Holy Trinity Eco Church held its fourth annual Eco Day recently, featuring a variety of wildlife and local conservation organisations.
The event, held on Saturday 6th July, welcomed the RSPB, Wiltshire Wildlife, and the Butterfly and Bumblebee Conservation Trusts, along with local groups such as the Dilton Pollen Corridor and Dilton Gardening Club.
The eco team showed their support for the community blanket project, which makes and sends blankets to Ukraine, and the Pachamama Charity which sends reusable sanitary pads to refugees and are made at the sewing days they hold twice a year. There was also a photo exhibition of sightings seen in the churchyard, staged by Bud Trainer.
“The wonderful group of young naturalists, who study and record the wildlife in the churchyard, had prepared a very informative and fun stall of nature trails and quizzes,” said team leader Lynne Vercoe.
“Unfortunately the event was a victim of the climate crisis, as the day was very windy and cold, but those who attended found it a very interesting and informative day,” she added.
Eco Church is a scheme run by A Rocha UK, equipping churches to care for God’s creation through their worship, buildings, land, community engagement, and individual lifestyles. Holy Trinity Church has attained the Silver Award and is about to qualify for the Gold Award.
