Get involved - Make a difference today!
You don’t have to be a biodiversity expert to get involved…giving nature a helping hand is within everyone’s grasp! Simple, easy to do things really can make a big difference for wildlife. And if we all did just one simple thing, we'd be making a big difference together.
Helping winter wildlife
How you can make a difference
Be a champion for wildlife, at home at work and in your community. Our partner organisations can give you great ideas and opportunities to make the first steps. Get familiar with what’s happening on your patch; check your local authority and national park websites for more details. Try out the activities below to get a taste of what wildlife has to offer! Need practical advice? Visit the Wild About Gardens web site for more information.
iSpot
Your place to share nature. Learn about wildlife, share your interest with a friendly community and get help identifying what you have seen.
Hedgehog Street
Through Hedgehog Street, we are asking people to become Hedgehog Champions to rally support from their neighbours and work together to create ideal hedgehog habitat throughout their street, estate or communal grounds.
Please sign up to receive a pack which will help you get started. The pack contains hedgehog factsheets which can be handed out to neighbours, posters to help advertise the project, tips and hints on how to get neighbours involved and how to keep them interested and a pack of action cards which explain what people can do in their gardens.
Sometimes people want to help wildlife but they either aren’t sure how to go about it or they think that doing something in their small patch won’t make a difference. This is why we are providing everything you need to do the project and explaining what you can do to make your whole street good for hedgehogs.
Make Space for Nature
BBC Breathing Places has some brilliant ideas for rolling up your sleeves and making your very own place for nature – right on your doorstep. You don’t need a lot of space or time, just get outside with your kids, friends, family, neighbours or on your own, and have fun sharing a space with nature. A Breathing Place gives you time out. It’s never boring, and if you’re good to nature then nature will be good for you. So where’s your Breathing Place going to be? Looking for nature events in your area? Click on the BBC event finder to locate practical 'Things to Do' on your patch.
Creating a local wildlife area can as large or small scale as you want and the Make Space for Wildlife leaflets produced by the Vale of Glamorgan ecology team are a great place to start. Each one is jam packed with practical ideas from making wildflower meadows to building bird boxes and homes for hedgehogs.