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Volunteer Conservation Group calling it a day

A conservation group which has helped keep the area's countryside beautiful for the last 16 years is closing down.

Ely Conservation Volunteers took the decision to disband at its Annual General Meeting.
David Ellis, publicity contact for the volunteers, said the decision had been taken due to lack of interest and support. Mr Ellis said: "It was a very hard decision and not one that was taken lightly but we felt that there was nothing else we could do. "We had found that we simply weren't getting the support that we used to. "It was the same old members turning up and organising things all the time. "We had a similar situation about three years ago so I guess it's probably been coming for a while." There is at least a glimmer of hope, though, as Mr Ellis said that, if sufficient new volunteers were found, the group could still be resurrected. He said: "It would need quite a large influx of people willing to run the group and do the work on the weekends. "We would need at least two or three people to help form a new committee and others for the work."
The group met for its final task in the Ely area on Sunday, when some brambles from the railway footpaths in Lisle Lane were cleared away.
Its last job before folding will be at Cavenham Heath, Suffolk, on Sunday, December 9, where it will be carrying out some fencing work for the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

The volunteers will not be officially disbanded until January 1.
Details of other conservation groups in the area can be obtained from the
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers on (01603) 767300.

Volunteer Conservation Group calling it a day A conservation group which has helped keep the area's countryside beautiful for the last 16 years is closing down. Ely Conservation Volunteers took the decision to disband at its Annual General Meeting. David Ellis, publicity contact for the volunteers, said the decision had been taken due to lack of interest and support. Mr Ellis said: "It was a very hard decision and not one that was taken lightly but we felt that there was nothing else we could do. "We had found that we simply weren't getting the support that we used to. "It was the same old members turning up and organising things all the time. "We had a similar situation about three years ago so I guess it's probably been coming for a while." There is at least a glimmer of hope, though, as Mr Ellis said that, if sufficient new volunteers were found, the group could still be resurrected. He said: "It would need quite a large influx of people willing to run the group and do the work on the weekends. "We would need at least two or three people to help form a new committee and others for the work." The group met for its final task in the Ely area on Sunday, when some brambles from the railway footpaths in Lisle Lane were cleared away. Its last job before folding will be at Cavenham Heath, Suffolk, on Sunday, December 9, where it will be carrying out some fencing work for the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. The volunteers will not be officially disbanded until January 1. Details of other conservation groups in the area can be obtained from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers on (01603) 767300.
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