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24<br />
Lucy Goldsborough of the housing<br />
company is pictured with local<br />
youngsters doing their bit to keep<br />
<strong>Gateshead</strong>’s tree population on the<br />
increase.<br />
A tree-mendous effort<br />
Youngsters from three schools<br />
recently helped the housing<br />
company and <strong>Gateshead</strong> Council<br />
plant trees as part of a national<br />
campaign.<br />
Youngsters from Sacred Heart RC,<br />
Washingwell Primary and Cloverhill<br />
Community Primary Schools joined<br />
the Mayor of <strong>Gateshead</strong> to plant 40<br />
new fruit trees on unused space at<br />
Kingsway, Sunniside.<br />
The planting was part of efforts in<br />
the borough to support National<br />
Tree Week each November.<br />
The scheme was launched in 1975<br />
to replace losses resulting from<br />
Dutch elm disease, which wiped out<br />
more than 20 million trees.<br />
Lucy Goldsborough from the<br />
housing company’s Dunston office<br />
was on hand to get digging.<br />
She said: “This tree planting session<br />
had a real community feel about it,<br />
especially by involving youngsters<br />
from three local schools.”<br />
The planting was funded by the<br />
Neighbourhood Pride and Local<br />
Community Fund schemes.<br />
Both schemes are supported by the<br />
housing company and <strong>Gateshead</strong><br />
Council.<br />
To find out about more local<br />
schemes contact your housing office.
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