West Cumbria Rivers Trust is asking local families for their preloved wellies to help supplement stocks for their schools programme of forest schools and river days.
If people have wellies in good condition – and still waterproof – in sizes ranging from one to seven, they are asked to drop them off at old Keswick Convention Centre on Skiddaw Street.
Jodie Mills, the trust’s director, said: “We work with schools across West Cumbria providing access to forest school and our Wild About River days as part of our education programme.
“We’re seeing a huge increase in demand for our programmes and finding we need to supply more wellies than ever before to children who either don’t have them or forget them on the day.
“Providing these activities is invaluable to children in interacting with the natural environment and gives them fantastic experiences they’ll remember and build on later in life.”
