- Rewild marginal farmland, uplands and floodplain. Just as many European countries have seen catastrophic flooding they have rewilded areas that act a giant sponges soaking up flood waters.
- Stop agricultural subsidy of marginal farmland so it can be returned to the wild & save the taxpayer billions of pounds.
- Return beavers to the UK and allow them to act as natural wetland managers (like wild horses do on conservation sites) to maintain our wetlands at no cost to taxpayers.
- Create natural wetland networks in urban areas to act as flood stores.
- Shift taxes off of earned incomes and onto Land Values and natural resources to make it economically feasible to revert marginal farmland back to natural areas.
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Beaver & rewilding are the answer to the UK's flooding problem
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Wildwood launches new Summer Volunteering Programme
Wildwood Trust, Kent's unique British wildlife park and conservation charity is launching a new Education Volunteer Programme this summer to help more people to get in touch with nature and learn about our native wildlife.
Wildwood is already helped by volunteers who donate their time to work with our keeper and ranger teams and is now looking for the first time for people to assist in our highly successful Education department.
The Trust is looking to recruit a team of Public Education Volunteers to actively help members of the public to engage, interact and learn all about our wonderful British native species at Wildwood.
Our education volunteers will help the public around the park, provide information points and show animal artefacts to the public throughout their wildlife experience. We are looking for a team of volunteers who are passionate about British wildlife and want to help others learn more about our native animals and their conservation.
Successful candidates will be dedicated to volunteering at a wildlife charity and will receive training in public engagement, animal identification and the history of British wildlife and its conservation. Volunteers will also have the opportunity to handle animal artefacts and work behind the scenes at Wildwood.
Wildwood's Head of Education, Anne Riddell said: "We are so excited to be able to offer volunteer positions at Wildwood this summer. This is the ideal opportunity for people who are passionate about out native wildlife to gain valuable experience and help others to learn."
We aim to have our volunteers ready and available for the start of the Easter holidays, Saturday 5th April 2014. We are able to train volunteers with the necessary skills and knowledge needed for the post.
We will hold an introductory day, to which all applicants will be invited. Afterwards applicants will be selected based on their potential and abilities for the role. Please not that as we are a small charity, only have a small number of volunteer positions available.
To apply, please email: education@wildwoodtrust.org for an application form.
All applications must be submitted by the 7th February 2014.
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For more information about the project, email: education@wildwodtrust.org or call 01227 712 111 to speak to the Education team.
Fiona Paterson
Wildwood Trust
Herne Common
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 7LQ
Registered charity no. 1093702
Tel: 01227 712 111
email: fiona@wildwoodtrust.org
About Wildwood
Wildwood is a unique wildlife park and conservation charity where you can see British Wildlife past and present, set in 40 acres of stunning ancient woodland. Wildwood offers its members and visitors a truly inspirational way to learn about the natural history of Britain by actually seeing the wildlife that once lived here, like the wolf, beaver, red squirrel, bison, elk, wild boar and many more. Our conservation projects include working to save red squirrels, hazel dormice, water voles as well as breeding pine martens, Scottish wildcats and beaver. Wildwood also actively promotes conservation grazing projects by donating herds of wild horses to act as natural habitat managers on nature reserves to improve biodiversity.
New Job & Volunteering Vacanies at Wildwood
New Job & Volunteering vacancies at Wildwood
We have new vacancies at Wildwood. For more details or to apply for these exciting positions, please visit our Jobs page: http://www.wildwoodtrust.org/recruitmentothervacancies.html
Head of Marketing & Fundraising
Function: Management of Wildwood's marketing, fundraising, membership & databases, social networking, advertising & promotions
Salary: Competitive + pension & other benefits
Wildwood Trust is a charity dedicated to the conservation of British Wildlife and running the unique Wildwood Discovery Park.
We are looking for someone to manage our marketing & fundraising systems and lead our marketing team.
Specifically:
- Charity Marketing & Membership
- Advertising & Promotions
- Fundraising
- Event management
- Public Relations
This exciting new position will be a key role within the organisation and will part of the senior management team. The post will require extensive fundraising and communication experience, charity marketing experience and a proven track record in delivering significant income generation from a variety of streams
For full details please visit our Jobs Page to download the job description: http://www.wildwoodtrust.org/recruitmentothervacancies.html
The closing date is 24th January 2014*. Interviews will be held by arrangement within 2 weeks of that date.
*Please note that this deadline has been extended, please therefore disregard the closing date of 17th January that appears on the Job Description
Public Education Volunteers
Function: To help members of the public to engage, interact and learn all about our wonderful British native species here at Wildwood
Salary: Voluntary work
Wildwood Trust is a charity dedicated to the conservation of British Wildlife and running the unique Wildwood Discovery Park.
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to assist our Education team around the park:
Specifically:
- To help the public around the park.
- To provide information points.
- To show artefacts to the public.
- To engage the public throughout their wildlife experience.
The right person will be:
- Over 18yrs of age.
- Friendly and confident.
- Able to volunteer their time.
- Enthusiastic about British Wildlife.
- Reliable.
- Reasonably fit and active.
- Happy to be out in all weathers.
- Able to attend during school holidays and weekends.
Successful candidates will be dedicated to volunteering at a wildlife charity and will receive training in public engagement, animal identification and the history of British wildlife and its conservation. Volunteers will also have the opportunity to handle animal artefacts and work behind the scenes at Wildwood.
We aim to have our volunteers ready and available for the start of the Easter holidays, Saturday 5th April 2014. We are able to train volunteers with the necessary skills and knowledge needed for the post.
We will hold an introductory day, to which all applicants will be invited. Afterwards applicants will be selected based on their potential and abilities for the role. Please not that as we are a small charity, only have a small number of volunteer positions available.
To apply, please email: mailto:education@wildwoodtrust.org for an application form. All applications must be submitted by the 7th February 2014.
Please note this is an unpaid position
Important: All applicants for volunteering or work experience must be over 18yrs
Wildwood Trust
Herne Common
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 7LQ
Tel: 01227 712 111
Wildwood is a registered charity no. 1093702
Thursday, 9 January 2014
New at Wildwood - The Grubby Gang Club!
NEW at Wildwood - The Grubby Gang Club!
Wildwood is proud to present the Grubby Gang! A new club just for young nature adventurers where kids aged 7-11yrs can go wild in the woods, make new friends and explore their love of nature.
Grubby Gang is held at Wildwood on the 1st & 3rd Saturday of each month (approx. see list of dates below) with new & exciting activities in the woodland every week. With their Wildwood leader, children will have the chance to explore our woodlands, learn new skills, develop their creativity and discover nature – all whilst having heaps of fun!
Parents need not apply! Grubby Gang is strictly for kids!
Activities include:
Minibeast hunts - Den making - Woodland games - Bug hotels - Nature crafts - Digging for worms - Barefoot texture trails - Scavenger hunts - Dream catchers - Nest building - Nature mosaics - Atlatl (spear) throwing - Mud faces - Mud pies - Mud castles - Bird boxes & feeders - Conker games & competitions - Gandalf sticks - Leaf crowns - Tug of war - Clay pots - Twig wreaths - Pine cone baubles and much, much more!
- Grubby gang sessions are from 9.45am – 12.15pm
- Costs: £8 per child who are Wildwood Members / £10 per child who are not Wildwood Members
- Grubby Gang is for children aged 7-11yrs
- Parents do not need to attend Grubby Gang, all of our staff are fully CRB checked and will escort the children throughout Wildwood.
- Spaces are strictly limited to 10 children per day – book early to avoid disappointment
SPECIAL OFFER: Book 3 Sessions, get the 4th FREE!
To book please call the Wildwood Office on 01227 712 111 or book in the Wildwood Shop.
Grubby Gang Dates 2014:
February 15th
March 1st & March 22nd
April 5th & April 19th
May 3rd & May 17th
June 7th & June 21st
July 5th & July 19th
August 2nd & August 16th
September 6th & September 27th
October 4th & October 18th
November 1st & November 15th
December 6th & December 20th
To book please call the Wildwood Office on 01227 712 111 or book in the Wildwood Shop.
The Wildwood Team
Wildwood Trust
Herne Common
Herne Bay
Kent
CT6 7LQ
Registered Charity no. 1093702