What is this project about?
Peterborough Green Talent is a new and exciting three-year project (June 2025-June 2028) funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project will transform wildlife habitats and green spaces across urban areas of Peterborough, with a focus on reptiles and amphibians. An important part of the project is to run a series of 3-month placements and longer-term Traineeships to support and develop knowledge and skills for those new to conservation.
It is about attracting new people to conservation from underrepresented groups or for those finding it difficult to enter conservation work through unpaid placements or academic routes.
Project Aims
The Green Talent project has two main aims:
- Improve habitats for amphibians and reptiles (herptiles) across Peterborough’s urban areas
- Train people in conservation who are not currently represented in conservation or who would find it difficult to get into conservation through unpaid placements or academic routes.
The Trainees and Placements will learn about habitat management and monitoring, and gain the skills and experience needed to support employment in wildlife conservation, plus transferrable skills for other employment options. The project will support them to build confidence and self-esteem to enable them to flourish for the future.
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What are we going to do?
- Engage local communities, school students and volunteers to create or improve up to 100 wildlife habitats including ponds, hedgerows, wildflower areas and insect hotels
- Deliver a programme of taster sessions for conservation activities to support the recruitment of Placements
- Recruit up to 18 Placements and provide participants with experience in a range of subjects including conservation, wildlife surveying, and habitat creation
- Recruit up to 6 Traineeships that build on learning from the placements and provide additional experience including in fundraising, event management, volunteer management and recruitment
- Undertake access improvements for local green and blue spaces to support local communities in engaging with freshwater natural heritage
Want to get involved?
You can volunteer to support the monitoring, management and creation of habitats for amphibians and reptiles across Peterborough.
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If you are a community group who would like to get involved or have a green space you would like to develop to support amphibians and reptiles, please get in touch.
Please contact our Green Talent Project Manager at: hannah.keeley@froglife.org or 07494 761307 for further information.
Further updates will be added to this page throughout the course of the project, on Froglife’s social media platforms and our Croaks monthly newsletter
Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. The Green Talent project is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we will be able to transform habitats and transform lives across Peterborough – Thank you!
