Community & Youth
Would you like get involved with your local
greenspace? Do you want to know how to find out about
projects in your local patch? Have you heard about our
exciting and innovative community and youth projects happening
across Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull?
The first ever Coventry
Green Fayre is being held this summer in War Memorial Park on
Saturday 21st August. Staff from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust have
been working with Green Garden Cafe, Coventry City Council, the
Coventry Peace House and others to organise this event which
is a celebration of all things green and environmental. Have a look
at the Coventry Green Fayre
website for more information of how to get
involved.
Our projects aim to engage young
people and adults with their local natural environment through a
range of projects and activities including:
Youth engagement projects
Supporting "Friends of" groups
Healthy walks projects
Urban regeneration
Supporting rural communities
Heritage projects
Training and skills sharing
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust has now been
granted Reach Achieved status.
Reach is the quality practice framework for
youth action agencies and recognizes our good practice in working
with young volunteers and, in particular, involving young people in
making decisions about their volunteering.
Claire Cunniffe, Community Manager says,
"We are very proud to be added to the list of organizations who
have been granted Reach Achieved status. Our youth engagement work
is vital if we are to encourage future generations to value and be
a part of their local natural environment".
For more information about our range of
youth engagement projects, contact Claire Cunniffe, Community
Manager on 024 7630 8985 | claire.cunniffe@wkwt.org.uk
If you have an idea for a project
in your area, please contact:
North Warwickshire: Tim Haselden on 024
7630 8995 | tim.haselden@wkwt.org.uk
Solihull Borough: Izumi Segawa on 024 7630
8995 | izumi.segawa@wkwt.org.uk
Coventry, Nuneaton & Bedworth: Peter
Thorne on 024 7630 2912 | peter.thorne@wkwt.org.uk
Rugby Borough: Michael Drummond on 024 7630
8998 | michael.drummond@wkwt.org.uk
Warwick District: Caroline Bailey on 024
7630 8993 | caroline.bailey@wkwt.org.uk
Stratford District: Julie Turner on 024
7630 2912 | julie.turner@wkwt.org.uk
Or for general community / youth enquiries:
Claire Cunniffe, Community Manager on 024 7630 8985 | claire.cunniffe@wkwt.org.uk
Connecting communities, neighbourhoods
and nature: A toolkit
The toolkit was written to support those
working on, or interested in, developing environmental nature based
projects that work with and benefit people.
Find out more
about working with Communities and Urban Greenspaces with the
Toolkit here