Schools & groups
Children and young people should have the chance to have unforgettable experiences exploring and discovering nature. A hands-on connection with nature gives a much better understanding of the environment, as well as being fun!
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Free chalk stream sessions for schools and youth groups
Feeling adventurous? We're helping schools and youth groups in North and Central Hampshire to explore their local chalk streams, with fun and free education sessions.
Community Groups
Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight individuals and community groups are coming together to take action for nature.
Community Catchment Groups
The Watercress and Winterbournes Landscape Partnership Scheme is community-focused and community-led. Our Community Catchment Groups are integral to the scheme's activities - join to shape the future of your local chalk stream.
Waste of Space - Schools
Find out below how your school can get involved with Waste of Space. Our schools make good use of their outdoor spaces, used for sports grounds and for children to play in during their break times. However, there may be areas that are concreted over for no particular reason, or areas of land that are not used very much.
Schools Gone Wild in Lockdown
Outdoor learning for schools across the two counties had to change a bit during lockdown, but it hasn’t stopped them and their students from doing some amazing things. Read on for more on what…
Environmental Groups Collaborate on Wilder Portsmouth Project
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust’s Wilder Portsmouth project in partnership with Southern Co-op have joined forces with Portsmouth Friends of the Earth (PFoE) volunteers to brighten up…
Group Monitoring
Group Monitoring
New Wilder Group Launches in Hook
In January last year, Amanda read an article in the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust magazine about supporting local community groups and, concerned with the increasingly isolated…
A Community Group in Action
Discover the Wilder journey of Friends of Portswood Recreation Ground and how they’ve transformed a space that can be loved by the community and local wildlife.
New community group launches to create a Wilder Bramley
Wilder Bramley group is the first Team Wilder community group supported through Wilder Basingstoke & Deane, a programme which aims to enable and support local community groups to develop…
Pioneering ‘Nature Friendly Schools’ to boost children’s learning and well-being at a critical time
Almost 30,000 school children from disadvantaged areas are set to enjoy classes in nature this spring in a ground-breaking outdoor learning project spearheaded by The Wildlife Trusts.