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Red-tailed bumblebee ©Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography

Get Cumbria Buzzing, Not Buffering

Pledge to support our native pollinators

Pollinators powered by Fibrus

Get Cumbria Buzzing, Not Buffering project brings together Cumbria Wildlife Trust and Fibrus broadband to engage communities across Cumbria, supporting and encouraging people to take positive action for pollinators in their area.

Between 2023 and the end of 2025, we'll create or restore flower-rich habitat in 15 community green spaces, ensuring that they’re managed correctly and continue to be pollinator havens long into the future.

We'll also run community planting sessions and pollinator identification days, and 1,500 packets of Cumbrian wildflower seeds will be given out to communities across Cumbria.

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Get Cumbria Buzzing, Not Buffering has been made possible through a £150,000 contribution from Fibrus broadband, as part of Hyperfast GB connecting Cumbria, bringing Full Fibre broadband to you.

Fibrus is committed to ensuring we have environmental sustainability at the core of our business. We are excited to be supporting Cumbria Wildlife Trust with delivery of this pollinator project which will restore valuable habitats, improve the natural environment and help in the fight against climate change. As well as engaging with the local community to support their pollinator journey.
Rachel Bain, Environmental and Sustainability Specialist for Fibrus

Highlights so far

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2023

We worked across three community sites to improve habitat for pollinators and communities. Volunteers, including members of Friends of Nobles Rest and Kendal Conservation Volunteers, joined us to plant over 1,000 meadow wildflowers at Town View Fields in Kendal, building on existing pollinator habitat enhancements here.

Thanks to the support of Friends of Nobles Rest and Westmorland and Furness Council, this area will be transformed into a wildflower haven for both visitors and pollinators to enjoy.

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Brampton Green & Wild volunteers © Pop Baldwin

2024

From Brampton to Barrow, Whitehaven to Kirkby Stephen, we worked across six community sites in 2024 to create flower-rich habitat for pollinators.

210 volunteers have joined seed-sowing and plug-planting days come rain or shine, helping to sow 15kg of Cumbrian wildflower seed and plant 6,000 plug plants! This included Irthing Park in Brampton (left), where we have supported the plans of Brampton Green & Wild and Cumberland Council to create areas of wildflower-rich habitat within the park.

A huge thank you to Brampton Green & Wild, Brampton Primary School, Bransty Primary School, Cumberland Council, Friends of Egremont Castle, Jubilee Park Working Group, Mind-in-Furness, South Cumbria Pupil Referral Unit, St Bridget's Juniors, West Lakes Academy and Westmorland & Furness Council for helping to create flower-rich spaces, for pollinators and people to enjoy.

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