Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust wins £40,000 Movement for Good award The £40,000 award will enable Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust to extend Natural Flood Management work to suitable sites in the Upper River Don catchment area to mitigate flood risk.
Have your say for nature in the Sheffield City Centre Consultation There’s only a few days to have your say and support nature! See our suggested responses… Do you visit, live or work in the central area of Sheffield – from Neepsend to Kelham Island to the Universities to Queens Road and everything in between? Would you like colour, shade, bird song and nature in the central area? […]
Environment Act now UK law Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust welcome the passing of the Environment Act today, which – although it could have been a stronger piece of legislation – will help the UK Government make significant progress in tackling the climate and nature crises.
Join us at Sheffield’s COP26 climate march! On Saturday 6th November, Sheffield’s COP26 march and rally for action on climate change is taking place, alongside many others in the UK and across the world on the same day. We’ll be there – and we’d love you to join us and add your voice too! Assembling at 12pm on Devonshire Green in Sheffield, […]
Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust wins £10,000 Movement for Good award The grant will fund natural flood management (NFM) works in the Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trusts’ Grenoside Woods nature reserve
Ask your MP to tell Government to speed up badger and cattle bTB vaccinations Although the Government has promised on several occasions to move away from badger culling to vaccination and other methods to control bovine TB, sadly the reality is that more areas have been licensed for culling, with larger targets for badgers to be killed. As the scientific evidence shows that bovine TB is primarily caused by […]
The Wildlife Trusts respond to new badger cull licences The Wildlife Trusts are disappointed and saddened that the Government has issued new licenses to cull badgers in seven areas of England. These cover 33 existing areas and 7 new areas for 2021. To take one example, badger culling in Derbyshire continues and enters its second year where up to 3218 badgers could die this autumn.
Loxley Valley development is refused at planning appeal Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust welcome the Planning Inspectorate’s decision this week to refuse the appeal made by Patrick Properties to build 300 houses at the former Loxley Works (Hepworth) site in the Loxley Valley. Dr Nicola Rivers, who led the Trust’s response to the application said: “In 2020 we submitted a 21 page objection to […]
City partners pledge to deliver new street tree strategy A commitment to deliver on a new street tree strategy for Sheffield has been made by the founding members of the Sheffield Street Tree Partnership. Last week, representatives of each of the partner organisations came together to sign a pledge committing them to delivering on the Sheffield Street Tree Partnership Strategy, which outlines a long-term […]
You did it! We hit our target and raised £1,911 to unlock vital funding You did it! Our wonderful members and supporters have hit the fundraising target and raised £1,911 to unlock vital funding to carry out a project for the improvement of the habitat of Greno Woods for insects and invertebrates and ultimately the health of the whole woodland. Greno Woods is a large and beautiful nature reserve. […]