Marley Helping to Make a Difference: Staffordshire Wildlife Trust

Marley is a corporate member of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. This article provides more information about how our membership helps to support the charity in the wonderful work they do “to protect and enhance the wildlife and wild places of Staffordshire.”

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Staffordshire Wildlife Trust provided the information and images in this article. 

Membership fees also help to fund their nature conservation projects, and one of their biggest and most exciting nature conservation projects – SUNRISE – has been developing in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. The project delivers improvements on areas including:

• The Lyme Brook
• Pool Dam Marshes
• Bradwell Wood

The project, of which the Trust were lead partner, had the primary goal to:

• enhance urban habitats
• improve the connectivity between these green spaces areas to create a network of natural habitats across the project area
• improve opportunities for local residents and communities to enjoy these area

They also have two people engagement projects that membership will help to fund. These are:

- Children in Need GetWild project, which delivers free nature-based activities for children in the most deprived areas of Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-Under-Lyme. This includes face to face delivery where possible, and now virtual activities and nature-based activity packs to families in need.

-Action for Children, which provides virtual and downloadable activities for children with special educational needs and their families in Stoke-on-Trent. They also deliver these face to face when possible.

Normally, they would also be running engagement events at their Westport Lake Visitor Centre, but sadly this is currently closed due to the pandemic!