Naturesave – Naturesave

15 January

Why we offer our staff extra holiday if they don’t fly

Naturesave was founded 25 years ago with the idea of creating a more sustainable insurance industry. From the word go, our environmental beliefs meant led to a strict policy of avoiding flying for all business travel, using public transport wherever possible. As a national business based in the South West, this has meant our key staff

5 December

Surfers Against Sewage – Sustainable Guide To Surfing

Back in 2011, The Naturesave Trust were delighted to provide funding to assist Surfers Against Sewage compile a detailed report targeting the surfing community. The report was a call to arms for surfers, one “that harks back to the maverick, pioneer spirit that so often set apart surfers as a resourceful group of individuals intent

4 December

Renewable Energy in Ashton Hayes

Dec 4, 2019
Naturesave
Renewable Energy, Science and Education, Sustainable Communities, Trust Projects Funded

Ashton Hayes Community Energy (AHCE) is a Community Interest Company owned and run by the people of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire. Established in 2011 as part of the award-winning Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral (GCN) project, AHCE develops and manages community-owned renewable energy in the village and promotes energy efficiency. Over the past decade, the

4 December

Upgrading the eco-cabins for Centre For Alternative Technology

For more than 40 years, CAT has been helping people to learn about practical solutions for a green, healthy future, and how they can contribute to this. Set in a disused quarry in Mid Wales, our site is a demonstration and education centre, equipping people from all over the UK, as well as many from

4 December

Start-up grant for Greater Manchester Community Renewables

GMCR is a community benefit society set up to develop and operate community-owned renewable energy projects across Greater Manchester. The group raised £186,000 via a community share offer in summer 2016, which funded the installation of solar panels on three schools in Salford and a community centre in Partington. In the first year of operation,

4 December

Bat Cam for internationally recognised conservation charity

Wild Futures aims to celebrate UK wildlife and to encourage a passion and understanding o the importance of caring for our wonderful environment. Based at The Monkey Sanctuary, our charity manages the 10 acres for local conservation. Although renowned for our conservation and welfare work with non-human primates, we believe it is equally important to

4 December

RSPB Chester, Swift Conservation Project

Nature Conservation, Trust Projects Funded

The Chester Swift Conservation Project was set up in 2016 by members of RSPB Chester Local Group to raise awareness of the alarming fall in breeding swift numbers in the UK and to co-ordinate actions to increase the availability of suitable nest sites around Chester. Survey work was done in the city in 2016 and

12 November

Life Style UK receives funding from the Naturesave Trust

Bike Back recycling bikes for the community

“Bike Back” is an innovative bicycle recycling project which collects donations of old, unwanted and abandoned bikes otherwise destined for landfill and takes them to a workshop inside the secure area of HMP Bristol

7 November

Lucky Hedgehog Rescue receives Trust funding

Thanks to the Naturesave Trust, Lucky Hedgehog Rescue will now benefit from the grant, a means to expand their care commencing with the building of an insulated & heated room for the sick, injured, orphaned and juvenile British Hedgehogs coming into rescue

7 November

Gloucestershire Repair and Reuse Partnership

The Trust assisted with the running costs of the wood and electrical repair workshops for the Furniture Recycling Project in Gloucestershire