Housebuilder helps to protect Warwickshire butterflies with donation to conservation charity
Butterfly Conservation is a UK-wide non-profit environmentalist organisation and charity dedicated to conserving butterflies, moths, and the environment.
Butterfly Conservation are grateful for the donation. Photograph by Don West
Submitted by Molly Fawcett
A Warwickshire housing developer has donated £1,000 to wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation to help with its ongoing conservation projects, to halt and reverse the decline of endangered species.
Mulberry Homes made the generous donation to the charity as part of its 10-year anniversary campaign to donate to charities and organisations local to its developments during 2021.
Butterfly Conservation is a charity focused on protecting butterflies and moths all over the UK. Their core aims are to recover threatened butterflies and moths, increase numbers of widespread species and inspire people to get involved by educating them and raising awareness about the important role butterflies and moths play.
Sandra Muldoon, head of fundraising at Butterfly Conservation, said: "We are hugely grateful for the donation to Butterfly Conservation. As the UK charity dedicated to saving butterflies, moths and our environment we rely on donations to fund our work, which includes important research that in turn provides advice on how to conserve and restore vital habitats.
"We also run projects to protect more than 100 species of butterfly and moth and are involved in conserving hundreds of sites and reserves. All of this is only possible thanks to generous donations like this."
Sales and marketing director at Mulberry Homes, Kerry Jones said: "We are delighted to be supporting Butterfly Conservation. We were appalled to learn that 76 per cent of butterflies have declined since 1976, and we hope that with this £1,000 donation, Butterfly Conservation are able to prevent that number from increasing.
"We're very proud to be helping to keep our nation's beautiful butterflies and moths safe."
For more information on Butterfly Conservation visit the local branch website here
As part of the community fund, called The Mulberry Community Chest, charities and public organisations are invited to apply to receive a one-off donation of £1 to £1000, which can be used to help enhance the local community or environment, or provide a charitable service.
Each month, the judging panel at Mulberry Homes will select a beneficiary to secure the requested funding.
For more information or to submit an application visit the website here
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