We hope everyone has a wonderful festive season and a happy new year. Here are some of our highlights from 2024, see you in 2025!
Bee and Butterfly Surveys at Peel Park & the Coppice LNR!
It’s that time of year again when we start our Bee and Butterfly surveys at Peel Park & the Coppice LNR! The walks will start on Tuesday 5th March 2024, and will take place every Tuesday @1pm (weather permitting) until September 2024. The transects start in Pleck Meadow and go around the whole site, where […]
Amphibians spotted at Pleck Meadow’s ponds!
After the wetlands on Pleck Meadow were constructed last year, we all waited with baited breath to see whether any frogs, toads or newts would find them suitable enough to call home. This week our anticipation was quenched when, with the help of some plucky, young, litter-picking volunteers, we spotted some eggs in two of […]
Share your views on the West Pennine Moors
The PROSPECTS Foundation is holding 2 community events for people to share their views on the West Pennine Moors. The events are being held on behalf of Natural England, and the results will help to inform future priorities for the area. The West Pennine Moors is a unique landscape connecting towns across Lancashire and Greater […]
Free Wildflower Seeds & Bombs for EcoFest 2024!
To get ready for EcoFest 2024, PROSPECTS will be handing out free wildflower seeds. We will be handing them out at events and in our shop at 54 Broadway, BB5 1EW. Be sure to keep updated on our events by checking our calendar or signing up to our e-newsletter. The seeds are a mixture of […]
Happy Holidays from PROSPECTS!
We hope everyone has a wonderful festive season and a happy new year. Here are some of our highlights from 2023, see you in 2024!
Funding Success!
Great news! Announced today – Monday 23rd November 2020 – we’re one of 300+ community organisations to secure a CCLORS grant. It’ll help us provide vital support to our local community, particularly those most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. We’re planning to use the grant to develop our Growing Together initiative that we ran during […]
Latest Windfall Annual Report
Do you want to see what the Windfall Fund has been up to over the last 12 months? Well, the new 2018/2019 Windfall Annual Report is now available hot off the press! There is information on groups funded and projects undertaken and lots of photos showing activity that has taken place. If you need a […]
Great Christmas Present Idea!
How about giving one of our re-usable coffee mugs as a Christmas present? Show your friends and family that you care about the environment and give them a ‘green’ re-usable cup!! An absolute bargain at only £3 each and the money will help PROSPECTS deliver more of the projects that help care for the environment […]
Our 21st anniversary event was a huge success!!
More than 12 different activities were on offer in Accrington Town Square on Saturday 7th September demonstrating everything environmental.Visitors were able to discover live invertebrates, make a smoothie using pedal power, learn about butterflies and how to attract the to their gardens, make bug hotels, take a virtual cruise down the canal, try out adapted […]