Friends of the Loxley Valley are delighted to have received a £200 grant from Bradfield Parish Council to help us to do environmental work around the valley.
The community grant award will pay for public liability insurance and a set of high vis safety vests.
It will make it possible for FoLV members to start projects such as footpath maintenance work and litter picks.
Initially, we hope to start work along the stretch of “Easy Access” footpath between Rowell Lane and Olive Mill.
We hope to help keep it clean and tidy, and to help keep the “tapping rail” alongside the path clear of vegetation.
We will also do similar work along a short stretch of footpath further down the valley, between Loxley Road and Low Matlock Lane.
Bradfield Parish Council Chair Councillor Stephen Bennett presented the £200 cheque to FoLV treasurer Andrew Holmes and secretary Stewart Kemp before a recent parish council meeting.
“Friends of the Loxley Valley would like to thank Councillor Bennett and his fellow parish councillors for this generous community grant,” said Stewart Kemp.
“The money will help our members to work safely and visibly as we begin to do practical work around the valley.
“We’re all aware of the financial pressures facing local councils as they try to keep on top of countryside management and footpath maintenance work.
“We hope that FoLV members working as community volunteers will help to keep the Loxley valley looking at its best.”
