Canterbury butterfly project aims to halt Kent population decline
He says he wants to use the scheme to help articulate the core messages of his book in a different way.The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme reported earlier this month that more than half of species in the country are suffering from long-term decline.
The project is currently being run in conjunction with five primary schools – Challock, Blean, St Stephens Infant School, Whitstable Junior School and Lady Joanna Thornhill Primary School.The schools are among the first to set up butterfly sanctuaries in their grounds, with Mr Delahunt looking to fund wildflowers for the sites.He said he wanted to gradually expand the project to include new schools.Mr Delahunt, whose background is in trauma nursing, said the project came after the success of his first book, The Wandering Lamb, which talks about difference and acceptance.He said: "I have never felt as healed by a process.""It's an opportunity for me to go back and find children like me."
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