1/2 Great to celebrate the The Wildlife Trusts The National Lottery Heritage Fund #NextdoorNature project in Derby today - a flagship UK-wide initiative showcasing the power of community-led action for nature. Brilliant to meet the amazing communities creating incredible spaces for nature & people.

Brilliant day with community leaders and The National Lottery Heritage Fund CEO Eilish McGuinness and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust celebrating the amazing success of NextdoorNature - capacity building community organising skills and resources across 44 UK wildlife trusts and The Wildlife Trusts

Derby’s Communities Inspired to Make Space for Nature in UK-wide project derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/news/derbys-co…

📣 Exciting new Derbyshire Wildlife Trust vacancy! This new Deputy Director role will support our new strategy, with an emphasis on story telling and amplifying the voices & impact of communities taking action for nature. jobs.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/job/634790

Tonight's full moon is known as a Beaver Moon. So called because #Beavers begin to take shelter in their lodges, preparing for the winter. We have 9 beavers at #WillingtonWetlands, after we reintroduced 2 pairs in 2022. Hope they have a cosy, safe winter. 💚

Steve Downing, Chair of Northern England Raptor Forum Raptorforum welcomes us all to the annual conference, this year in Calderdale.

On Global Climate Justice march today in London with Amnesty International.

Join our coalition of orgs campaigning to #TakeRacismSeriously in education! We’re calling for urgent action: 1️⃣ Diverse curriculum 2️⃣ Race equality plans & data transparency 3️⃣ Racism as a safeguarding issue 4️⃣ Guidance on racial trauma Support: aceducationnetwork.com/takeracismseri…

(1) We’ve launched the Wild Peak Grazing Network! 🐴 This project will help 11 small landowners in the Peak District boost habitat recovery through natural grazing. pulse.ly/vjabxus4cu

Our national parks need substantial reform to create thriving landscapes and communities as well as the inclusive, accessible, nature rich places we need to fix the climate and nature crises, theguardian.com/environment/20…

Encouraging from Toby Perkins MP “We all have a stake in seeing bold action to tackle the climate and nature crises…..This is an area in which the UK can and should act with vision and bravery and reclaim its position of genuine global leadership”.

Great to be spending a couple of days with fellow colleagues at the The Wildlife Trusts leaders conference. “Now is the time for action!”

Local community groups have been busy planting new trees at a Derby park as part of a timeline of activities facilitated by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Trust and Derby City Council 🌳 Read more 👉 buff.ly/49rPry8 #Bondholder #News #MarketingDerby #DerbyUK

Looking for a special gift this Christmas? White Peak Distillery has produced a limited-edition Shining Cliff ‘Riverside’ Gin, designed in collaboration with us here at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. Find out more & order here : derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/riverside-gin-…

Inspiring to spend time with the incredible Derbyshire Wildlife Trust staff team taking about strategy and impact. 💚

In this blog, Jo Smith explores the challenges facing our National Parks - climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequalities in access - and how we can transform these spaces for the future. Read now - org.pulse.ly/vcquq1n7nr

Good to see this announcement, but the proof (as always) will be in the pudding. The last government promised reform and then just tinkered around the edges. Bold action and substantial reform is required!