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As your Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside, there are many projects in your community. Find out about My Wild City, our Kingfisher Trail and more.
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Growing carnivorous plants
One of the largest costs to upland peatland restoration is the purchase of plug plants, most often sphagnum mosses due to the number needed to restore habitats. Back in 2024 Lancashire Wildlife…
The power and importance of community...and nature!
We talk to some participants of our weekly wellbeing groups to find out what 'community' means to them, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.
Polytunnels are growing places
It’s been a bumper summer in the Brockholes polytunnel with Lindsay Griffiths and her fellow volunteers providing lots of wild and wonderful plants.
Our projects
From restoring Manchester's peatlands to connecting young people with the nature on their doorstep, our projects stretch right across Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside and encompass everything from conservation to community engagement.
MHAW 2025: Rebecca's Cycling Community
Rebecca is our Lancashire Wildlife Trust cycling champion, convincing everyone she meets in the Trust to give cycling a go!
Here she shares how cycling created a community for her when she…
Food for our insect hordes
There is an unwritten expectation that as I roam in these 30 days Wild, out on Chat Moss, that I will be a food source for many an insect.
Steve Backshall gets involved in Wythenshawe community nature project
On Saturday 25 April, naturalist, presenter and Championing Nature Ambassador Steve Backshall visited The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside in Wythenshawe Hall and…
Scutchers Acres community orchard supports local foodbanks
Scutchers Acres is a mixture of woodland, grassland and an amazing community orchard in Burscough, West Lancashire – and not only is it supporting nature but the orchard bounty is supporting the…
Local community plants British flowers to boost wildlife
Hundreds of native wild flowers have been planted by Manchester's local community to tackle loss of city wildlife and increase access to nature.
How the community helped create a new National Nature Reserve
In 2025, the Risley, Holcroft and Chat Moss National Nature Reserve was declared as part of the King’s Series. Find out how community members helped to make this happen.
Wildflower growing trial inspires nature conservation from home
This summer, green-fingered volunteers have turned their houses and gardens into plant nurseries, growing native wildflowers for Lancashire Wildlife Trust, as part of a trial to involve people in…