We inspire and empower local communities to connect with their nature spaces, foster local understanding of biodiversity, and train volunteers on how to protect and enhance their green and blue infrastructure for future generations. Our ecologists give tailored, expert advice and support on habitat management and creation, engagement with nature recovery, sources of funding, and signpost to further guidance.
Over the last twenty five years we've been...
- Conserving and enhancing iconic local habitats.
- Creating habitat connectivity for species to move, open spaces for people to exercise, green spaces for good mental health, clean air by absorbing pollutants, and carbon storage.
- Providing a chance for people to connect to nature and promoting an outdoor learning resource.
- Encouraging volunteering, which prevents isolation, creates community cohesion, creates a sense of place and belonging, develops skills and knowledge.
We offer town and parish councils, community groups, businesses and landowners bespoke advice to improve their green spaces for Oxfordshire’s habitats and species. This can take the form of email or phone advice, a site visit with a follow up report including recommendations, or a management plan to help guide the best actions for you to take to help local wildlife populations. We also offer Neighbourhood Plan teams advice on ecological apsects of their work.
We also provide talks on Nature’s Recovery and what parish councils and others can do to to take action on thier local patch- we have a few wildlife-based topics that we can talk about, so do get in touch if you would like us to speak with your community.
We run training, events and our annual Local Environment Groups conference to educate and inspire nature recovery action.
We also provide monthly information on training, advice and funding through our Environmental Email Bulletin and social media channels.
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