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Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

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Wiltshire has a large military population and the trust runs community-based programmes that encourage military families to get outside and connect with nature and local residents. It is also working with the charity
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The trust undertakes a wide variety of projects to engage local residents with its work, and to develop an understanding and love for the natural environment. As of 2022, these activities include:
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It issues a variety of publications including a members magazine, Wiltshire Wildlife. Its digital presence includes social networking, such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Charity. Membership organisation. Governed by a Memorandum and Articles of Association. Registered charity and a company limited by guarantee (Company number 730536).
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across the United Kingdom, which together form the largest voluntary organisation dedicated to protecting wildlife and wild places everywhere – at land and at sea.
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habitat project officer; at that time, there were no known otters in the county. In 2012, Wiltshire Wildlife Trust featured three reserves in the "
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The trust owns and manages 40 nature reserves (including complexes of several adjacent reserves) across the county. Among these are the following
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and membership had grown to 800. As it reached its 20th anniversary, the trust owned 30 nature reserves and had 2,000 members. In 1989, the first
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As of 2022, its 60th year, the trust owns and manages over 40 nature reserves, including three farming operations, and has over 20,000 members.
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For its 30th anniversary, in 1992, the trust formally changed its name to Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. In 1994, the trust employed its first
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In 2013, the trust's nature reserve at Clattinger Farm was named as one of the first Coronation Meadows, to mark the 60th anniversary of
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supporting people across Swindon and Wiltshire by helping them develop skills, access education and move back into work.
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offering children, young people and adults with individual needs with meaningful education and work-based experiences.
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project to restore, re-create and reconnect conservation sites with the wider countryside across England.
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on 23 July 1962. Involved in the creation of the trust was acclaimed author and poet
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In its 50th year, 2012, the trust owned and managed 37 nature reserves.
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focuses on helping people experiencing mental health issues such as
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increasing the biodiversity of invertebrates on its nature reserves.
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and depression by using nature to promote well-being.
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Creating a sustainable future for wildlife and people
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Director
www.wiltshirewildlife.org
Devizes
Wiltshire
Swindon
sustainable
Wildlife Trusts
Companies Act
John Buxton
County Hall
Trowbridge
nature reserves
Blackmoor Copse
legacy gift
Sarsen Trail & Neolithic Marathon
Morgan's Hill
otter
Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
Action for Insects
Bay Meadows
Braydon Forest Marsh Fritillary Project
Building Bridges
Lakeside and The Willows Care Farms
Green Living
Swindon Forest Meadows
Wild Landscapes
Well-being
stress
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

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