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On Thursday 17th May Northern Trust staff came for their first volunteer day of 2018.
Over the previous four years 114 volunteers from Northern Trust have helped out at the GSPCA, with 38 staff helping in 2014 and a further 26 helping in 2015, 34 in 2016 and 16 in 2017.
On Tuesday 27th June Northern Trust staff came to the rescue to help with a number of very important jobs that needed to be done that week.
Over the previous three years 106 volunteers from Northern Trust have helped out at the GSPCA, with 38 staff helping in 2014 and a further 26 helping in 2015, 34 in 2016, 8 earlier this year and an additional 8 on the 27th June.
Yesterday Northern Trust broke a GSPCA record as over 100 of their staff have now helped volunteer since April 2014.
This was a literal ground breaking record as the team of 8 not only took the volunteer numbers from Northern Trust to 106 they also spent the day digging, weeding, planting and laying a disabled access path to our wildlife area and pond with help from the Work to Benefit team and Group Leader Ann Wragg from St Andrews Floral Group.
On Friday the GSPCA welcomed another wonderful group of volunteers from the fantastic team at Northern Trust.
Last night the GSPCA Manager was invited to join the St Andrews Floral Group for the Floral Guernsey Foundation competition who announced the 2016 winners at Les Cotils.
A lovely evening was had by all with great speakers and volunteers from across Guernsey, Sark and Herm being recognised for making islands of flowers.
Sark Community Blooms took the top prize winning a Gold Award and the Lady Dorey Trophy.
There were silver gilt awards for Floral Forest, Floral St Andrews Floral group, St Saviours and Herm.
The 'Going Wild at the GSPCA' project was launched by St Andrew’s Floral group in July 2015 and much progress has been made to provide a green framework for the buildings to improve the environment for the animals in care and attract wildlife.
The willow fedge and bird hide dome have grown well and also the wildlife hedge and native tree planting along the roadside.
For several years the pond has been leaking and sometimes only a small puddle remained in the bottom.
Yesterday the GSPCA welcomed another wonderful group of volunteers from the fantastic team at Northern Trust.
Yesterday the Insurance Corporation Channel Islands Conservation Awards 2016 winners were announced after a lovely presentation at Les Cotils.
The GSPCA and St Andrews Floral Group have been working hard to improve the grounds at the GSPCA for wildlife, flora, fauna, education for visitors, enriching the environment for the animals in our care and may other conservation reasons and attended the awards yesterday afternoon.
Peter Walpole was present the founder of the awards as well as the Deputy Bailiff Richard McMahon both of which gave very inspirational speeches.
Last night the 4th Guernsey Beavers came along to the GSPCA to literally 'Go Wild!'
Arriving just after 6pm the large group in double figures with their leaders met volunteers from the RSPB Guernsey and St Andrews Floral Group to help the conservation work at the GSPCA.
Foraging around the GSPCA grounds the Beavers helped make a bug hotel at the Shelter as part of the work to help the wildlife in and around the Animal Shelter in St Andrews.
Over the last year the St Andrews Floral Group have raised over £10,000 and brought together in excess of 100 volunteers to help with the grounds and conservation work at the GSPCA Animal Shelter in St Andrews.
The GSPCA are extremely grateful to St Andrews Floral Group and all that have helped and we continue to look at ways we can work together and improve the grounds for wildlife, flora and fauna.