Activities for children
We've been busy putting together activities to keep kids (of all ages) entertained at home and in green spaces.
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Nature for children and youth
The youth of today are nature's ambassadors of tomorrow. Ignite the spark of interest in nature and wildlife at an early age and it will create a lifelong love of the natural world as well as a happy and healthy child.
Children's birthday parties at The Cut Visitor Centre
Celebrate your child's special day in our beautiful, private wildlife garden.
Landscape Recovery projects
Find out more about the projects being delivered by the Landscape Recovery Team at Shropshire Wildlife Trust.
Nextdoor Nature Projects
Nextdoor Nature empowers people to take action for nature where they live! Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to leave a lasting natural legacy to mark The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Nextdoor Nature will give people the skills, tools, and opportunity to help wildlife flourish near them.
Green Influencers Project (Ages 10 - 16)
We received grant funding to help create, support and oversee groups of young people aged 10-16 to take environmental social action within their community.
Boost for Green Influencers Projects
Two of Shropshire Wildlife Trust’s youth groups have benefited to the tune of £5,000 each thanks to a grant from leading educational charity The Ernest Cook Trust.
Children ill-equipped for nature and climate crises without education reform
The Wildlife Trusts call for nature GCSE and learning outdoors to be prioritised when Government unveils education plans this spring
My project
Craig gives up his time volunteering in the Bluebell Community Garden. Transforming the garden into a positive space for local people to enjoy, Craig has felt himself become relaxed and happier,…
Chiltern gentian
Considered to be one of the prettiest gentians, the Chiltern gentian is a rare plant in the UK. It likes chalk grasslands, its purple, trumpet-shaped flowers blooming from August.
B-lines Project bid success
Buglife’s “Severn B-Lines” project, which will be run in Shropshire, is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
Project scoops award
The Shropshire Slow the Flow, Natural Flood Management Project took the ‘Studies and Research’ category for the prestigious ICE West Midlands Awards 2022.