How prepared for climate change are we in Staffordshire? How can nature help us address the challenges it brings? As COP29, the UN Climate Conference, gets underway in Azerbaijan, we explore the…

At the end of 2021, I wrote a celebratory blog after Newcastle Borough Council became the first local authority in Staffordshire to make a Nature Recovery Declaration. Two and a half years later,…

The Trust is pulling out all the stops to get ready for a new piece of legislation which is coming into force in January 2024. Called Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), the legislation was introduced in…

For almost a year you've helped us to defend nature by urging your elected representatives to protect crucial environmental laws put at risk from the UK Government’s Retained EU Law Bill.

Do you enjoy walking in a local woodland or field? Would you care if it became the latest site for a new housing estate? Or if the river or stream near your home became a dumping ground for raw…

In these times of upheaval, it’s never been more important for us to hold the Government to account. Nature needs us to speak up. And that’s just what our Advocacy and Campaigns Manager Liz Peck…

In February Staffordshire County Council voted unanimously to approve a Declaration for Nature’s Recovery. This bold move has put Staffordshire on the map as the first county in the West Midlands…

This is a vital step forward in putting the nature crisis at the heart of local decision-making in Staffordshire.