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Get involved with Nottingham City's wildlife!

There are loads of ways you can help nature in Nottingham, either on your own, with your family or as a group.  Perhaps you want to get your hands dirty and physically help wildlife on a nature reserve?  Perhaps you want to make something to make your own garden a little bit more wildlife friendly?  Maybe you want to learn more about our city wildlife?  Wildlife in the City has loads of ideas, and we believe there is something for everyone.

If you have a specific wildlife-related question, ask the Wildlife in the City team here.

If you are already part of a Wildlife in the City Supporter Group, you can find information and resources by clicking here.

Or you can get in touch by emailing the Wildlife in the City team.

Attract wildlife to your garden

Whatever your garden is like, even if it is small or is mainly concrete, there are lots of ways you can make it wildlife friendly.

Some of the ideas, such as building a pond, or having a wildflower garden, can be beneficial if you grow vegetables as they attract frogs and birds that will eat garden pests. They can also be done in such a way that they are ornamental.

All our gardens are connected, and if even a small patch of each garden can be a ‘wildlife area’ then there will be a huge impact on urban wildlife.

You can find information on things to make in your own garden on our Urban Wildlife pages.

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Volunteer

There are lots of exciting opportunities to volunteer with Wildlife in the City – either across the city or specifically in your own local area.

Volunteers are a massive part of the Wildlife in the City project, and you can gain valuable skills and experience with us in a variety of roles you can:

  • help us care for green spaces with physical conservation tasks,
  • talking to local people at events,
  • work with young people, engaging them in wildlife themed activities
  • become part of a Group which looks after their local green space,
  • or help with the background of the project in our office.

Information on our weekly urban wildlife volunteer sessions - every friday - can be downloaded here

For more information on any of the Wildlife in the City volunteer roles, email wildlifeinthecity@nottswt.co.uk

There are also lots of volunteer roles within the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust's work across the county. Click here for more information on their current available roles.

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Young Volunteers

There are lots of ways to help wildlife, whatever your age. Head over to the youth zone for information on things you can do yourself, and any activities in your area.

Family conservation days
If you want to get out onto our parks and green spaces, get your hands dirty and improve our sites, Wildlife in the city holds family conservation tasks; all ages are welcome, accompanied by an adult. Check out the events page to see the next family conservation task near you.

Wildlife in the City Placement Scheme
Wildlife in the city has a volunteer scheme really suitable for 16 -20 year olds, who live in the city. If you want to volunteer for one day a week or so, for 20 weeks, get in touch and we can design a wildlife placement that suits you. In this placement scheme, you can mix and match different aspects, depending on what times you can do and what we are doing.

Typical volunteer work includes:

  • Habitat management (working on our nature reserves, physically improving the site for wildlife)
  • Surveying wildlife species on sites: learning how to identify lots of different plants and animals.
  • Marketing and design: updating the website, making posters or factsheets for the project.
  • Helping in the office: updating our spreadsheets, helping with paperwork, organising all our resources, or researching wildlife and communities.
  • Taking, creating or compiling photos and videos of urban wildlife and nature reserves

We will discuss what work you will take on when we first meet you, and you will be supervised closely by a member of the Wildlife in the City team.

To find out more, get in touch with the Wildlife in the City team by email.

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Learn Skills

Part of the Wildlife in the City project is to train local people in environmental skills.

We have funding to provide training opportunities in health and safety, use of hand tools, environmental crafts, habitat management, species identification and more.

A lot of training happens informally at our volunteering described above.

All our training opportunities can be found in our Events pages.

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Start a green group

Do you care about your local park or nature reserve?  Would you like to get involved in looking after it? Do you have ideas for your local site you would like to put into action?

This can mean many things - helping with practical work, fundraising, administration, or promotions. 

There may be a friends of group or similar that we can put you in touch with, or if you would like to start a group, or become more involved independently, Wildlife in the City would support you in getting started. 

If you live in Aspley, Bulwell, Bestwood, Clifton, Sneinton or the Meadows and want to get active with your local green space, email the Wildlife in the City team now!

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Become a supporter

If you work with a school or community group already, and want to hold your own wildlife activities, then our Supporters Scheme is for you. Hop on right over to our Supporters webpages for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

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