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John Muir Award – Wild is Everywhere
The New Forest Trust has recently awarded a grant toward the ‘John Muir Award – Wild is 
Everywhere’ project being run by the New Forest Home Educated Explorers group.
The Project will provide the local home education community with access to education, resources, training and specialist skills to run ‘Wild is Everywhere’ open education sessions.
Following a trial for the Discovery level of the John Muir Award which was successfully completed in 2018, they will also offer home educated children and families the opportunity to undertake the three levels of the John Muir Award.
Educating local and inner city children
Our funding is helping over 3,300 children from local and inner city schools learn about the culture and heritage of the New Forest, become more aware of the importance of conservation and gain new skills.
Attending the education programme at the New Forest Heritage Centre the children take part in interactive sessions including outdoor group work, visits to the Verderers Court and opportunities to explore Museum handling collections.
Calshot Nature Club
The Trust funded six after school sessions to provided families with the opportunity to learn more about the unique wildlife, habitats and commoning system which shapes the New Forest.
The sessions involved visits to a commoners holding, meeting a keeper and exploring how woodlands and heathlands are managed in the area.
Animal Safety – New Forest Tour Buses
The New Forest Trust supports the animal safety message on the back of the New Forest Tour buses to help reduce the number of accidents involving livestock on the Forest.
More information on animal accidents and what is being done to help prevent them can be found at: www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/conservation/supporting-commoning/annimal-accidents
Showcasing New Forest Wildlife
The Date with Nature project provides a unique showcase of New Forest Wildlife.
Working with the RSPB, our funding helped to provide training and support to the team of volunteers, without whom this project could not survive.
Open 7 days a week and completely free of charge to attend, it offers a great opportunity to get outdoors, explore and find out more about the New Forest flora, fauna and natural heritage.
During the season almost 100 people visit a day – and there are extra activities for children in school holidays and the cutting edge “Raptor cam” technology shows live footage of goshawks and hobbies birds.
