Hundreds of visitors flocked to the Skylark Centre and Nature Reserve last week to join Drax’s annual springtime event, designed to spark curiosity and creativity in the great outdoors during the Easter half-term.
The nature-filled celebrations drew over 350 attendees across the two-days for the free activities, raising £190 in charitable donations for the Swan Sanctuary, who help to support the care and rehabilitation of injured swans.
With the theme of nature at its heart, the Spring event invited families to explore the reserve through a variety of engaging activities. From an orienteering challenge that had visitors searching for fact sheets about local wildlife, to a Woodland Hunt that encouraged keen eyes to spot native flora and fauna, the event provided both fun and education in equal measure.
Inside the Skylark Centre, children and adults took part in nature-themed crafts, including making sunflower pinwheels and leaf-dials. Visitors also got their hands dirty by creating newspaper plant pots and planting giant sunflower seeds to take home and grow throughout the summer.
“The event was a wonderful experience for our whole family. Watching the kids light up as they explored the nature reserve was truly memorable.” Said Deborah from Cambelsforth, who attended the event with her family.
“The craft activities in the centre were really well run and gave us a chance to get creative together. It was the perfect mix of outdoor adventure and hands-on fun. We’ll definitely be back next year!”
Nick Robinson, Community & Engagement Manager at Drax, said: “It’s always inspiring to see families engaging with the natural world and creating memories together, and that’s exactly what our annual Springtime event is all about.
“By encouraging people of all ages to explore, learn, and connect with nature, we’re supporting our Nature Positive commitment, part of Drax’s wider sustainability framework, focused on protecting and enhancing biodiversity at our sites and beyond.
“Events like this not only foster a love for the environment but also help us build stronger, more nature-conscious communities.”
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About Drax
Drax’s purpose is to enable a zero carbon, lower cost energy future. Our strategic aims are to be a global leader in both carbon removals and sustainable biomass pellet production, and to be a UK leader in dispatchable, renewable generation.
Our operations
Drax owns and operates a portfolio of flexible, low-carbon and renewable UK power assets – biomass, hydro, and pumped storage generation – which provide dispatchable power and system support services to the electricity grid.
We are the UK’s largest source of renewable power by output, and Drax Power Station is the UK’s largest single source of renewable electricity by output.
Through our pellet production facilities in North America, Drax is a leading integrated producer of sustainable biomass. Drax has 18 operational and development pellet production sites which will have a nameplate capacity of around 5.4 million tonnes once expansions are complete.
Drax supplies renewable electricity to UK industrial and commercial customers, offering a range of energy-related services including energy optimisation, as well as electric vehicle strategy and management.
Our future
Drax is progressing options for carbon removals using bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology globally and at our UK biomass power station. We are progressing plans to develop 7 million tonnes of carbon removals through BECCS by 2030.
In 2024, we launched Elimini, a US-based company to lead our global efforts to deliver carbon removals at scale. Elimini’s purpose is to remove carbon for good. To achieve this, it is convening engineers, environmentalists, communities, investors, and innovators to scale the market for carbon removals, with the aspiration of transforming our economies from carbon emitters to carbon removers. For more information, visit elimini.com.
