Date and Time

Thursday 17th September 2026, 10:30 - 12:00

Cost

Free for members

Venue:

Online

Image used with the kind permission of Russell Savory.

 

Join us for this webinar to hear insights from The Wildlife Trusts about their nature recovery work. You’ll hear from three Wildlife Trusts (Fit for the Future members) across a range of topics, from nature-based solutions to green finance. The speakers will be:

 

Lizzie Laybourne, Nature Based Solutions Officer at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, will be speaking about rewilding and nature-based solutions sites. This will include how these sites have changed through species diversity, abundance, habitats and soil condition, while protecting nearby infrastructure from climate impacts.


Cheryl Marriott, Director of Nature and People at Cornwall Wildlife Trust, will share insights about the reintroduction of Eurasian Beavers as a way to kick-start nature recovery whilst also making rivers, streams and wetlands more resilient to climate change.


Lizzie Wheeler, Head of Nature Economy and Business Development at Norfolk Wildlife Services (a Norfolk Wildlife Trust consultancy), will be speaking about how they are strategically approaching Green Finance.
 
All members are welcome to attend, regardless of previous experience or knowledge on this topic.  This session will be of benefit to all network members, whatever your size and scope of operations/activity.  From organisations just starting off to those already delivering nature recovery activity; there will be lots to share, inspire and collaborate on.


The Wildlife Trusts are a federation of 47 charities, 46 individual Wildlife Trusts and a central charity, the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. Together they have more than 940,000     members, 39,000 volunteers and 3,600 staff across the UK. Centres. The Wildlife Trusts share a vision of nature in recovery, with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes creating wilder landscapes where people and nature thrive. Wildlife Trusts care for – and have restored – some of the most special places for wildlife in the UK.