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Education We are educating Income
the next generation
More than 41,000 BBOWT relies on the
schoolchildren visited our generosity of individuals,
education centres from 2010- charitable trusts and
2015 where we delivered businesses, with under
curriculum-based wildlife 10% of our funding coming
and nature days. We also from government grants.
delivered outreach education Austerity and economic
programmes in each county. recession has had some
impact. However, the
Nature Tots sessions for continued support of
toddlers are run at our individuals and partners has
education and visitor centres, allowed our work to thrive.
attracting thousands of
youngsters and their parents. People continued to
support BBOWT, but the
We opened a state-of- number of memberships
the-art education centre for over the five years grew at
schoolchildren at Woolley Firs, a slower rate. Legacies were
Berks. Generous donations instrumental for buying new
ensured travel bursaries for land and continuing our
hundreds of children, enabling work in our nature reserves.
them to experience wildlife,
many for the first time. Significant grant
awards were made by
Championing We are vaccinating badgers the Landfill Communities
wildlife against bovine TB Fund through Biffa Award,
GrantScape, Grundon
BBOWT led the environmental vaccinate badgers against Waste Management Ltd,
NGOs in researching and bovine TB on our nature SITA Trust, TOE2 and WREN.
analysing the impacts of the reserves and neighbouring land. The Heritage Lottery Fund
High Speed 2 (HS2) project on supported the Developing
wildlife and habitats. BBOWT BBOWT speaks up for Green Talent scheme,
petitioned the House of wildlife. Expert staff monitor Linking the Landscape in
Commons Select Committee and respond to local planning West Berkshire, Woolley Firs
on HS2 and gained benefits for applications, especially where environmental education
wildlife. there is significant impact on centre, and the acquisition
We successfully applied for wildlife and habitats. and development of
a Defra grant to train staff to Meadow Farm.
We work with planners and
developers to improve built We are protecting
development proposals for heathland species
people and wildlife. As a result,
hundreds of hectares of green
infrastructure were provided.
