Information and guidance on actions your business or organisation can take for nature’s recovery.
Businesses
- Sheffield Health and Social Care East Glade – information about nature recovery work at East Glade Centre, one of around 30 sites owned by Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust: case study
- Wildlife Gardening Company – a new eco-friendly, organic gardening service, unique to Sheffield, which benefits wildlife as much as it does people: case study
- Sheffield Sustainability Network – aiming to connect like-minded people, share resources and provide organisations in Sheffield with the support to become sustainable through member events, knowledge, skill sharing and a sustainability self audit: https://www.sheffieldsustainabilitynetwork.org/
Schools
- Keep Britain Tidy Eco Schools campaign – a simple environmental management system that empowers young people to introduce and lead environmental actions and education in their school: https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/
- Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust Outdoor Learning – find out how our Outdoor Learning team help children and young people play wild, learn wild, get outside and connect with nature: https://www.wildsheffield.com/discover/outdoor-learning/
- Hedgehog Friendly Campus – inspired by a talk about hedgehogs at SRWT from guest speaker Hugh Warwick, Jo Wilkinson launched the Hedgehog Friendly Campus Programme – a place where universities, primary schools and FE colleges can help hedgehogs to thrive on their campus – now a national programme, with over 150 campuses registered. Visit the website https://www.greenimpact.org.uk/hedgehogfriendlycampus and read our case study here.
- Learning Through Landscapes – In addition to advocating the benefits of outdoor learning and enabling teachers to make better use of outdoor spaces, Learning Through Landscapes inspire and enable the development and design of outdoor environments to support children’s development. They also provide an outdoor learning grant fund with two elements – a fully funded outdoor learning training for staff and £500 of equipment for outdoor learning.
https://www.ltl.org.uk/ltl-projects/ - Carbon Partners school carbon footprint calculator – a tool designed to help in calculating the footprint of UK schools: http://www.carbonpartners.org.uk/calculate-your-schools-footprint
Churches
- Diocese of Sheffield environmental information: https://www.sheffield.anglican.org/the-church-and-the-environment
- Green Journey, a scheme designed to help churches and church organisations reduce overall costs while reducing environmental impact https://greenjourney.org/
- National Green Church Showcase video, featuring Nature Recovery Sheffield: https://youtu.be/fdmWFp7uUn4
- Grow a Wild Patch https://www.wildsheffield.com/getinvolved/actions/how-to-grow-a-wild-patch/