MORE than 150 pupils at a York school have created a hedgehog sanctuary to help save the species. Lord Deramore’s dead hedge project is part of the Green Impact Scheme s Hedgehog-friendly school gold award and comes just in time for Hedgehog Awareness Week from May 2 to May 8. Hedgehogs are in rapid decline as a species. From collecting sticks, stacking each one to form the dead hedge and installing hedgehog highway signs, children have built an important eco infrastructure around one of the school s beautiful oak trees, estimated to be between 180-200 years old. The school received support from BEM s Gordon Eastham, grounds maintenance manager, and the University of York to make the school grounds more hedgehog friendly.