Dermot O'Leary and the Woodland Trust have joined forces to offer free tree packs to communities
Cymraeg
This autumn will see community groups across the UK plant over 200,000 free trees, some of the first celebratory trees to be planted as part of the Woodland Trust's 'Jubilee Woods' campaign to mark the Diamond Jubilee of HRH Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. As a result an area covering 480 acres or 2km2 of trees will be planted.
1,000 packs of native trees are being distributed to communities, which will enable many children and groups to plant trees in villages, towns and cities across the UK. Tree packs are being provided in partnership with ibuyeco, one of the UK's leading eco insurance providers who have worked with the Trust for over 2 years and raised £300,000 for the charity so far.
Dermot O'Leary, television star, is supporting the campaign. He said: "The Woodland Trust has an incredible project to plant 6 million trees to mark The Queen's 60 years on the throne. I believe everyone should have access to trees and the benefits they provide for health, well being and wildlife and I'm thrilled to be supporting the charity's Jubilee Woods project.
"It's a chance to get all your friends and community together, get outdoors, engage your kids with nature and leave something amazing for the future. All groups can take part so get online and order a free community tree pack for this autumn or next spring."
Packs are available in two sizes and four different themes, ideal for planting as hedging, small woods or copses. Native trees help support a variety of wildlife from songbirds such as blackbirds and song thrush, to other animals.
Victoria Hodson, project development manager at the Woodland Trust, said: "People are transforming their neighbourhoods, growing their own fruits and nuts, creating protective shade and shelter, and helping create greener spaces for relaxation, work and play. Tree planting is a great reason for people to come together, and in less than a decade, the trees being planted this coming autumn will be well above head height. What a fantastic way to mark the Diamond Jubilee. We've already provided over 1,300 groups with free trees previously, so I'm delighted that ibuyeco are working with us to offer 1,000 more packs to communities this coming autumn."
The initiative is part of the Trust's Jubilee Woods project, its most ambitious woodland creation initiative to date, which aims to involve millions of people in planting over 6 million trees by the end of 2012. HRH The Princess Royal is its patron, and the project is only one of a handful to carry official Royal approval.
Communities can apply for a free pack of trees for delivery this autumn or in spring 2012, by registering online today at www.moretreesmoregood.org.uk/jubilee. Autumn applications close on September 25th.
Notes for editors
'More Trees, More Good' is the Trust's campaign to facilitate the planting of 20 million trees a year for the next 50 years, as part of efforts to double native woodland cover in the UK which has one of the lowest levels of tree cover in Europe.
About ibuyeco and BGL Group
ibuyeco (www.ibuyeco.co.uk) was launched by the BGL Group Ltd on World Environment Day, 5th June 2007. In 2008 it won two industry awards – the first was the top accolade of Personal Lines Initiative of the Year at the UK Broker Awards 2008, and the second was the Financial Services Forum Awards for Marketing Effectiveness for the Most Effective New Product/Service or Innovation. The BGL Group was founded in 1992 and has grown to become one of the UK’s leading personal lines insurance group’s.
Brands within the BGL Group include comparethemarket.com, BUDGET car, van and home insurance, Bennetts bike insurance and eco motor insurance, ibuyeco. Junction, BGL Group’s affinity business, works with well-known motoring, retail and banking brands to offer insurance products to their customers. The Group also offers a wide range of supplementary products including breakdown cover and legal protection.
The BGL Group has 3.5 million customers and operates major contact centre operations (Fusion) in Peterborough, Coventry, Sunderland and Cape Town, South Africa. Headquartered in Peterborough, the Group currently employs more than 3,000 people. 2010 saw the Group enjoy its 13th consecutive year of record profits, delivering a 16 per cent growth to £62m.
In October 2010 the Group was ranked 80th in the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 of Britain’s 250 biggest mid-market private companies by latest sales – higher than Manchester United Football Club, Pret A Manger and Harvey Nichols department stores.
ibuyeco is a trading name of BISL Limited, part of the BGL Group of Companies. BISL Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registered Address: Pegasus House, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, PE2 6YS. Registered in England no 3231094.
English
Mae Dermot O'Leary a Coed Cadw yn ymuno â'i gilydd i gynnig pecynnau coed rhad ac am ddim i gymunedau
Yr hydref yma bydd grwpiau cymunedol ar draws Gwledydd Prydain yn plannu dros 200,000 o goed, a roddwyd yn rhad ac am ddim. Dyma rai o'r coed cyntaf a blannir i fel rhan o brosiect Coedydd y Jiwbilî gan Goed Cadw (the Woodland Trust) i ddathlu Jiwbilî Diemwnt y Frenhines Elisabeth II yn 2012. O ganlyniad plannir coed dros ardal o 480 erw neu 2km2.
Caiff 1000 o becynnau o goed brodorol eu dosbarthu i gymunedau, fydd yn galluogi llawer o blant a grwpiau i blannu coed mewn pentrefi, trefi a dinasoedd ar draws Gwledydd Prydain. Darperir y coed mewn partneriaeth ag ibuyeco, un o'r cwmnïau yswiriant amgylcheddol mwyaf blaenllaw, sydd wedi gweithio gyda Coed Cadw ers dros 2 flynedd gan godi £300,000 ar gyfer yr elusen hyd yn hyn.
Mae Dermot O'Leary, y seren deledu, yn cefnogi'r ymgyrch. Dywedodd: "Mae gan Coed Cadw brosiect anhygoel i blannu 6,000,000 o goed i nodi’r 60 mlynedd y mae’r Frenhines wedi teyrnasu ac rwyf yn credu y dylai pawb gael y cyfle i fwynhau coed a'r manteision y maent yn darparu ar gyfer iechyd, lles a bywyd gwyllt. Dwi wrth fy modd, felly, i gefnogi'r prosiect Coedydd y Jiwbilî.
"Mae'n gyfle i ffrindiau a chymunedau i ddod at ei gilydd, mynd allan i’r awyr agored a rhoi cyfle i blant fwynhau byd natur gan greu rhywbeth anhygoel ar gyfer y dyfodol. Fe all pob grwpiau gymryd rhan trwy fynd ar-lein ac archebu pecyn cymunedol o goed am ddim ar gyfer yr hydref neu'r gwanwyn nesaf ."
Mae’r pecynnau ar gael mewn dau faint a phedair thema wahanol. Maent yn ddelfrydol i’w plannu fel perthi/gwrychoedd, coedwigoedd bychain neu goedlannau. Mae coed brodorol yn helpu i gefnogi amrywiaeth o fywyd gwyllt ac adar cân fel y fwyalchen a'r fronfraith, ac anifeiliaid eraill.
Dywedodd Victoria Hodson, rheolwraig datblygu prosiect Coedydd y Jiwbilî,: "Mae pobl wrthi’n trawsnewid eu cymunedau, yn tyfu eu ffrwythau a chnau eu hunain, yn creu cysgod a lloches amddiffynnol, a helpu i greu mannau gwyrdd ar gyfer ymlacio, gweithio a chwarae. Mae plannu coed yn rheswm gwych i bobl ddod at ei gilydd, ac mewn llai na degawd, fe fydd y coed sy’n cael eu plannu'r hydref hwn wedi tyfu uwch eu pennau. Am ffordd wych i ddathlu’r Jiwbilî Diemwnt! Rydym wedi darparu coed am ddim i dros 1,300 o grwpiau yn barod, felly dwy'n falch iawn fod ibuyeco yn gweithio gyda ni i gynnig 1000 yn fwy o becynnau i gymunedau yn ystod yr hydref sydd i ddod."
Mae'r fenter yn rhan o Brosiect Coedydd y Jiwbilî gan Goed Cadw, sef ei brosiect creu coetir mwyaf uchelgeisiol hyd yn hyn, sy'n anelu at roi cyfle i filiynau o bobl blannu dros 6 miliwn o goed erbyn diwedd 2012. Noddwraig y Prosiect yw ei Mawrhydi'r Dywysoges Frenhinol, ac mae'r prosiect yn un o ychydig iawn sydd wedi derbyn cymeradwyaeth Frenhinol.
Gall cymunedau wneud cais am becyn rhad ac am ddim o goed, a gaiff eu dosbarthu yn yr hydref neu yng ngwanwyn 2012, trwy gofrestru ar-lein heddiw yn www.moretreesmoregood.org.uk/jubilee. Y dyddiad olaf ar gyfer ceisiadau i’w dosbarth eleni yw’r 25 Medi.