Supporting action for a Wilder Mendip

We provide training, advice and support to enable individuals, communities and land managers in Mendip to take action for nature. Key to this is enabling people to share skills and work together to conserve, connect, restore and create wildlife habitats.  We provide opportunities for people to experience, value and increase their understanding of the area's valuable habitats and species, as well the the role they can each play in nature's recovery in Mendip.

We can provide advice on managing land with nature in mind within Mendip, including undertaking site surveys and helping land managers to apply to agri-environment schemes.

Land managers can get in touch via our webform

We also run workshops covering different sustainable land management approaches and ways to manage, restore and create wildlife habitats. 

Check out our 'what's on' page to see what is coming up next: Training and events

Communities throughout Mendip are working together to help nature. Check out this map of community action to find out what's already happening where you are.

Are you doing something for nature that is not yet on the map? Add your group or project by filling out this super-quick form 

Nothing happening in your area? Or is there somewhere or something else that could help nature in your community?  Perhaps you could help to start something! There lots of support and advice to help you raise awareness and get others involved.

Do you have a specific query or want to request a survey*?: contact teamwilder@somersetwildlife.org

* Note, limited capacity means we cannot visit every site or community in Mendip, but we want to support as much as we can and in some instances can undertake a site visit (or facilitate a visit from a volunteer). If we can't visit, we will do our best to help by talking through any issues or queries, so please get in touch.

We frequently run training sessions aimed at land managers and communities in Mendip, - see what's coming up on our Training and events page

We fund our work in Mendip from a variety of sources, including through membership support, grants, donations, partner contributions, charging for services and government/local authority funding. For work in East and Mid Mendip, a proportion of funding comes via a Section 106 agreement (a planning obligation to mitigate environmental impact) between Somerset Council and Aggregate Industries.