Meet the Team! Trafford Ecology Park is home to environmental charity Groundwork, who have a small office on site. You’re likely to see lots of friendly, passionate people working together around the park; helping others and the environment. Many members of the team assist with volunteering days, park improvements and outdoor education activities, however here…Read More »
In 2020, Groundwork worked with local charity Start Creative in Salford to develop a sustainable building design for what would become ‘The Meeting Place’. As a small charity who requires external support to fund and maintain Trafford Ecology Park, our idea was to create a space which could be hired out to help provide funding…Read More »
On a crisp sunny day at Trafford Ecology Park a group of volunteers from Yokogawa, a manufacturing firm based in Runcorn, helped to transform a section of the park’s overgrowth near the Meeting Place into a habitable area for both the wildlife and the parks visitors. Dead Hedges The project for the Yokogawa employees was…Read More »
A group of volunteers from the University of Manchester braved the wind and rain last week to help improve the ecosystem of one of Trafford Ecology Park’s ponds as part of the Natural Neighbourhoods project. Pond Management Left unmanaged, ponds will slowly dry out and lose their biodiversity benefits. However by carrying out simple maintenance,…Read More »
