A TEAM of volunteers used their paid community leave to help conserve a Lake District fell.

Leeds Building Society’s Product team used their volunteering leave to join a conservation project on Fairfield in the Lake District.

This follows their efforts repairing erosion and sensitive landscaping at Tongue Gill outside Grasmere in 2014, and maintaining fell paths and drainage gullies at Coniston Old Man last year.

On each occasion they took advantage of the Society’s volunteering scheme, which allows all staff a day’s paid leave each year to help in the community.

All these volunteering days were led by the ‘Fix the Fells’ team, which is part of the National Trust.

Nicholas Petrie, Upland Ranger at the National Trust, said: “Fix the Fells work to preserve the fells for future generations to experience, and we’re grateful for the ongoing support of Leeds Building Society and their volunteering scheme.”

Jaedon Green, Director of Product and Distribution at Leeds Building Society, said: “We’re delighted to continue our long-standing volunteering relationship with Fix the Fells by sending a team to the Lake District for the third consecutive year.

“Everyone always comes away with a great sense of achievement and perhaps a couple of aches thrown in. The team enjoy getting involved and the walkers clearly appreciate our efforts – protecting the environment in this way helps preserve the beauty of these locations for future generations.”

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