Whitehaven Sea Cadets have launched a nationwide campaign in a bid to help save bees.
Inspired by the unit’s formal name T.S. Bee the #SaveTheTSBees campaign has seen the cadets send over 8,000 “Beebomb” wildflower seedballs to over 400 youth groups including every sea cadet unit in Great Britain and several local youth groups.
The project has been made possible by funding from the Cumbria Community Foundation and Sellafield Ltd’s Transforming West Cumbria #CanDo programme. It’s aim is to create over 10,500 square feet of wildflower spaces where bees and pollinators can thrive.
One of the cadets involved is Ordinary Cadet Connor Sweeney, he said: “Bees play such an important role as pollinators and yet there are less and less of them every year. Given our unit name, we decided to take a stand and help bring them back.
“Helping the environment has been at the heart of the project – we have used biodegradable envelopes, packing and labels and even our flyers were printed on seeded paper which will create even more flowers for the bees to thrive.”
The cadets are sharing the progress of their campaign on both Facebook and Instagram and those interested in keeping up with updates can follow the group of these platforms.
Whitehaven Town Councillor Edwin Dinsdale visited the unit while the cadets were preparing the seedball packs and was presented with his very own pack.
He added: “I would like to thank Whitehaven Sea Cadets for presenting me with the Beebomb pack. This is a great environmental initiative and I would strongly encourage everyone in Whitehaven and Country wide to fully support this campaign.”
The unit are also currently recruiting new members from ages 10 to 18. They meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6.30 – 9.00pm at Kent House behind Dixons department store, Carter Lane in Whitehaven.
