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Through the Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve Management Advisory Group,
I've done some work with the Brunel University volunteers programme.
After some form filling, and attending (twice) the Brunel Volunteers Fayre,
(You get a stand to display what you do and make a pitch to potentially interested students),
we orgainsed three events, where students could come and help us dig offline ponds in Park Wood SSSI, to help create micro-habitats to encourage reptiles and amphibians,
and,
increase the array of Natural Flood Management installations to reduce the flood risk for the residential properties between the woods and the local river.
On Friday, I was invited to the Awards evening, where it was revealed that 908 Brunel students volunteered for over 18017 hours in this (academic) year, with the best individual figures being 551 and 430 hours.
Local MP, (Cllr Steve Tuckwell, 'Tory hero' of the anti-ULEZ Uxbridge & South Ruislip bye-election campaign last year, nowhere to be seen, although the Mayor, (Tory), of LBHillingdon was present.