Chemical-free organic gardening
Go chemical-free in your garden to help wildlife! Here's how to prevent slugs and insects from eating your plants with wildlife-friendly methods.
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Education and Lifelong Learning
We deliver wildlife workshops and field trips in Cumbria.
Responding to Planning Applications
Responding to Planning Applications: Major developments that have significant impacts on wildlife are rare, and where they do occur we oppose them.
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
A Wilder Future helps everyone benefit from and enjoy wildlife near them.
However, parts of the UK Government's new Planning and Infrastructure Bill currently threaten nature's recovery in England. This isn’t good for wildlife, or people.
However, parts of the UK Government's new Planning and Infrastructure Bill currently threaten nature's recovery in England. This isn’t good for wildlife, or people.
Education and Volunteering Team volunteers Jan and Judith
If you make a volunteer enquiry or register as a new volunteer, chances are that either Jan or Judith will respond to your enquiry. Normally working at the Trust's main offices at Plumgarths…
Educational resources all about Eycott Hill Nature Reserve
There's lot of different fact files, activity and question sheets all about Eycott Hill Nature Reserve. Have a go and see what you can learn!
Government planning reforms must address the nature and climate crisis
The Wildlife Trusts call for a new designation – Wildbelt – to allow nature’s recovery. Public urged to rewild planning system by responding to consultation.
Planning for success: how the new UK Government can deliver on housebuilding targets whilst tackling the nature and climate crises
With a new UK Government now in situ, Becky Pullinger, head of land use planning at The Wildlife Trusts, reviews what is needed to deliver on one of their key manifesto pledges – to build new…
Emergency fund gives boost to the Trust
Cumbria Wildlife Trust is beneficiary of grant to help the charity sector during coronavirus pandemic
Precious sand dunes receive a boost
Dynamic Dunescapes receives £4m National Lottery funding
Cumbria’s red squirrels receive funding boost
Fertility control for grey squirrels among plans to help our much-loved native species to thrive
Cash boost for Foulshaw Moss to help carbon capture
Our nature reserve near Witherslack is one of several innovative carbon reduction projects to receive a grant from South Lakeland District Council