Wildlife in your community (EWC1806 Community)

This day’s course for Parish Councils, Neighbourhood Plan steering groups and Local Community Groups will cover the importance of including the environment and biodiversity in your Neighbourhood Plan and how your parish can contribute to creating a wilder Suffolk and ensure greater protection for nature, now and in the future.

The course will take place in the beautiful village of Risby, in Risby Village Hall. During the day, you will learn about where to find evidence of the habitats and species already present in your parish by undertaking a desktop search, which will then help to guide the creation of your Neighbourhood Plan or Biodiversity Action Plan. We will discuss the concept of green corridors and their importance for wildlife and explore the local parish to see where corridors could be created between existing wildlife sites.

Following your time in the hall, you will be taken on an exploration of the parish of Risby, where we will uncover the truth of the information found out about the parish in the desktop search. We will also discuss some planning policy including Biodiversity Net Gain and how this could affect your parish, Neighbourhood Plan, or Biodiversity Action Plan.

This course will provide an opportunity to ask specific questions about your parish, Neighbourhood Planning and how to improve your parish/community for wildlife.

Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day. Please feel free to bring your own re-usable mug, or a flask.

You will also need:
A packed lunch
Notepad and pen
A camera or binoculars if you wish;

Please dress suitably for the weather and for walking around the village of Risby and Old Broom. The walk will be approximately 1.5 miles and will be adapted if the weather is unfavourable.

We are grateful to the community in Risby and Risby Village Hall for making this course possible and for their support in sharing best practice and community engagement.

When booking please ensure your email/contact address is correct as it will be used to send event joining instructions. If you do not receive these instructions after booking, please contact: wild.learning@suffolkwildlifetrust.org

Please note that your booking is non-refundable and non-transferable and we run all our courses based on a minimum number of participants. You can find our full Terms & Conditions via this link: https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/wildlearninginfo

This is the first in a series of new Community Wildlife Courses arranged by Suffolk Wildlife Trust to support communities, parish councils and churches in optimising the habitat for wildlife in their local public spaces. Topics in the programme include:
Wildlife in your parish
Community ponds for Wildlife
Understanding your community's river
Community meadows
Churchyard management
Understanding your Community's habitat
Community hedges for Wildlife
Community Trees & Woodland for Wildlife

Courses for communities will be added to the website in the next few weeks and to find all our courses as they are launched you can visit our Events page here: www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/wildlearning

If the course you wish to attend is full or you cannot make the date, please let us know so that we can register your interest and let you know of opportunities planned for the future. You can contact us on: team.wilder@suffolkwildlifetrust.org or Tel: 01473 890 089.

If you’d like to purchase a Voucher for future courses for yourself or as a gift, you can do so via our online shop at www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/onlineshop

If the course you wish to attend is full or you cannot make the date, please let us know so that we can register your interest and let you know of opportunities planned for the future. You can contact us on: info@suffolkwildlifetrust.org or Tel: 01473 890 089.

If you work for or run a company, have you thought about joining Suffolk Wildlife Trust as an Investor in Wildlife Business Member? To find out more, click this link: https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/corporatesupport