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Two Little Owl chicks sitting on a branch. Credit: Hilary Chambers

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Community Conservation

Our Community Conservation project aims to use our nature reserves as a mechanism to engage people in wildlife surveying and habitat monitoring, providing an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills.
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North East Community Forest

Durham Wildlife Trust is delighted to be working with the North East Community Forest partnership in 2022; supporting delivery of their 30-year vision to increase tree coverage across the forest area.
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ASDA Community Volunteering

One of our project officers, Mandy Bell, talks about the experience leading the ASDA volunteers around one of the Healing Nature project sites, Colliery Wood, Boldon. Mandy explains below what all…

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Setting up a basic community group

This guide explains how to set up a basic community group or unincorporated association. It covers meetings, constitutions, money and rules.

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Talks

Information on available talks and speakers for local community groups wishing to find out more from Durham Wildlife Trust and it's environmental projects.
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Natural Communities

Thanks to funding from three Durham County Council AAPs: Weardale, Teesdale and mid-Durham, the Trust will be supporting more people to get involved in volunteering. Ali Laing is the newly appointed Natural Communities Officer and will be working with established volunteers in Deepdale Wood as well as working with new groups in Winston, Evenwood and Cockfield.
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Connecting communities with doorstep nature

More than two years since Nextdoor Nature’s launch, the project has continued to support communities in gaining the skills and knowledge needed to bring nature back to their neighbourhood.

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Enable Healthy Communities

More than one-third of the population - nearly 9.5 million households in England – are unable to access green places near their home.