The E
nvironment Education Office
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside

Penwortham Environment Education Centre
Howick Cross Lane
Penwortham
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 0NS

tel: 01772 751110

email:
education@
lancswt.org.uk

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The Education Department of this Wildlife Trust aims to:

  • Deliver an innovative range of enjoyable and safe learning experiences promoting wildlife conservation and sustainability.
  • Provide advice, training, curriculum support, resources and opportunities to schools, community groups and others.
  • Work in partnership with other organisations and communities to promote the enjoyment and understanding of the environment and sustainability issues.
  • Provide "life long learning" opportunities to all age groups and abilities.

For more information about the Education Department's key activities click on the links below:

Penwortham Environment Education Centre
L.C.C. Registration No. EV159

The Education Centre provides a series of exciting and interactive environment and heritage education programmes. These include pond-dipping, mini-beast hunts, 'Virtual vikings' and seasonal events.

Families
Our education team host a fantastic range of school holiday clubs and family events

Eco-Factor
Our brand new range of exciting and inspiring outreach programmes tailored to individual requirements and delivered by our expert team.

Wildlife WATCH
Wildlife Watch is the UK's leading environmental action club for kids. Young people can become a member of their local club where they can have fun learning about wildlife.

Trailblazers
Trailblazers is an exciting project designed to foster the environmental leaders of the future. The project, currently in its first year, is aimed at 16-25 year olds, unleashing the passion and enthusiasm of young people.

go4it
The Lancashire Young People's Service provide a wide range of activities for young people.

School Grounds Guide
This guide aims to provide our project officers with an ‘easy to use’ resource for environmental education within school grounds which links to the current key stage 2 curriculum to use and share with our watch leaders, teachers and community groups.


Education Centre

 

Mural of the Enviroment Education Centre
Enviroment Education Centre Mural

 

People Digging up Spuds in an allotment
Wigglebert*

 

Child with a Ground Beetle
Levi with Ground Beetle*

 

Children pond dipping at penworthan education centre
Pond Dipping at Penwortham

 

Children at Penwortham playing seeds of life game
Seeds of Life

Photos marked * are taken by
Ben Blacknell
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