Conservation and community projects supported by Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust include churchyard initiatives in Tenby and St Florence, volunteer days and wellbeing walks, all thanks to funding from players of the People’s Postcode Lottery.

The grant has supported traditional meadow management at St Mary’s churchyard in Tenby, one of the few remaining fragments of unimproved grassland in the area, and at St Florence churchyard, where species such as yarrow and knapweed were able to flower and set seed following a late-summer cut. In Marloes, locally sourced seed was used to create a new meadow on former farmland; at Nevern, a meadow with over 100 plant species was restored, improving conditions for grazing ponies.

Species conservation benefitted from the funding. Volunteers in Roch used newly purchased yellowhammer rings to monitor one of Pembrokeshire’s last populations of this rapidly declining farmland bird. More than 50 birds have already been ringed.

The funding supported the Pathways volunteering programme. Over the year, 83 sessions were delivered, contributing 865 volunteer days across 30 sites. Activities included tree planting, hedge laying, scrub clearance, habitat creation, and community archaeology. Training in areas such as first aid, equality and diversity, and mental health awareness was also provided to lead volunteers.

The Get Outdoors project received support to deliver wellbeing walking groups for new parents and for people with additional learning needs or disabilities. Over the year, 42 walks took place at locations including Stackpole Quay, Rosebush and Broad Haven, with more than 290 participants benefitting. Specialist equipment such as pushchairs, beach wheelchairs and rollators helped make the walks accessible. One participant stated: “I felt normal for the first time in five years. I was able to walk with my grandson, something I never thought I’d do again.”

Visit www.pembrokeshirecoasttrust.wales for more information about the Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust.