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.
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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…
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…
Rising stars of the garden
We have a lot of foxgloves in our garden this year, growing out of the flowerbeds, various pots and even halfway up the stone walls.
Dune Fire Community Action Day at Lytham St Anne’s Nature Reserve
The Fylde Sand Dunes Project is calling on the help of local businesses, residents and lovers of the Fylde coast in a community effort to restore the beloved sand dunes at Lytham St Anne’s Nature…
The bird with the stars in its feathers
Our volunteer, David Merry, has a special place in his heart for starlings. Read all about why he thinks these beautiful birds need more recognition.
Local children help transform community garden for wildlife and older residents
60 Year 4 students from Green End Primary School in Manchester braved the wind and the rain last week to help transform an underused garden area into a space which is fantastic for wildlife and…
Nature’s six spooky stars of Halloween
The UK is full of weird and wonderful wildlife: grasshoppers with ears in their bum and snakes that give birth to live babies. But some animals go one step further… some are downright spooky!