A new lease of life for a tired stretch of the river Trent.
Work has begun on a major project to improve and naturalise the River Trent by creating a new section of river channel at the site of the old Victoria Ground in Stoke-on-Trent. This project to restore the River Trent is one of 16 environmental enhancement schemes which make up the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund)…
Read morePlanning Permission Update – River Diversion Project, Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent
PRESS RELEASE: Fish populations and wildlife habitats can thrive after planning permission was granted to create a new river channel by the site of the old Victoria Ground, the former home of Stoke City Football Club. Following a significant planning and design period, planning permission has now been granted which will allow the new channel…
Read moreSummer 2019 – Work Update
The Summer work season for the SUNRISE Project is well and truly over – it has been a busy and successful season, but there is no break for the project team who are now busy preparing for work to come over the Autumn and Winter period. Over the summer the SUNRISE Project worked on approx…
Read moreSummer 2019 – Wild flower meadows
Grassland enhancements are one of the 5 key themes of green space enhancement that the ERDF SUNRISE project is working towards. Project staff have been busy updating and fine tuning the originally submitted project proposals to turn them into workable plans, and working with other partners to get ready for the summer months when this…
Read moreWinter 2018/19 – Woodland Management
March saw the conclusion of a large programme of woodland management undertaken by the ERDF SUNRISE project across three sites in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The changing seasons bring different different priorities to the SUNRISE Project work. Winter is the time for woodland management. Working closely with Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s Tree Officer and Landscape Manager a plan for…
Read moreSUNRISE project launches in North Staffordshire
Sixteen urban sites in North Staffordshire are to benefit from a share of £3.6 million of funding – to create new wildlife habitats, improve water quality and reduce flooding. The SUNRISE (Stoke and Urban Newcastle Rediscovering Its Secret Environments) Project, led by Stoke-on-Trent City Council and delivered in the main by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, will…
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