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Young church members take part in clean up

Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who took part in the Colin Glen clean up

Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who took part in the Colin Glen clean up

MORE than 120. young members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, including 50 who travelled to Lisburn from Dublin and Cork, took part in a major clean up at Colin Glen Forest Park last Saturday.

The `Helping Hands Project' was part of the church's quarterly, youth conference and the work took more than three hours.

In total the young people supplied more than 400 man hours of painting, pulling, lifting and hauling. The group was the largest ever to volunteer at Colin Glen and as a result they were able to complete tasks in a fraction of the normal time.

Jo Boylan, Volunteer Development Officer with the Colin Glen Trust, said: "We wouldn't normally get the opportunity to have such a large group of volunteers so we were able to achieve much more to improve the woodland and increase the biodiversity.

"The group was a fantastic help. In addition to a general litter lift throughout the park, they painted three bridges, completed a Conservation Trust butterfly survey and cleared a woodland area to open up the forest floor."

27/04//2007