Monday 23rd May 2022

Kids eco club designs bird boxes in Barrhead

Children at Hillview Primary School’s Eco Committee in Barrhead have been busy designing their own bird boxes as part of a sustainability challenge set by their local development in Barrhead to encourage more wildlife into private gardens.

Being creative in the community

The children were invited to take part in a competition to paint their own bird box, and our local sustainability champion, Maya Calvert, chose her favourite three designs before the children all took their bird boxes home to install in their own gardens.

We supplied Hillview Primary School’s Eco Committee, which operates from the primary school each week, with all the materials needed for the project, and over 20 children took part.

Hillview Primary School birdbox competition Taylor Wimpey Barrhead Duncarnock

Stylish bird boxes in Barrhead

Based on their eye-catching bird box designs, the winners – Bobbie, April and Lana - were also awarded with National Book Tokens. Every child also received a copy of Taylor Wimpey’s Ecotastic Activity book which is designed to help children find out fun facts about the environment, while also discovering some interesting ways that we are making our new homes and developments more sustainable too.

Our West Scotland sustainability champion, Maya Calvert, said: “Not only will we be providing brand new and stylish homes for our customers at Duncarnock in Barrhead, but there are also now some very stylish bird boxes for the local birds to call home too!”