Restore the Thaw
Restore the Thaw is a project run by Innovate Trust in partnership with the Vale of Glamorgan Countryside Team and the Restore the Thaw Landscape Project.
The project supports adults with learning disabilities and additional support needs to take part in environmental improvement work in the River Thaw catchment area.
This project has been supported by the Biodiversity Fund of Dwr Cymru Welsh Water.
About Restore the Thaw
We are working alongside the Vale of Glamorgan Countryside Team and the Restore the Thaw Landscape Project to improve the biodiversity along the River Thaw in Rhondda Cynon Taf and the Vale of Glamorgan.
The River Thaw’s source is in Llanharry, it then flows through the Vale of Glamorgan, through Cowbridge and reaching the Bristol Channel near Aberthaw. Project activities will take place at Porthkerry Park, Aberthaw Nature Reserve, Rhoose Point, Hensol Woods and at the Amelia Trust farm.
Our activities are mainly free of charge and open to all.
We encourage anyone to try the project – no matter what your previous experience or support needs are!
Please contact our Skills and Wellbeing team for more information.
Project elements
Project activities
Project activities include, but are not limited to:
- Planting trees and hedgerows
- Sowing wild flower and grass seeds
- Building habitats for local wildlife such as otters and adders
- Creating ponds
- Planting grasses to help stabilise sand dunes
- Carrying out wildlife surveys
- Monitoring plant life
Why join Restore the Thaw?
By joining Restore the Thaw you will:
- Learn about nature, conservation and wildlife
- Learn how to use tools
- Meet new people
- Improve your fitness
- Help nature
Ongoing Skills and Wellbeing projects
Project funders
