No Mow May (A volunteer newsletter update)
No Mow May is an exciting opportunity to give nature the time and space to thrive. It’s an easy sell to people – less work, more for nature – with very significant results for minimal effort.…
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What's going on at Goblin Coombe? A volunteer newsletter update
Avon Wildlife Trust (AWT) owns approximately 190 acres of Goblin Combe near Bristol and has been working with a local volunteer group and contractors over the last 2 years to improve its…
Slow worm surveys with our volunteers on the ground
Neill, Kay and the other volunteers at Bennett's Patch and White's Paddock have been monitoring the slow worms at the site for the past five years. Read on to find out what they've…
Volunteer Forum 2023
We were pleased to welcome back the Volunteer Forum this month.
Get to know our Young Volunteers!
On the first Saturday of March, I joined the 20+ young volunteers who had come out on a cold weekend morning to transform the Avon Wildlife Trust office garden from a tangle of brambles into a…
My Winter Placement at Grow Wilder
Volunteering at Grow Wilder has been a valuable and rewarding journey for me. I adored nature from a young age and was always playing outside and wanting to learn about the world around me, so to…
Do you want to make a difference for our environment? Meet Sophie, our Youth Lead
Hi there! I’m Sophie and I coordinate Avon Wildlife Trust’s Young Volunteers. We’ve already had some brilliant adventures since restarting our sessions this summer and I can’t wait to get stuck…
A day with the WildCATs at Dundry Slopes
Back in July, Rebecca Nimmo, our Learning team’s Communications and Administration Officer (maternity cover), spent some time out with the WildCATs while they were tending to the Dundry Slopes…
Who are the WildCATS in your local area?
The Wild City Action Team (WildCATS) are a dedicated and hearty group of volunteers who have been a force of nature out on the My Wild City sites for many years.