We are looking for passionate, dedicated and resourceful people to join us. If you have an interest in nature conservation and a passion for our values, we would love to hear from you.
Take a look, through some of the common species of wildlife that live in the South Yorkshire area around Sheffield and Rotherham.
A recently extended patch of heathland and woodland, neighbouring Wyming Brook.
Information and resources about actions you can take for nature's recovery in Sheffield and Rotherham.
Our Acorn Fund is a pot of money allocated specifically to help release money from the Landfill Communities Fund. Your donation can be the key to unlocking funding worth thousands of pounds to make a huge difference for local wildlife.
We believe that equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is an essential part of what we do and how we achieve our vision for wildlife. Our workforce, volunteers, and the communities we work with deserve equality of opportunity, to benefit from embracing diversity and to thrive in an inclusive environment.
The Trust is committed to providing equality of opportunity, addressing lack of diversity and creating an environment that promotes inclusivity. We will not tolerate discrimination, harassment and bullying.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer we’ve committed to:
We have recruited a dedicated EDI Officer, and every two years, we send out an EDI survey to our supporters to help us to see where we are succeeding in our work and where we need to improve how we support our valued volunteers, members or supporters.
Thanks to valuable feedback from staff as well as our supporters through this survey, over the last few years, we have made improvements to help more people access nature in their own way. These include:
We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for people from all backgrounds, and getting 1 in 4 people taking action for nature by 2030. Through our community outreach, communication and activities, we aim to ensure everyone feels valued and able to take part, even those in areas with little access to nature.
Read about our diverse communities that are ‘growing together’ across Sheffield and Rotherham.
The Trust values all diversity within our workforce. However, like the wider environmental sector we know that we lack ethnic diversity. Data drawn from recruitment activity, and staff shows that we are not attracting people that reflect the communities we work in. We want that to change.
Increasing the ethnic diversity within our workforce is a long term commitment and relies on equality of opportunity and an inclusive culture. While there is no quick answer we are acting on our commitment.
These small steps are the beginning of a journey and we know there is much more to do.
We do not expect to achieve our aim of a workforce that is truly reflective of the Sheffield & Rotherham community overnight. To do this we need to understand where we need to change, what we need to do more of and what we can start doing.
As we move forward we’ll be looking at what we can learn and what further actions we can take.
If you would like to support us in our journey to improve our diversity and have insight that you would be happy to share please contact us at hr@wildsheffield.com.
If you have visited this page because you are interested for applying for a role and have any questions about equality, diversity and inclusion at the Trust please email the HR team at recruitment@wildsheffield.com or contact us on 0114 263 4335.
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