Myplace fun in Avenham Park
The Central Preston group which meets in Avenham Park every week is now 6-months old! To celebrate, Myplace trainee Connor shares some of his favourite moments in pictures.
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Stephen walks around his local patch once or twice a week throughout the year. He looks and listens carefully to discover the wild creatures hidden in the reedbed and surrounding woods.
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How to grow a wildlife-friendly allotment
My Wild City Project Officer, Hilary Wood, tells us about her wildlife-friendly allotment plot. From seedlings to slugs, cabbages to caterpillars, growing vegetables and flowers in harmony with…
In Your Community
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.
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.
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…
A morning of song: The dawn chorus
Jo Humphreys talks us through her morning listening to one of nature's most beautiful symphonies, the dawn chorus.
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.
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…
Finding food on a rainy morning
It’s Day 7 of my 30 Days Wild adventure – so it’s a cuppa, a bowl of cereal, an appreciation of my better half shopping in a changed world, then a wander onto Chat Moss.