EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY

Speaking of geological substrates (as we are in this issue), don't mention the word "clay" to the parents of Truro Nursery School. With their help we recently moved - and then had to rearrange - 16 tonnes of clay in one of our heaviest school grounds tasks.

By the time you read this I hope we will have publicised and more-or-less completed our three major redevelopments for 1998 - Truro Nursery, Upton Cross Primary (near Liskeard) and Bishop Cornish Primary (Saltash). Look out for pictures of these and news of further large projects in the next issue. Thanks go to the County Environmental Trust, Local Projects Fund (DETR), Whitbread and Volvo for funding the work.

As well as the communities involved, and various Trust volunteers highlighted previously, projects of this kind have been utterly dependent on Lorna Crewes, our Nursery Manager, who has provided plants, expertise and a lot of physical effort - many thanks, Lorna.

Never a dull day

We can only give a flavour here of the incredibly varied work of our section, which includes - among other things - running Fox Club and Watch activities, providing a range of educational services, preparing Trust publications and generating media interest in the Trust.

Jayne Herbert, who worked with Paul Horak on fund-raising until his departure, has now been transferred to us as a part-time Education Assistant, so doubling our section's staff! With continuing admin support from Tricia Hoskings, there should be no stopping us. We are, as always, receiving tremendous help from many volunteers. Education is also becoming an increasing feature of the work in other sections, as it should - Charlotte Gault's work with the Biodiversity Initiative is a good example.

	All five of Cornwall's MPs supported the national Trees of Time and Place campaign by collecting acorns with the Trust. Call us if you are interested in growing your own Trees of Time and Place for the new millennium.

Country Reminiscence

We were delighted to be asked to take part in Country Reminiscence, a unique venture bringing together young and old through shared experiences of nature. The project has been set up in Penwith by James Sargent, funded by a Help the Aged Millennium Award.

The Trust and the RSPB are providing naturalist support but the key feature of the project will be regular creative workshops led by Chris Morgan and Pat Hick man of Music and Dance Education (MaDE). Their aim is to foster understanding and caring relationships between young and older people, enhancing the quality of life for both generations.

Mark Nicholson

PS I nearly forgot to mention that The Wildlife Trusts run a special club for young geologists - Rockwatch. Call us for a leaflet.

The communities of Ludgvan, St Hilary and Marazion are taking part in Country Reminiscence, which offers young and old an opportunity to meet, understand and relate to each other. Pat Hickman of Music and Dance Education is seen leading activities on Marazion Beach at the project's launch.

Chris Packham - TV presenter and one of the Wildlife Watch Vice-presidents - presented the Wild at Heart Conservation Awards, organised by Tusk Force, to Emily Carne (left) and Kate Trethewey from Truro in October 1998. They entered as the Zupa Zebra Zavers and beat 283 teams from around the UK in completing a series of wildlife challenges. As part of their work they joined a PARC task at Ventongimps. Teams interested in entering this year should call (0181) 7438855 for details.