Big Give Christmas Challenge: Together for Nature This Christmas

During the seven-day campaign, every donation will be doubled through Big Give match funding and thanks to The Reed Foundation, helping your support go twice as far. Together, we aim to raise £10,500, unlocking £21,000 for nature recovery across Oxfordshire.

We are in a Biodiversity Emergency, and no single individual or organisation can reverse this alone. Many people want to take action but lack the coordination, knowledge, and support needed to achieve lasting change at a larger scale. Oxfordshire needs collaboration so that opportunities for nature recovery are effectively realised. Wild Oxfordshire has long known the importance of joined-up action and the power of community groups since the inception of the Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum 30 years ago. Now, we are proud to support the inspirational work occurring across the county. With increased core and strategic partnership funding, we will support even more people to protect their local wildlife by:

• Supporting communities, volunteers, hyperlocal charities, and local action.
• Strengthening countywide partnerships that bring together communities, farmers, landowners, land managers, and decision-makers to deliver nature recovery.
• Providing advice, training, networks, and resources that empower and inspire people to take effective action for nature.

We want everyone to experience the wonder that our natural environment provides, but we know there is unequal access to nature across Oxfordshire, so we are proactively working with communities in areas of green space and socio-economic deprivation to help address this inequity.Wild Oxfordshire is delighted to co-chair the Local Nature Partnership People and Nature Subgroup. In doing so, we provide support to the wonderful community leaders and professionals from a range of sectors who are so skilled and experienced at including and welcoming a diverse range of people to connect with nature.‍

Please help us reach our Big Give target: ‍

‍Donate via the Big Give: the platform is open for 7 days only, from midday on the 1st of December to midday on the 8th of December.‍

‍Go even further: Share the link and information with your employer, colleagues, family and friends.Nature recovery is most successful when people are at its heart. Your support allows us to bring them together, to turn local actions into systemic change, and achieve nature's recovery. Every donation helps where it's needed most.Let’s protect Oxfordshire’s nature together.

‍“The strength of the Oxfordshire project was in its grassroots engagement with communities, thanks to Wild Oxfordshire, building up a whole network of people who are now inspired to care for their local hedgerows. It’s been a great partnership project.”
- Helen Marshall, Former Director, CPRE Oxfordshire

‍Wild Oxfordshire resources:

Our website has lots of useful advice and links, and we are currently developing more.  Or get in touch with our Community Ecology Team.

Community Ecologist Imogen Parker, Imogen@wildoxfordshire.org.uk can give you advice on habitat management.

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