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Another year of remarkable achievements: See how your support helps to transform Sheffield & Rotherham for nature and wildlife.
Welcome to our showcase of the Trust’s achievements in support of our three strategic aims over the last financial year, as we work towards our overall ambition of making sure that 30% of land and water is great for nature by 2030. Liz Ballard, CEO
Welcome to our showcase of the Trust’s achievements in support of our three strategic aims over the last financial year, as we work towards our overall ambition of making sure that 30% of land and water is great for nature by 2030.
£1.2million+ was secured to purchase Ughill Farm outright in perpetuity.
A nature-friendly farm plan is in action, and comprehensive baseline data has been gathered, including 180+ plant and 50+ bird species!
10 hectares of habitat have been restored and we maintained 160 hectares on our nature reserves, achieving over 80% of our biodiversity objectives.
Major river restoration work was delivered at Treeton along almost 1km of the Rother, including a new 350m hedgerow and creation of 1.5 hectares of woodland.
Leaky dams and tree planting for Natural Flood Management in the Upper Loxley cover 1.28km.
33.1 hectares of new woodland has been planted over the year, with even more planned.
Our recording achieved 54,648 recordsby 219 individual users.
Monitoring revealed 19 ancient woodland indicators at Greno Woods, snipe, lapwing and curlew at Hammond’s Field and the first record of bee orchid at Carbrook Ravine.
A 10-year Sheffield Lakeland Partnership legacy plan has been launched.
Funding of £116k has been secured to commence water vole recovery work.
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Sign up to Nature Recovery Sheffield increasedby 10% with Nature Recovery Rotherhampledges not far behind!
Use of the Nature Recovery Community Toolkit and the Community Action Map are increasing.
We collaborated with Fir Vale Mosque, theCaribbean Cricket Club and communities inPage Hall to improve their green spaces.
3 schools are improving their grounds for nature following our school grounds assessments.
We reached over 210 people through green space projects at Eastwood and Canklow in Rotherham and advised 15 groups through our Nature Connection activities.
217 business employees took action for nature through Wild Work Days.
We stood up for wildlife by engaging with local MPs and councillors to discuss threats to nature, campaigns and calls to action.
“I’ve been to the parks around my house before but I’ve never been up in the mountains like this before… I was so excited to get to come to a nature reserve.” 13 year old participant enjoying a session at Greno Woods
“I’ve been to the parks around my house before but I’ve never been up in the mountains like this before… I was so excited to get to come to a nature reserve.”
We responded to 87 enquiries and achieved some influence over the development of the Sheffield Local Plan championing the importance of accessible green space.
We drafted a new ‘Nature Equity Map’ to identify inequity of access to quality natural greenspace.
Wild at Heart engaged with nearly 1,400 people with those attending regularly reporting improvements to their wellbeing.
We reached over 3,300 children and families and 7 new schools through our outdoor learning programmes and Wild Play activities.
We engaged with 35 teachers at an OutdoorLearning conference in Sheffield and supported development of a new Schools Rewilding Rotherham Award involving nearly 30 schools with Nature Recovery Rotherham.
Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer spoke to over 1,250 individuals from 18 diverse groups. 12 new volunteers have signed up and 40 people enjoyed their first ever visit to our nature reserves.
138 health and community professionals have completed Green Social Prescribing training.
A report found for every £1 invested in the delivery of our green social prescribing activity, there was a £1.19 of additional benefits in terms of reduced costs to the NHS.
We supported and trained 52 new volunteer rangers.
More than 430 active volunteers dedicated a total of 19,000 hours on ecological monitoring and conservation activities.
Volunteers are overwhelmingly positive about their experience with the Trust. 99% reported they feel supported, valued and treated with respect.