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	The Beltingham Yew

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Resources for Living Churchyard projects

Foggy Path Through the Churchyard photo: Neil Alderney, Flickr Creative Commons

The UK-based organisation Caring For God's Acre exists to promote the vision that churchyards and burial sites within the British Isles should be valued now and for the future for their importance to people, to history and to wildlife.

In following this aim they have prepared many resources giving practical and detailed information and advice to anyone looking to develop the care and management of churchyards and burial sites.

You can buy copies of their Action Pack and related DVDs from their website or download their excellent fact sheets from the links below.

Useful fact sheets from Caring For God's Acre Action Pack


	Sheep in the Churchyard in Edensor, Derbyshire photo: UGArdener, Flickr Creative Commons

The Action Pack is organised into four sections:

Section A - Managing churchyards and burial grounds

Section B - Havens For Wildlife

Section C - Burial Grounds Through Time

Section D - Involving People

You can download English language PDF documents of the various sheets below or order the complete pack here.

All of the sheets are also available in Welsh here

Introduction - Contents
Introduction - Preface
Section A1 - The Five Steps to Churchyard & Burial Ground Care
Section A2 - Caring for Grassland
Section A3 - Cutting Long Grass & Dealing With Grass Cuttings
Section A4 - Inspecting & Caring For Trees
Section A5 -Yews & Other Veteran Trees
Section A6 - Practical Management of Trees & Shrubs
Section A7 - Caring for Hedgerows
Section A8 - Helping Wildlife
Section A9 - Pesky Plants & Animals
Section A10 - Caring for Stonework, Metalwork & Woodwork
Section A11 - Caring for Stone Walls
Section B1 - Slow Worms & Other Reptiles & Amphibians
Section B2 - Hedgehogs & Other Mammals
Section B3 - Bats in the Belfry
Section B4 - Swifts & Other Birds
Section B5 - Bumblebees & Other Bees, Wasps and Ants
Section B6 - Butterflies, Moths & Other Insects
Section B7 - Learn about Lichen
Section B8 - Wonderful Waxcaps & Other Fungi
Section B9 - Mosses, Liverworts & Ferns
Section B10 - Surveying for Plants & Animals
Section B11 - Burial Sites Across Britain
Section C1 - Archaeology & Historic Built Features
Section C2 - History, Folklore & Traditions
Section C3 - Geology of the Stones
Section D1 - Involving Volunteers
Section D2 - Health & Safety
Section D3 - Recreation & Learning - Things To Do
Section D4 - Telling the Story - Interpretation
Section D5 - Applying for Grants
Section D6 - Sustainability
Appendix - USEFUL CONTACTS

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