Wilder Community Action
Starting a community action group is exciting, but it can also be overwhelming! This pack is a basic guide to setting up and running an action group for nature. It’s a checklist to getting started, and a toolkit to keep you on track. You’ll find further links throughout for more detailed resources.
Advice sheets
Our advice sheets will give you more information on specific actions you can take, on everything from planting trees to commenting on planning applications.
Planning a tree planting project
Individual action
Looking for inspiration to take action every day in your garden or home? By taking action for nature, no matter how small, you can make an impact and invite more wildlife back into our lives.
Wilder Communities Resources
Whether you are part of an existing community group or want to start one of your own to make a difference for nature on your patch, let us help you make things happen. Here are some resources to get you started.
Find below our brand guidelines for Team Wilder along with poster templates to download for use with Team Wilder events.
Please note: If you are raising money for Somerset Wildlife Trust - please visit our fundraising pages and sign up to receive your fundraising pack and resources.
Brand guidelines, poster templates and logos
Land Management Resources
Nature Recovery Networks are linked corridors of environmentally rich habitat that allow plants and animals to thrive, spread and adapt to change. If you manage a community space or large area of land for wildlife, you can make a contribution to a nature recovery network.
It’s important to do your research and get the right advice, but there is so much information available online it can be overwhelming and not always clear which advice to follow. The links below are reliable resources that we would recommend to get you started:
If you need further advice on managing your community space for nature, we ask that you submit an enquiry form through our website so we can best advise you. We aim to respond to all enquiries within 2 weeks of submission.
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Wilder Churches resources
Here are some resources for church leaders and communities to help support biodiversity and wildlife in your local churchyards. For more general information about the Wilder Churches initiative go here.
Find below our Wilder Churches poster templates to download for your use.