About Us

Wild Colerne's mission is to help

conserve, protect and improve the natural

environment in Colerne parish

 

Our youngsters are already growing up in a nature-depleted world.

We want to do what we can to reverse that.

 

We want to make a difference with projects that:

  • Raise awareness of biodiversity loss and the growing impact of climate change.

  • Enhance habitats that will help nature adapt and flourish.
     

We are also very much about enjoying and celebrating the beauty that surrounds us, discovering and sharing the many benefits that connecting to the “Wild” can bring.

 

Wild Colerne is a registered charity, number 1197970.

Why Wild Colerne was set up

A key reason Wild Colerne was set up was to have fun! To enable people to get together to enjoy, explore, and celebrate nature.  One way we are doing this is by making it easier for our birders, hedgehog, wildflower, bee and “bug” enthusiasts to make contact and share their knowledge and enthusiasm enthusiasm - with each other and wider village community.

The more serious side arose from realising just how much and how quickly the natural environment around us is changing.  Things like the increasing summer temperatures, the depletion in numbers of bees, and the ongoing loss of our precious ash trees really bring it home: thinking and agreeing how best to protect our environment needs to start now.  We will need more shady spots in the future, resilience to drought in our gardens and farms, and action to protect the threatened nature we depend on and want to be there for our children.

We continue to be very much inspired by Frank Entwistle whose foresight gave Colerne village the legacy of his 'Frank’s Wood' (collage photo).
 

Wild Colerne is a not-for-profit group with charitable status. We work in partnership with the community and its local groups, as well as the wider local area.
 

The charity is represented on the Parish Council’s Working Group for Climate and Biodiversity to help shape and support their Agenda.

Suggestions and involvement are very much welcome as we, together, develop our local biodiversity projects such as the 'Save our Colerne Swifts' project and our rolling programme of nature walks, talks and events.

Contact info@wildcolerne.org if you have any queries, suggestions or if you'd like to help. You can also join us on our Facebook Page (Wild Colerne) and on Instagram (#wildcolerne).

Take a look at our projects page.

Find out ways in which you can get involved with Wild Colerne.

Learn more about biodiversity  and lots of ways you can help reverse the biodiversity crisis.

Our Policies

View our Policies
Safeguarding - equality and diversity - health and safety - data protection.

We are very grateful to have been supported with funding from:

Grant for start-up funding from the Wessex Water Foundation Environment Fund. Their Environment Fund supports charitable and community activities across the region that have a positive impact on the local environment.

Grant from The Wildflower Society for 'botanical events for children and young people'.  They are a national society for amateur botanists and wild flower lovers in Britain and Ireland who work to promote awareness of wildflowers, especially amoung younsters, as well as to educate about conservation of wildflowers, British flora and the countryside.