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Partner with others to

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Our mission to create a Living Landscape while The grants will be used to support Nature Tots sessions at the Nature
inspiring communities to act for nature can only Discovery Centre and Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education
be realised by working with others. This is why we Centre, which has also seen improvements to its outdoor classrooms.
partner with local authorities, politicians, businesses,
grant-making bodies and other organisations. Wildlife-friendly landowners are central to nature’s recovery. BBOWT
is providing training and advice to a Farmer Cluster group in north
G rants and corporate donations make up nearly a quarter of Oxfordshire. The Farmer Cluster concept, developed by the Game &
BBOWT’s income. During 2017-18 grants from the Heritage Wildlife Conservation Trust in association with Natural England, helps
Lottery Fund continued to support our work. The most local farmers work together at a landscape scale for the benefit of the
momentous contribution, with additional grants from trusts and natural environment and wildlife.
foundations including Viridor Credits Environmental Company,
The Banister Charitable Trust, The Schroder Foundation, Trust for BBOWT’s work with the Jordans Farm Partnership continued to bring
Oxfordshire’s Environment and Grundon Waste Management Ltd, improvements for local farm wildlife. Last year we advised two farmers
enabled the purchase of Duxford Old River, now part of a bigger, with LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) accreditation to ensure
more resilient Chimney Meadows (see page 11). that 10% of their land is farmed for wildlife. On one Buckinghamshire
farm wildflower margins and several kilometres of newly planted
hedgerows now provide food and shelter for birds, small mammals
and insects.

Berkshire wildlife benefited from John Lewis customers and Pressure from development threatens nature’s recovery in our region,
Partners who chose Shepperlands Farm to receive a donation from but by engaging with developers we can achieve a better outcome for
the John Lewis Reading Community Matters scheme. Meanwhile wildlife. Our new relationship with Berkeley Homes seeks to encourage
money raised from the plastic bag levy was made available through wildlife-friendly gardens and we continue to work with Taylor Wimpey.
the Southern Co-op and Tesco’s Bags of Help initiative.

12 Annual Review 2017/2018 | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust