Kent Wildlife Trust has received a grant for £34,744 from Biffa Award, a multi-million pound fund that helps to build communities and transform lives through awarding grants to communities and environmental projects across the UK.
The Chief Executive of Kent Wildlife Trust, John Bennett, has announced his retirement during the Trust’s 60th Anniversary year in July 2018, after 20 years of service.
Kent Wildlife Trust is celebrating a £26,221.00 funding boost from SUEZ Communities Trust (formerly SITA Trust) for its Down the Woodland Path project.
During a recent guided walk around Old Park Hill nature reserve in Dover – one of Kent Wildlife Trust’s newest nature reserves – Adonis blue butterflies were recorded for the first time since it became a reserve in 2012.
The RSPB and Kent Wildlife Trust welcome the withdrawal today of the planning application to build 5,000 houses at Lodge Hill, Medway, Kent.
Over recent months, Mike Bax, the Trust’s Chairman has been the subject of an online petition criticising him for his association with field sports, in particular allowing a pheasant shoot on his land and his previous association with the Blean Beagles.
Concern has been expressed on social media and in the press, about the association between Mike Bax (the Chairman of Kent Wildlife Trust) and his past role as joint master of the Blean Beagles.
The Ham Fen Peat Basin Restoration Project – thanks to funding from Coca Cola – will focus on Kent Wildlife Trust’s continued efforts to restore and enhance Kent’s last remaining ancient semi-natural fenland.
