The Jersey Employment Trust has renewed its partnership with the National Trust, helping to maintain recently planted hedges in St Martin.
The Hedge Fund project needs to be continually maintained to ensure it meets the aim of a series of linked hedgerows of trees and copses, providing cover and habitat for a range of wildlife.
Conrad Evans, the Hedge Fund project coordinator, gave the Jersey Employment Trust (JET) supervisors and its clients background on the Hedge Fund and history of the work carried out to date, followed by training into how to manage the young plants and using hand tools.
Conrad Evans said: “We are delighted to give an opportunity to the team from JET to learn some new skills and play a vital role in the care of this major community project. They can take ‘ownership’ of the area they are focusing on and can show friends and family the results of their labour in the future.”
Steve Ball (Training and Development Coordinator) added: “It was a great opportunity to get some of the clients who access Acorn to get involved again in some of the conservation work that is going on around the island with the National Trust. To see the benefits of hedge maintenance for people, agriculture and wildlife and work in areas off site as a team is very rewarding for them.”
