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Inspiring the next generation
Inspiring young Centre, attracted entries from primary Children enjoy
people to be excited schools across Oxford. exploring nature at Sutton
and curious about Courtenay Environmental
nature is at the heart Teen Rangers at the Nature Discovery
of all our formal Centre were recognised for their Education Centre
and informal achievements in conservation work on
education work. the nature reserve and at Greenham
Common when they received the
Our experienced education teams John Muir Discovery Award.
deliver curriculum-based programmes
in four environmental education We also catch ’em young! Nature Tots
centres across the three counties. are hugely popular parent and toddler
The majority of our work is with sessions for pre-school little ones to
primary school children. have fun in natural surroundings at our
education centres.
Thanks to the generosity of our
members and donors 31 schools in Rosa Lee MBE, a keen advocate for
areas of high deprivation took up our all children to have opportunities to
offer of bursaries to enable their discover nature and who, with her
children to discover frogs in ponds and brother Adrian, founded the Woolley
run among trees, often for the first time Firs Conservation Trust, died in
in their lives. September 2016 at the age of 91. Rosa
invited BBOWT to set up its Berkshire
The 5 Days Wild Scrapbook Challenge, office at the 300 year-old Woolley Firs
run as part of the Oxford Festival Estate, near Maidenhead,bywayofalong
of Nature by the team at Sutton term lease. In 2012 we opened our
Courtenay Environmental Education environmental education centre in
the restored Grade 2 listed stable block.
We are greatly indebted to Rosa for
her love of nature, foresight, advice
and generosity.
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