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ISSUE FOUR : Winter 2017 Wildli fe Protecting ’s at Work wildlife and wild places

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Art and wildlife L Wear your N A I R D wellies to work Meet our new members A Wildlife at Work T S U R T

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Wildlife Bites – Wear your 5 Business Supporter wellies for wildlife news in brief Why not liven up your work day and get your colleagues involved in a spot of baking, bike riding or even swapping their heels for a pair of Business Supporter wellies? We would love to encourage businesses to plan their next 6 directory, including fundraising event with Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Every year we work with companies, organisations, schools and individuals to create fun our Business sponsored activities and community events. We can help with Supporter scheme suggestions and make sure you have all the resources you need to put benefits together an exciting occasion that not only brings in much needed funds for conservation, but which also puts a smile on everyone’s face. Whether big or small, indoors or out we will also help promote your fundraiser to Bee friendly our members to help raise more donations. Quiz nights, coffee mornings, home 8 clothes days and charging people a £1 to wear their wellies to work are all easy T activities to organise and allow staff to give S U

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E F I L Setting up an online fundraising page, such as Just D L I Giving, is quick and easy and it allows your friends, W

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T and wild places, please contact Antonia we look forward to celebrating your results! :

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A 01872 302 264 or antonia.mullaly@ M I Download a copy of our Fundraising Activity Pack for tips, ideas and resources at

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University of Business O Holiday Cornwall O

School, Penryn H It is a pleasure to welcome Holiday C S

S Cornwall Ltd as new Business

The University of Exeter Business School S E

N Members. The company is passionate is one of the UK's leading centres of I S

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together internationally respected E and is keen to engage its visitors with T E this ethos, for the enjoyment of all. academics with students from over 80 X E

countries. The BSc Business programme is F The business has been providing O

based in the SERSF building on the Penryn Y holiday accommodation for over T I S

Campus, near Falmouth. The Business R 40 years, with most properties E V School has been made one of the Trust’s I set within the stunning 'North N new Wildlife Partners in recognition of U Helford Conservation Area', a their joint hosting of the ‘Wild Business’ designated 'Area of Outstanding networking events. Natural Beauty. 2 www.business-school.exeter.ac.uk www.holidaycornwall.co.uk Issue Four : Winter 2017

Cornwall distilled Caspyn Gin is produced in a small craft distillery in Long Rock just outside by Business Supporters, Pocket Full of Stones. The company was originally started in by two brothers, Shaun and Dale Bebington who enjoyed experimenting with their own gin recipes and who wanted to create a high quality drink. Keen to relocate to a place that would allow them to fulfil their love of the outdoors and remind them of the ocean they grew up next to; they moved to Cornwall and created the business along with Paul Motley. Y R E L L I T S I D

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L L Shaun, who grew up in South Africa A between the Drankesburg Mountains and the east coast of Africa explains: “I was super fortunate to have a very ‘wild’ introduction to life, and I wouldn't change it for the world. Our natural resources are under attack from industry, from pollution, from ourselves and we are the only ones that can do something about that. This little corner of the world is amazing. Its natural beauty is there for everyone to see, around every corner, let's keep it that way.” For information about stockists and events where they will be showcasing their range of gins, visit their website www.caspyn.com www.facebook.com/pocketfulofstones and Facebook page. T T S S U U Sailflags, Penzance R R T T

We are pleased to welcome E E F F I I L L Sailflags as new Business D D L L I I Members. Based in Penzance, W W

L L the business supplies an array L L A A of event flags and banners, and W W N N R has provided the Trust with R O O C banners for our Fox Club C events at our annual Wildlife Celebration at Trebah Gardens. Peter Williams and his team are keen to support local organisations and want to give something back by helping our good work in caring for wildlife and wild places in Cornwall.

www.sailflags.co.uk 3 Wildlife at Work

Wildlife artist and illustrator Natalie Toms Art and takes her inspiration from Cornwall’s woodlands, meadows, hedgerows and coastline wildlife and is strongly influenced by the natural world. “My affinity for nature has inspired my creativity for as long as I can remember and now I'm lucky enough to be able to observe the wonders of the Cornish countryside from my garden studio. I watch the flora and fauna come and go with the seasons, providing a perfect reference for my detailed wildlife drawings.” Based in Lanlivery near , Natalie produces stunning giclée prints and greetings cards of the natural world made from original drawings. Natalie has chosen to donate 5% from every sale of her artwork to the Trust for our ongoing conservation work. She explains: “Cornwall's wildlife has given me so much over the years and although it may seem beautiful and never-ending when you lose yourself deep within the countryside and along the coast, our wild places are always under threat. Cornwall Wildlife Trust works to ensure the survival and prosperity of Cornwall's wildlife through conservation and education. She continues: “I myself have enjoyed several of the nature reserves managed by the Trust and their protection and maintenance shouldn't be taken for granted. I became self-employed in February of this year and although my business is still a fledgling I wanted to give something back to Cornwall's natural

S beauty which so deeply inspires me.” M O T

E I L A T A N For details of Natalie’s work and inspiration, visit her website or Instagram feed. www.natalietoms.com www.instagram.com/thickets_studio

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Kurt and Caroline Jackson Cotna Eco Retreat, S O S U K Ltd, St Just Gorran Churchtown R T C

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F New Business Supporter, Cotna Eco I We are thrilled to announce that T L R D U Retreat offers award-winning eco glamping L Kurt Jackson, artist and I K W conservationist, who is a long term and yurt holidays set amongst 14 acres in L L

supporter of Cornwall Wildlife Trust, the beautiful Roseland Peninsula, with an A W

has joined us as a Wildlife Guardian. abundance of wildlife for nature enthusiasts N R

He recently collaborated with the to enjoy. Sara and Dave are passionate O C Trust for his iconic ‘Bees (and the about growing organically and caring for Odd Wasp) in My Bonnet’ exhibition the natural world, and Cotna reflects this and has spoken publically about how ethos. Do look out for some of the brilliant wildlife is just as vital to his events on offer too, including foraging wild happiness and wellbeing as it is food walks with Rachel Lambert, seaweed inspiration for his stunning work. cookery, sourdough bread making, as well as garden & woodland eco-building days. 4 www.kurtjackson.com www.cotna.co.uk/events Issue Four : Winter 2017

We recently celebrated a very special partnership with Vine House Farm which has donated over Wildlife bites… £23,000 to Cornwall Wildlife Trust News round-up from our Business Supporters during the last ten years. The high quality bird food providers have been

Wildlife Partners and sponsors of N long term supporters of Wildlife Trusts O D our marine programme, Frugi had G across the country and are also keen N A a surprise when they took part in a L wildlife promoters. Every sale of bird

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A food benefits the Trust, so as winter snorkel recently and a mermaid I R appeared! The underwater creature D draws in please consider feeding the A was an added bonus to an event that birds in your garden; you can top up the Trust organised for the staff and your supplies here friends of the organic children’s www.vinehousefarm.co.uk wear company, as a thank you for Cornwall Wildlife Trust in association their ongoing support. Frugi recently with its partners is taking the battle launched its Little Clothes, BIG against plastic waste to the next level Change initiative and the Trust is one with ReFILL Cornwall, a countywide of 3 charities that customers can We would also like to thank free water refill campaign. It aim is to choose to benefit from its generous The Good Gifts Catalogue reduce our plastic pollution and litter donations. www.welovefrugi.com for raising nearly £400 from sales of levels by calling on people to make just I these pinger devices through their G one simple change – to choose tap U R F online catalogue. For a great choice water instead of buying plastic bottled of thoughtful presents that directly water both at home and out and about. benefit people and wildlife take a look at their selection. Businesses such as cafes, bars and www.goodgifts.org restaurants are encouraged to become a ReFILL Cornwall location. Bee keeper outfitters BJ Sherrif Visit www.refill.org.uk or search have long supported our work to Facebook for ReFILL Cornwall for highlight the plight of our native bees more information. that are under threat from many S E

Chelonia deserve a big thank you sources, including changing G A for raising £4,500 for us by giving a M agricultural practises. We were Y percentage of their sales from their delighted to receive £200 from the S pinger devices! The pinger device bee enthusiasts for our Bee Appeal protects our dolphins and other following a very successful Bee mammals in the sea from getting Fayre. It is still possible to help bees caught in fishing nets by by planting bee-friendly plants in broadcasting short, high pitched your garden or workplace. sounds or ‘pings’ which deter them Find out more at from swimming close to the boat. bumblebeeconservation.org H S

Four Way, Whistlefish, St Ives I F E Launceston New Wildlife Partner, Whistlefish is L T S I

Four Way is a print company a greetings card, art, gifts and H passionate about the stationery company founded by W environment, recycling and artist Lyn Thompson. The company reducing its waste and support artists locally and nationally carbon footprint. It is an and handpick a selection of FSC compliant B1 printer favourites in traditional, that supplies quality litho contemporary and modern artistic print across the country styles. All products are designed and for the private and public printed locally, whilst the website sector. The Trust is delighted brings in orders from around the to welcome Fourway as new world. Whistlefish is donating 5% of Business Supporters having proceeds from its new Christmas worked with the company woodland card collection to the for many years to print our Trust, so please check out their popular wildlife calendar. beautiful designs. www.fourwayprint.com www.whistlefish.com 5 Wildlife at Work

Cornwall Wildlife Trust Business

Wildlife Partners Wildlife Guardians BBC Radio Cornwall, Mother Ivey’s Bay Cher Varya Group Ltd, Jo Downs Glass Designs Caravan Park, Truro Ltd, Launceston Bourne Leisure - South West Water, Cornish Horizons, Padstow Kurt and Caroline Perran Sands and Exeter Handykam.com, Jackson Ltd, St Just Riviere Sands Holiday Candle Green and Blue, Trago Mills Ltd, Parks, Perranporth Company, St Eval Perranporth Chelonia Ltd, Trebah Garden, Penzance Mawnan Smith Cornish Coffee, Redruth University of Exeter , Business School, Penryn Truro Vine House If you are already a member , Cornishman, Penzance Farm, Spalding don’t forget to use your Business Supporter Dewsign, Penryn Visit Cornwall, Truro logo to show your customers you care about Fernbank Advertising West Briton, Truro Cornwall’s wildlife and wild places. Ltd, Launceston , Frugi, Hall Wood, Whistlefish, St Ives John Fowler Holidays, Woodland Valley Farm, Ilfracombe Ladock

Accommodation Greenbank Hotel, Falmouth Lower Treave Caravan and St Tinney Farm Holidays, Camping Park, Penzance Otterham, Providers Gwel an Mor, Portreath Ayr Holiday Park, St Ives Mullion Cove Hotel, Mullion Stay In Cornwall, Heligan Woods Campsite, Bamham Farm Cottages, Nancarrow Farm, Marazanvose Sykes Cottages, St Austell Launceston Helman Tor Cottages, Bodmin View Resort, Porth, Ta Mill Holiday Bedruthan Steps Newquay Cottages, Launceston Hotel, Mawgan Porth Hendra Holiday Park, Newquay Padstow Touring Park, Padstow Tehidy Holiday Park, Redruth Bosinver Farm Cottages, Higher Menadew Farm Cottages, St Austell Parkdean Holidays, Cornwall The Nare Hotel, St Austell Veryan-in-Roseland Piran Meadows Resort & Spa, Holiday Resort, Bude Holiday Cornwall, Falmouth Newquay The Old Coastguard, Mousehole Budock Vean Hotel, Mawnan holidaycottages.co.uk, Bideford Pioneer Billys, Smith Hotel Tresanton, The Olde House, Pitt House, Carbis Bay Holidays, St Ives HPB Management, The Park Mawgan Pollaughan Farm, Portscatho Porth, Newquay Carbis Bay Hotel, Spa and Duloe Manor, Looe Estate, Carbis Bay Idle Rocks, St Mawes Railholiday Ltd, St Germans, Trethem Mill Touring Park, St Just in Roseland Clowance Estate and Country John Bray Cornish Holidays, Trevarth Holiday Club, Praze-an-Beeble Wadebridge Retallack Holiday Lettings Ltd,St Columb Park, Blackwater Coastdale Parks, Atlantic Coast Killigarth Manor-John Fowler Trevella Holiday Park, Holiday Park, Holiday Parks, Looe River Valley Country Park, Relubbus Crantock Cotna Eco Retreat, Gorran, Lewinnick Lodge, Newquay St Austell Rose Hill Lodges, Porthtowan Trevornick, Newquay Listed Luxury, Liskeard Coombe House, Liskeard Roundhouse Barn Holidays, Trewan Hall Ltd, St Columb Little White Alice, Carmenellis St Just in Roseland Eden Valley Holiday Park, Valley Caravan Park, Polzeath Bodmin Lower Barns, St Ewe Seaview Holiday Village, Watergate Bay Hotel, Newquay Polperro Forest Holidays Limited, Lower Marsh Holiday Lettings Whalesborough Cottages Liskeard & Retreat Venue, Saltash St Ives Bay Holiday Park, Hayle & Spa, Bude Globe Vale Holiday Park Lower Polladras Touring Park, St Moritz Hotel & Garden Wooda Farm Holiday Limited, Redruth Helston Villas, Wadebridge Park, Bude 6 Issue Four : Winter 2017

Supporter scheme directory

Art and Media Farming / Industrial Food and Drink Retail ATROPOS, Brewer and Bunney, Redruth Farm Shop & Café, Andrew Butterworth Designs, Jon Tremaine Wildlife Artist, CPMR Ltd, St Austell Boscastle Cheshire Hayle Cornwall Community Land Cornish Orchards, Liskeard Carleys of Cornwall Limited Truro Lou Jones Design, Truro Trust, Truro Harbour Lights, Falmouth Cedar Croft Nurseries, Sailflags, Goldsithney, Penzance Country Conservation, Kernow Chocolate, St Eval, EKO, St Just, Penzance Usfor Design and Print, Gunnislake Wadebridge Hicks Carpet Cleaning, Redruth Newquay Imerys, Par Pandora Inn, Mylor, Falmouth Polstrong Feed Store, Camborne Kier Construction, Truro Pocketful of Stones Distillers Ltd, Westcare, Plymouth Education Sandoe and Sons, Bodmin Penzance SEF, Hayle Southwestern Distillery Limited, Chocolate Dog Marketing Wadebridge Visitor Attractions Services, St Tudy Watson Marlow, Falmouth The Lifeboat Inn, St Ives Carnglaze Caverns, Liskeard Duchy College, Camborne Sustainable Parking Surfaces Ltd, The Old Custom House, Padstow Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Falmouth Marine Gunnislake Heritage Attractions Ltd., School, Falmouth The Port William Inn, Land's End Richard Lander School, Truro Financial / Professional The Rashleigh Arms, Charlestown Newquay Zoo, Newquay Furse Sanders Solicitors, Trevone Beach Cafe, Trevone, Environment St Ives Padstow Paradise Park Wildlife Centre, RCES, Helston Hayle Naked Solar (Cornwall Solar Robinson Reed Layton, Truro Recreation St. Aubyn Estates, Panels), Newquay Stephen Scown Solicitors, Encounter Cornwall, St Austell Brewery Visitor Centre, Environment Agency St Austell Newquay Activity Centre, Newquay St Austell Essential Sewage Vickery Holman, Truro Newquay Sea Safaris and Fishing, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Systems, Bideford Worldwide Financial Planning Newquay St Austell ZLC Energy Ltd, Penryn Ltd, Truro Koru Kayaking, St Agnes Tregothnan Estates, Truro

Businesses love to support the Trust! “Joining the Trust is Did you know that 100% of Business Supporters who completed a recent survey would recommend joining the Trust? good for Cornwall, good for business If you run a business, you can pledge your commitment to protecting Cornwall’s wildlife and and good for yourself” wild places by joining us, helping your business stand out from the crowd. We enjoy the support of businesses of all sizes and from many sectors who all recognise the importance of our county’s Mike Nash , Handykam.com natural environment. Working together to protect it makes perfect sense. WIldlIFe GuardIan SInCe 2012 . For a reminder of our Business Supporter benefits, please read on… WILDLIFE GUARDIAN £500 + VAT (or £50 per month)

BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP All the perks of our Business Membership package £250 + VAT (or £25 per month) with these great additional bonus features: n Your company's logo added to our website with a n use of our exclusive Business Supporter logo direct link to yours n Framed certificate to display to the public n access to a selected portfolio of wildlife images n acknowledgement in Wild Cornwall magazine and n Premium listings in our publications introduction in the new Wildlife at Work publication n Framed Wildlife Guardian certificate. n listing & link on our website and through social media n Multiple copies of our popular magazines and leaflets n Business name listed in our annual review WILDLIFE PARTNER n Invitations to networking and wildlife events £1000 + VAT (or £100 per month) n access to special wildlife services including 'Wildlife and Habitat surveys' from CeC plus exclusive Enjoy the same fantastic benefits as a Wildlife 'Wildlife education sessions' for children Guardian, plus additional premium benefits: Staff engagement pack with tips and tools for n n exclusive guided walk on a nature reserve for up to employee fundraising 20 people n Special benefits on also joining Cornwall Good Seafood Guide Supporter scheme n Framed Wildlife Partner certificate presented by Trust President Jan Pentreath n Free wildlife gift. n a dedicated press release, focusing on your company’s partnership with the Trust.

To discover more about supporting Cornwall's wildlife through your business, please visit www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/business 7 Wildlife at Work Bee friendly

Wildlife Guardians Green&Blue, based in Perranporth began life in 2005 with husband and wife team Kate and Gavin Christman. After years working at Dyson and designing in their spare time from the garden shed, they chose to focus on making beautiful and useful wildlife products. Today they have swapped their shed for a studio and a workshop unit but that passion E U

remains at the heart of everything they do. Kate explains that the name of the business L B comes from childhood memories of rolling green hills, clear blue skies, and good times & N E E E R U L G B & N E E R G S A M O H T

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George Eustice, MP and Rt Hon. Michael Grove meet Green&Blue’s owners Green&Blue are encouraging businesses to get in touch if they are looking at their corporate Kate and Gavin care about innovation, simplicity of design and products that help to gifting this Christmas. Treat guests protect our environment. One of their most exciting creations is the bee brick habitat to a stylish bee house and planter for solitary bees designed to be used in place of a standard brick. It provides a stylish or reward loyal customers with nesting site for red mason bees and leaf cutter bees, amongst others, and makes a an etched brick complete with lovely addition to any garden, allotment or building. company logo. Green&Blue are The company recently hosted a visit from local conservative politician George Eustice giving 5% of corporate gift sales accompanied by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the to Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Rt Hon. Michael Gove. When presented with a list of possible visits to make in Cornwall Michael Gove expressed a desire to visit the innovative company and learn For details and to order further about the bee brick and its possible contribution to reversing declining solitary direct contact bee habitat in the . [email protected] or call 01872 858787 During the visit Green&Blue’s owners educated both politicians about solitary bees and their importance as pollinators, with both admitting to not knowing about wild bees previously. Both could see the potential for the bee brick to be used on a wider scale within construction and pledged to work to help A special thank you to the following support this from parliament. As a local politician George Eustice was that have generously helped with the particularly taken by the fact that bee brick is made using waste material from the China Clay industry. Green&Blue presented the design and printing costs! party with bee bricks at the end of the visit and are looking forward to further positive developments in planning policy and biodiversity. Usfor Design https://greenandblue.co.uk and Print

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