A colony of gannets. Credit: Dave Boyle
News
£3.78million for protected sites and species across Wales
Bats, oysters, bumblebees and other rare species will benefit from the second round of grants from the Nature Networks Fund.
Environmental impact
Seagrass with sunlight. Credit: Lewis Jefferies / WWF UK
Copyright Lewis Jefferies / WWF UK
News
North Wales seagrass meadows will help tackle the climate crisis
We have awarded £1million to Seagrass Ocean Rescue to restore 10 hectares of seagrass meadows off Pwllheli, Abersoch and Anglesey.
Magna Fort with Walltown Crags beyond
Vindolanda Charitable Trust
News
Roman Magna Project to uncover stories of Hadrian’s Wall fort
We have awarded the Vindolanda Charitable Trust over £1.6million to support research excavation and explore the impact of climate change on this important cultural heritage site.
Children take part in outdoor activities in Stour Valley Nature Reserve.
Credit: BCP Council/ Mark Holloway.
Stories
How to create sustainable urban green space in your area
We celebrated the end of our three-year Future Parks Accelerator (FPA) programme in October 2022 with the Naturally Thriving online conference, sharing learnings from the projects. The FPA programme, launched in 2019, has successfully shown the value of investing in parks and urban green spaces and
Publications
How our pioneering programme showed what a vital public resource parks are
Explore the evaluation of our three-year initiative to help towns and cities across the UK transform their use and management of green space.
Publications
Heritage sector is concerned about financial outlook but committed to the environment
We surveyed organisations that manage and support all types of heritage across the UK. Explore what their responses reveal about current attitudes in our sector.
Six hundred guests gathered for a community celebration ahead of the public reopening. The Botanics Choir (pictured) performed a new piece inspired by the black tree fern specimen growing in the Palm Houses. Credit: IG Photography Ltd.
Projects
Restoring the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s Palm Houses
A five-year project refurbished the 19th-century A-listed Palm Houses, securing the future of the internationally-significant plant collection housed there.
Drew Bennellick building birdboxes with the London Wildlife Trust team. Credit: Broni Lloyd-Edwards
Blogs
Green Futures: art, drone shows and the spectacle of nature
Drew Bennellick, our Head of Land & Nature Policy, reflects on how we have supported the UK’s City of Culture to embrace a green future.
Simon Thurley, Chair of the Heritage Fund, walking between Chantelle Lindsay and Bobbi Benjamin-Wand, from London Wildlife Trust, at Camley Street Natural Park in London. Image © Broni Lloyd-Edwards.
News
£5million to improve access to nature and combat climate change
We’re partnering with The Wildlife Trusts to bring nature to the heart of communities across the UK, as part of our Platinum Jubilee legacy investment.
A World of Good exhibition
News
Four projects shortlisted for excellence in environmental sustainability
Low-carbon renovations and exhibitions featuring recycled materials and strong environmental messages recognised in this year's Museums + Heritage Sustainable Project of the Year shortlist.
Opening of the geothermal pool
Stories
Case study: Penzance Jubilee Pool
Penzance's Jubilee Pool won Sustainable Project of the Year at the Museums + Heritage Awards 2021
Field Cricket (Gryllus campestris) nymph basking at burrow entrance to promote moulting. Sussex, UK. April
News
Bringing England’s species Back from the Brink of extinction
As Back from the Brink draws to a close, we look at how this game-changing conservation programme has helped turn the tide for some of England’s most threatened species.