Working Together

The partnership between Sussex Underwater and Sussex Wildlife Trust has been instrumental in bringing the story of the Sussex kelp forest and its sea creatures into the public’s consciousness. The support, knowledge and assistance given to us from the professional and friendly staff working in the marine team has been invaluable.

I gained valuable skills in conservation and confidence volunteering as part of the youth-led project at the Deneway. I believe that volunteering and gaining experience outside of education has helped me secure my new job as an ecologist.

Our paddocks form part of a catchment for runoff from surrounding farmland and flood regularly throughout the year. Thanks to the Wilder Ouse Project, the possibility of nature-based land management combining flood control with habitat development provides the perfect solution.

We are now committed to a form of land management that focuses on nature with a realistic business plan to make our project feasible and sustainable, thanks to support from the Wilder Horsham District team.

With the support of the Trust, we have trained our own teachers to deliver Forest School. All of our 600 children now have the opportunity to engage with their outdoor environment, gain a greater understanding of sustainability and develop a love and respect for the plants and animals within their community and beyond.

Being part of this project really gave me a sense of the children becoming more inspired by and deeply connected to their local beaches. I trained as a Wild Beach leader myself with the project, and I can’t wait to continue sharing the joy and importance of the coast with the next generation.

Many children today have limited access to nature and working with the Gatwick Greenspace Partnership I can play my part to ensure the next generation grows up with nature at the centre of their lives.

Our cattle graze part of the Trust’s Pevensey Levels reserve, providing a conservation grazing service to maintain the traditional grazed habitat. The Trust has exciting plans for the reserve and we are pleased that this has also involved assisting in plans for habitat improvement beyond the boundary of the nature reserve, including extending a reedbed area on our own holding.