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Resources
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Tools recycling
TWAM is a Christian charity that collects unwanted usable tools, refurbishes them, sorts them into trade tool kits and sends them to the developing world for livelihood creation.
They have a depot in Royston.
Which recycling bin?
There is a very useful, detailed and well-designed guide on the SCambs website of what they can recycle and hence in which bin (or otherwise) your unwanted items and waste should go, and even ideas of how to repurpose some items.
Bat Rescue - Cambridgeshire Bat Group
The Cambridgeshire Bat Group, a partner group of the Bat Conservation Trust, carry out batty research and conservation, and educate members of the public about how amazing bats are through public talks and events.
Bee friendly gardens
Bees of all types are certainly our friends and we can help them by planting our gardens with plants that offer good food for them. Gardeners World has some guidance on bee-friendly plants.
Birds
The RSPB have a wealth of resources on identifying and helping birds. There is feeding advice here.
Bumblebee Conservation Trust
"The Bumblebee Conservation Trust was established because of serious concerns that over the past century our bumblebee populations have crashed. Two species have become nationally extinct and several others have declined dramatically.
Hedgehog Rescue
Hedgehog populations in the UK are declining at an alarming rate. We have lost around a third of our hedgehogs in the last 20 years and now hedgehogs are classified as an endangered species. Cambridge Hedgehogs is a charity to help hedgehogs.
QUICK NOTE: do not give hedgehogs a saucer of milk, it kills them! Water and meaty cat or dog food are good.
Honeybee swarms
The Cambridgeshire Beekeepers' Assocation can assist with a honeybee swarm collection - they can safely remove them and rehouse them in a new beehive.
Wildlife Rescue Directory
What do you do if you find and injured bird or animal? Get expert help! Find someone on this map.
Gardening for Nature
Some miscellaneous Gardening for Nature resources.
Glyphosate awareness - Drugwatch
Drugwatch is a free web resource committed to ensuring the safety of families and providing vital health information, targetted at American audiences, but still very relevant to the UK. They say:
Saving Water
Jo Boyle from 2G3S locally has some written up some nice ideas on saving water. Saving the cold water from the tap before it runs hot is very simple and I do that myself.
Eco Schools
Eco-Schools is the largest sustainable schools programme in the world, operated internationally by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). The programme connects 19.5 million children, young people and educators through sustainable development education with 67 countries on all five continents participating.