Upstream Thinking Project
South West Water's Upstream Thinking Project (UST) is a catchment management scheme which applies natural landscape-scale solutions. Cornwall Wildlife Trust is one of four delivery partners for the project.
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Volunteering FAQs
We've prepared some frequently asked questions about volunteering with Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
Water and wildlife benefit from tree planting with Upstream Thinking
Green-fingered volunteers and staff from Cornwall Wildlife Trust and South West Lakes have planted more than 500 trees to benefit water and wildlife in Cornwall.
Flower power: the farms helping to bring back wildlife with help from Upstream Thinking
Cornwall Wildlife Trust's Upstream Thinking team are helping farmers and landowners manage and sow more than 800 acres of herbal leys across Cornwall this spring.
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Power of the people: the volunteers transforming Helman Tor
Mid-Cornwall Reserves Officer Alex reports on the incredible impact that a small team of volunteers has made on Cornwall Wildlife Trust's largest nature reserve
Volunteers lay hedges for Cornish wildlife
Volunteer groups from Cornwall Wildlife Trust and Cornwall Council have teamed up to lay a stretch of new hedge at Millennium Woods near Penzance. The result is a dense, living hedge which…
Volunteer for Wildlife
Volunteers work with us to create a Wilder Cornwall
Volunteers create Cornish hedge at Millennium Woods
Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Wild Penwith volunteer group has built and repaired over 100 meters of Cornish hedge over the years but living, “green” hedges are a fairly rare feature of the Penwith…
Dedicated marine strandings volunteers produce gold standard citizen science
Cornwall Wildlife Trust hails 20 years of the Marine Strandings Network. Over 250 volunteers gather data which help us better understand marine life in Cornish waters
Rewilding Cornwall's seas: the challenges and opportunities of marine conservation work
As part of our celebrations to mark National Marine Week, we caught up with Cornwall Wildlife Trust's Marine Conservation Officer, Matt Slater, to get the lowdown on all things marine.
My project
Craig gives up his time volunteering in the Bluebell Community Garden. Transforming the garden into a positive space for local people to enjoy, Craig has felt himself become relaxed and happier,…