Gill Hatcher

🌍Calling Forth Valley folk!🍃 The #NextdoorNature Pioneers Programme from @ScotWildlife is looking for applications. This is a community-oriented, nature-based learning programme, focusing on creating community leadership, building connections with others in your areas, and supporting communities to get actively involved in taking action for nature in their neighbourhoods!☀️ The next cohort is in June 2023 and they're looking for people based in West Lothian, Falkirk, Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Fife to apply! (applications close April 30th) Each Cohort will be a mixture of self-led online learning, interactive webinars, practical face-to-face sessions, and a practical community project. New online content will be available every fortnight and we anticipate an average of 1 hour per week. For the practical element of the course, the goal is for participants to change something in their neighbourhoods to benefit nature, through community organising. These can be as varied as the community wants, for example creating a pond in your local community centre, teaching neighbours how to build bird boxes for gardens and balconies or cleaning up your local river. The practical project will be community led and supported by the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The programme is as accessible as possible, so it is completely free, and they will provide outdoor clothes, for example, if participants don’t have them already. The ideal participant is someone who isn’t an existing community leader but wants to create change and get more involved. You don’t need to know anything about nature already either, they've designed the course so it teaches people the basics, and is completely led by what they want to see changed! scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk…