22 October 2024
Veolia Orchard
Since 2022, Veolia has delivered 1,085 fruit trees and 780 strawberry plants to 291 schools across the UK. This nationwide family of orchards is comprised of little clusters of trees or strawberry patches at schools in 29 local authorities around the country.
This initiative launched in 2022, donating fruit trees to schools in order to give young people a chance to experience the benefits of working with nature as well as improving local biodiversity. Building on its initial success, in 2023 the scheme expanded to include strawberry planters, ensuring that more urban schools with limited outdoor green space could also participate.
This campaign is being powered by Veolia’s Sustainable Schools programme. Each orchard is intended to become a learning resource for pupils, empowering them to improve their local environment and combat climate change as well as provide them with fresh fruit. Successful schools will highlight how they intend to integrate their trees into a learning programme for their pupils.
Applications are now open until November 8 2024.