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Bog Meadows 'Our People, Our Places'
Creating a vibrant community hub
'Our People, Our Places' is our exciting new community engagement project. Over the next four years, we will be working to create a vibrant community hub centred around Bog Meadows Nature Reserve and neighbouring St. James Community Farm.
The project will help strengthen social networks, develop skills and build community capacity by offering traineeships and a range of volunteering events and education programmes based around nature, conservation, animal husbandry and gardening, all thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund.
Want to get involved?
Please have a look at the information below highlighting the various ways you can get involved with the project
NatureFit – Volunteer Programme
Would you like to help the team at Bog Meadows look after the nature reserve and its wildlife? Or perhaps you would like to meet new people and learn new skills? Or maybe you just want to get outdoors to improve your health and well-being? Whatever the reason and no matter what your skills, interests or availability are, the ‘Our People, Our Places’ project has volunteering opportunities for all.
The NatureFit Programme runs every Wednesday from 9.30 am - 3.00 pm.
Youth Engagement Programme
We will be engaging with young people in a number of ways through the ‘Our People Our Places’ Project. Take a look at the options below for ways that your pupils or children can get involved.
- Saturday Youth Volunteer Team - meets once monthly on a Saturday from 10.00am -1.00pm
- Visits to the nature reserve or classroom with activities related to the curriculum and outdoor learning.
- Wildlife Watch Club – an environmental action club for children and families with lots of fun nature and wildlife activities. The Wildlife Watch Club is held once a month on a Thursday evening and is for children aged 8-13 years old.
Community Group Activities
Our regular community sessions include:
- Gardening Club - Mondays, 10 am - 12noon
- Meadow Ladies - Mondays, 10 am - 12noon
We also offer tailored programmes of activities for community groups to help them engage more with the nature reserve and its wildlife. This includes nature-based wellbeing sessions, wildlife walks, bushcraft etc.
Events
There is an annual programme of events.
Please keep an eye on our Facebook page for further details.
Contact Us
Contact Dawn Patterson, Community Engagement Officer to find out more about any of the above activities and how you can get involved.
Email: dawn.patterson@ulsterwildlife.org
Tel: 0770367225
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