schools and their pupils are taking a active part in the development of the projects.

Embrace Cooperation Ltd would welcome to hear from other schools who would be interested in developing new projects with us.

Wildlife Id and photography walks

The project has run 5 nature walks on Streatham Common with over 100 people taking part in the walks.

We have run 2 walks on how to identify birds with local bird expert Peter Newmark running the walks for us.

2 walks on how to identify trees with Lambeth Council Parks Projects Officer (Communities & Education) Dr Iain Boulton running the walks.

Plus a walk on how to take digital photos of wild flowers, trees and the common.

We are also going to run a wild flower ID walk on Streatham common 11:30am Thursday 21st May 2009. Starting at the rookery cafe on Streatham common, which will be run by Dominic Price Species Recovery Officer for Charity Plantlife International. The walk will be a introduction to the plants of the common, with a chance to use ID guides to familiarise oneself with some of the more interesting species. We will have a gentle walk around the common looking at the native plants and learning how to identify them. Everyone is welcome to come along and take part.