A group of Inspire’s Team students have put sustainability into practice by building bug hotels and habitats for their community project.
The students made ladybird houses, bug boxes and a bee hotel, then worked to find them homes in the local area. As part of the project, they focused on sustainability and arranged for some of their creations to be donated to local green spaces.
With help from Sizewell C, the habitats have now found their first home at Millennium Wood in Leiston. Jack from Sizewell C collected them from the students and installed them at the wood, which is owned by Leiston Town Council and sits to the south of the town.
Millennium Wood has received a series of improvements this year to help bring it back into public use. The new habitats are a welcome addition, offering insects places to shelter while giving the students’ hard work a lasting home in their community. There may be opportunities for some of the habitats to move to other local sites in future.
Creating the bug hotels was part of the Team programme’s community project. Students plan and carry out a project that benefits their local community, taking it from the first ideas through to getting the job done. That can mean organising, fundraising, problem-solving and working together along the way.
The project gave the students the chance to build practical skills, including project management, while contributing something positive to a local space. It’s experience they can draw on when talking about their skills and achievements at interviews, too.
To find out more about the King’s Trust Team Programme, including courses running near you, visit our course page.
