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The charity aims to enhance the quality of life of people living and visiting Hendon and the East End. Its volunteers worked with staff members of McCarthy Stone to create “bug hotels” to be sited in the “bee highway” from Mowbray Gardens to the allotments of Herriot Park, a retirement development on Gray Road.

The team worked to create bug hotels to be sited in the bee highway, from Mowbray Park to nearby allotments.

They used their time to collect materials found in the park to recycle and reuse to create the bug hotels. Herriot Gardens home owners were presented with a bug hotel by Back on the Map and Durham Wildlife Trust.

Back on the Map worked with McCarthy Stone to help the bees of Mowbray Park.

The homeowners were given insight into the bee and wasp community and how the bug hotel will help with the crucial bee and wasp population.

Victoria Dry, McCarthy Stone area sales manager, said: “We appreciate our responsibilities go further than creating high-quality retirement apartments, we also aim to create an eco-friendly environment within the communities in which we build.

“We’re delighted to support Back on the Map and Durham Wildlife Trust with its restoration project in Sunderland.

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“We have also started to collect contributions from the homeowners for the food bank on a monthly basis. Initiatives like these are incredibly important to us, and we’re looking forward to supporting more projects like this in the future.”

Back on the Map are finalists for Trustee Board of the Year 2023 at the North East Charity Awards.

'Bug hotels' and 'bee highway' as Sunderland charity teams up with developer to help Mowbray Park wildlife