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| Alan Watson Featherstone (centre) with Stuart Housden, Director, RSPB Scotland (left), and Richard Lochhead MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment (right) after his receipt of the 'Outstanding Contribution to Nature' Award at the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards in Edinburgh on 30th October |
Trees for Life received a double boost on Wednesday 30 October, when the conservation charity was announced as a finalist for the People’s Millions televised vote to win up to £50,000 of Lottery funding, and its founder won the Outstanding Contribution to Nature category at the RSPB’s Nature of Scotland Awards 2013.
The People’s Millions is a partnership between the Big Lottery Fund and ITV, in which the public decide which local community projects will each receive up to £50,000 of Lottery funding.
Trees for Life has been chosen as a finalist for its plan to establish its acclaimed Dundreggan Conservation Estate – a 10,000-acre forest regeneration site and biodiversity hotspot to the west of Loch Ness – as a leading conservation volunteer training centre.
The public vote will take place by phone all day on 27 November, and STV North will broadcast a televised feature that evening.
Trees for Life’s project aims to specifically benefit people from diverse backgrounds – including
