LANCASTER-based wood fuel specialist Logs Direct has set up a voluntary online donation scheme in partnership with Cumbrian responsible tourism and Nurture Lakeland.

Customers buying wood supplies from Logs Direct can add a voluntary donation to the total cost of their order to support the efforts of wildlife experts who are protecting the endangered native red squirrel.

All donations taken online, or over the phone, will be collected by Nurture Lakeland and donated to Red Squirrels Northern England, which carries out vital work to protect red squirrel habitats in Cumbria, Lancashire, the Dales and County Durham. Northumberland and the Yorkshire Dales.