Remembering Professor Nigel Dunnett We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Nigel Dunnett, a former Chair of Trustees at Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust, and one of the most influential voices in ecological planting and urban nature.
Making a Splash for Nature: How one-hour ponds could help boost South Yorkshire biodiversity Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust have launched a major new campaign to raise awareness and support practical action for our rivers and wetlands, and you can get involved by creating space for water in your own community!
Growing Together: How communities are shaping nature recovery across Sheffield With support from our Nature Recovery Sheffield team, communities are using nature as a way to build pride, connection and hope. From small urban gardens to reclaimed woodlands, these stories show how people and nature are growing side by side.
Windrush Legacy Garden opens in Sheffield after community transforms neglected land. Volunteers at Sheffield Caribbean Sports Club have turned an overgrown and littered piece of land into a woodland garden that has already welcomed hundreds of local people.
Caring for newly planted trees Here are some tips to give your newly planted trees a better chance to flourish.
Is the Water White Paper a blank page when it comes to nature? Ali Morse, Water Policy Manager, looks at the UK Government’s Water White Paper and where it might lead us in terms of water companies, the environment and more. In its final report published last summer, UK Government’s Independent Water Commission set out a series of 88 wide-ranging recommendations aimed at reshaping the water sector and […]
New Partnership Connects Communities with Heritage and Nature at Parkwood Springs Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust in new partnership to improve nature across Parkwood Springs area and inspire local people to connect with nature on their doorstep.
Conservation leaders warn of ‘Perfect Storm’ threatening England’s wildlife and most special places Two of the UK’s largest conservation charities, the RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts, are warning that the UK Government’s blinkered “Build Baby Build” agenda is creating a perfect storm of threats to nature, and that this is at odds with the public’s ambition for protecting wildlife and habitats which is at an all-time high.
Celebrating our 2024-2025 Impact At our recent AGM we highlighted some of the successes that we’ve achieved over the previous year and our impact on nature recovery. Our impact covers three outcomes, everything that we do supports one of more of these ambitions. Click on the outcomes below to find out more information or watch the video to learn […]