Hatfield Peverel Parish Council supports Essex Wildlife Trust’s Wilder Essex strategy, which you can read about here.
Hatfield Peverel Wildlife Champions
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Essex Wildlife Trust’s Urban Wildlife Champion project aims to reconnect people with nature, inspiring and empowering them to take action for wildlife in their local area. Hatfield Peverel resident, Donna Goddard, volunteered to be an Urban Wildlife Champion in Hatfield Peverel and has built a small team of volunteers, the “Hatfield Peverel Wildlife Champions”, who meet twice monthly to work on wildlife projects in the village. |
Volunteer with the Wildlife Champions
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All are welcome to join us in working on wildlife-friendly projects around the village. No previous experience is necessary, and we all very much enjoy working together outside in the fresh air to help make the village’s green spaces better for wildlife and for people. We meet regularly from 9am-11am on the second Saturday and the fourth Friday of each month. The meeting place and tools required are decided a few days in advance and published on this page. Forthcoming sessions will take place on:
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Wilder Village Project
| Hatfield Peverel Parish Council signed up for Essex Wildlife Trust’s Wilder Towns, Wilder Villages project in August 2022. The project has the following visions for wildlife and people. |
| Vision for Wildlife: We need more, bigger, better and crucially connected spaces for wildlife. Joined up, nature-rich spaces allow plants, animals, seeds and water to move from place to place and enable the natural world to adapt to change. It gives plants and animals more places to live, feed and breed. To recover, wildlife cannot be confined to nature reserves. Our towns and villages can be part of a nature recovery network, they can act as stepping stones and corridors for wildlife to adapt and thrive. |
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Vision for People:
We need more and better access to nature for all. We need to be connected to wildlife. Spaces for wildlife need to be publicly accessible. The link between green or blue spaces and health has now been recognised, there is evidence there are multiple benefits to reconnecting people and nature. We need wildlife and wildlife needs us. Our towns and villages can provide those vital gateways to the natural world. |
Environmental Policy
Our first step towards a wilder village was to agree on an Environmental Policy. The Parish Council approved the policy at their meeting on 15th May 2023 which can be read here.
Wilder Village Brainstorm
We are very grateful to those residents and other interested parties who responded to our "Wilder Village Brainstorm" survey to help prioritise the objectives and brainstorm ideas for actions. You can view the survey results by clicking on the link.
Wilder Village Plan
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We are now working on a plan to address the objectives set out in the Environmental Policy using the feedback gathered through the brainstorming. For further information about the Wilder Village project or volunteering with the Hatfield Peverel Wildlife Champions, please contact: Donna Goddard Hatfield Peverel Wildlife Champion Phone/Text: 07789 175333 |