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Taxing Team Day Spells Great Returns for Wythenshawe Wood!

Workers from a top finance firm helped to streamline one of South Manchester’s biggest assets, yesterday, thanks to the help of Greater Manchester’s Community Forest.
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ team building event, jointly run by Red Rose Forest, Greater Manchester’s Community Forest, and made possible by Business in the Community, saw the Tax Returns department lending their hand to help improve Princes Spinney in Wythenshawe.

Over the past few years the spinney has been transformed from a dumping ground to a beauty spot of regional importance thanks to the hard work of the Royal Oak Community Group and various other volunteers, with general maintenance conducted by Manchester City Council’s Operational Services.

And it is hoped that the wood will soon be good enough to become a Site of Biological Importance (SBI), a national award with huge prestige.
Princes Spinney is a great example of semi-natural ancient woodland because of the large amount of native Oak trees it contains and the fantastic variety of animal and plant life this supports.

Red Rose Forest’s Sarah Macleod, said: “Everyone worked really hard and we managed to get loads of work done. People seemed to be really enjoying themselves.
“It’s great that the Business in the Community movement gave us the chance to work with PricewaterhouseCoopers and we look forward to working them in the future.”

If you require more information please call Chris Johnstone on 0161 872 1660.

Notes to Editors:
Red Rose Forest is Greater Manchester’s Community Forest. It is a partnership of the Countryside Agency, The Forestry Commission and six local authorities including Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. Red Rose Forest is already transforming and regenerating a large part of Greater Manchester, with 25 million trees across 300 square miles being planted over 40 years.

Business in the Community
Business in the Community is a unique movement in the United Kingdom of over 750 member companies, with a further 1600 participating in our programmes and campaigns. We operate through a network of 98 local business-led partnerships as well as working with 45 global partners.

Our purpose is to inspire, challenge engage and support business on continually improving its positive impact on society.

Our members commit to:
• Integrate, manage and measure responsible business practice throughout their business.
• Impact through collaborative action to tackle disadvantage.
• Inspire, innovate and lead by sharing learning and experience.

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