Nature on My Doorstep: A Call to Help Nature in your Community Nature Recovery Sheffield is creating a powerful ripple effect. This grassroots movement is bringing people together to restore nature in Sheffield’s urban spaces.
Wyming Brook nature reserve officially recognised as one of the country’s best green spaces as it is awarded the coveted Green Flag Award – again! Wyming Brook nature reserve officially recognised as one of the country’s best green spaces as it is awarded the coveted Green Flag Award – again!
Take action – ask British Sugar to support farmers who choose not to use bee-killing pesticides ‘Emergency’ authorisation to use a highly damaging neonicotinoid has been approved by the UK Government, despite nearly 15,000 people calling on them to choose better support for farmers and thriving wildlife, instead of bee-killing pesticides.
£6 million investment to trigger new phase for UK nature recovery Today, The Wildlife Trusts unveil a new programme which will accelerate UK nature recovery and help to reverse catastrophic declines in wildlife. £6 million from the Ecological Restoration Fund will support rewilding projects, the reintroduction of keystone species and better protections for marine and coastal habitats. The funds come at a time when more than […]
COP15: a focus on the perilous state of our natural world. Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust urges South Yorkshire MPs to back ambitious global nature recovery targets.
Moorland burning continues despite devastating effects on wildlife and climate Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust are calling for all burning to stop following a spate of fires in the last few weeks. Important uplands Our uplands help counter climate change by removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in peat. Globally, peat habitats store 30% of all soil carbon. Burning […]
Miriam Cates MP visits Greno Woods On Friday 30th September our CEO Liz Ballard and Advocacy Officer Ian Cracknell met with Miriam Cates, MP for Stocksbridge and Penistone at our Greno Woods Nature Reserve. We provided an introduction to the site and the nature it supports, its wide variety of users and the Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Partnership area, part of which […]
Whirlow playing fields show benefits of natural flood management in latest Limb Brook project Natural flood management measures at Whirlow Playing Fields is regenerating the area and improving wildlife habitats.
Funding the future of invertebrates at Greno Woods Funding from Biffa Award has helped us to restore habitats in our Greno Woods nature reserve to care for invertebrates.
Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust receives £469,000 from the Trees Call to Action Fund The South Yorkshire Woodland Creation Partnership project led by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust has been awarded a grant from the £6 million Trees Call to Action Fund, led by Defra, the Forestry Commission and The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The partnership project — which is headed by Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust and includes […]