12th February 2025

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Love Wildlife Competition

Green meadow plants in background with words Love Wildlife Competition

Kettering Town Council's Love Wildlife competition has now awarded the winning grants.

The competition offered funding for projects which help boost wildlife in Kettering.

Charities, CIOs, community and voluntary groups, clubs, not for profit organisations School Parent Teacher Associations, Friends of groups, religious bodies and health charities are all some of the examples of groups were eligible to apply.

The cash can go towards funding programme or activity costs which are directly relevant to the application, hire or purchase of equipment for meeting project needs and technical assistance. The project must also happen within Kettering town.

The following projects are the winning entries...

Kettering Science Academy taught pupils how to grow food.

Kettering Science Academy taught pupils how to grow food.

Kettering Science Academy
£1,000
Project to teach children how to grow vegetables in order to promote sustainability and life skills for students with special educational needs.

"We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Kettering Town Council for their generous funding towards the purchase of gardening equipment for our school. This support has made a tremendous impact, enabling our students to engage in hands-on learning, develop valuable skills, and take pride in enhancing our school environment. The new tools have been put to great use, helping us cultivate and maintain a beautiful garden that serves as both an educational resource and a relaxing space for everyone to enjoy. Pupils have been able to: grow cress; beans; tomatoes, and create bug hotels which are among some of the things the grant from Kettering Town Council has enabled the school to do. We look forward to continuing this into the summer months.
"Your contribution has not only enriched our curriculum but also fostered a sense of community and environmental stewardship among our students as local, national, and international citizens. Thank you for making this possible!"
Kettering Science Academy


Bishop Stopford School set up a gardening academy.

Bishop Stopford School set up a gardening academy.

Bishop Stopford School
£200
To set up a Gardening Society to develop an area of eco garden at the school, focusing on project days in June with groups of year 8 students taking on the work as a super curricular activity.

"Our sites team kindly built us a few planters out of old pallets which we planted up. Since then, we have given our garden an official name as chosen by our students (The Secret Garden) and we have a lunchtime Wednesday group: Gardening Gang. This week we plan to lay some more bark on top of the path we made. We are planning to create and build a labyrinth/maze this summer which will be to aid contemplation and reflection." Victoria Hutchinson


Park Junior School PTFA
£1,000
To set up an Eco Club so children can grow their own produce and install bug houses, bird boxes and a wildflower area.

Kettering Nature Group
£400
Kettering Bats Rock! Tour – a series of free guided bat walks with cash going towards purchasing bat detectors. Find out more about the tours on Kettering Nature Group's Facebook page.

The Parent Friends Association of St Mary's School
£200
To develop a wellbeing garden, creating a habitat of plants and wildflowers where biodiversity would be a focus.

Southfield School for Girls
£200
To further develop the pond habitat area, to encourage more wildlife to the area by putting up bat boxes, hedgehog homes and a bee barn.


Last updated: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:58