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We Can Help You Make Your School Grounds a Haven for Wildlife

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Wildlife desperately needs our help. We’re working towards a bold goal to make 30% of land great for wildlife by 2030, and your school could be part of the solution!

Would you like to improve the biodiversity of your school grounds, either as part of your climate action plan or just as a school ambition? 

If you want to improve your own outdoor learning skills, we have some great training for your team to get you started.

How we can help

Our team offers a limited number of free consultation visits. Following the visit, you’ll receive a tailored report with our findings and practical recommendations to help you transform your grounds into a thriving space for wildlife and children. We’ll also suggest ways to involve your pupils in the process, making it a valuable and exciting learning experience.

When all our free spaces are used up, we can still provide this service for £200.

If you would like to arrange a visit to your site (usually 30 mins to an hour), please get in touch via the ‘enquire now’ button and we will get in touch to arrange a date.

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If you already have some knowledge about how you could improve your site, but want some practical gardening tips to help improve biodiversity, you can explore our engaging activities designed to help students connect with nature right on your school grounds. 

Practical advice and activities to help wildlife

We’d love to hear your wild school stories!
Have you made improvements to your school grounds for nature? Got your pupils involved in planting, building, or exploring? Maybe your local community joined in too?

Share your photos and tag us on social media – your ideas could inspire other schools to take action for wildlife too!

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