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Arnold Cooke Book Competition

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Thanks to author Arnold Cooke, Froglife are able to offer one lucky person a copy of Tadpole Hunter: A Personal History of Amphibian Conservation and Research.

All you have to do is answer this question:

“What is the scientific name of the common toad (UK)?”

Please send your answers and a contact email address to: Ashlea.mawby@froglife.org by 29th February 2024.

 

 

This competition is open to UK residents only and will run from 1st– 29th Feb with 1 winner selected at random from the correct answers given. Soon after the deadline, the winner will be contacted by Froglife to arrange delivery of their prize.  

Froglife will send your prize by post free of charge.

GOOD LUCK!

Daisy and Jack’s Perfect Pond Competition:

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Daisy and Jack’s Perfect Pond by Rachel Lawston

 

Thanks to Pikku Publishing and author Rachel Lawston, Froglife are able to offer 5 lucky people a copy of Daisy and Jack’s Perfect Pond.

All you have to do is answer this question:

“What is a group of frogs called?”

Please send your answers and a contact email address to: Ashlea.mawby@froglife.org by 30th June 2023.

 

This competition is open to everyone and will run from 1st-30th June with 5 winners selected at random from the correct answers given. Soon after the deadline, winners will be contacted by Froglife to arrange delivery of their prize.  

Froglife will send your prize by post free of charge.

GOOD LUCK!

 

 

Draw an Adder Competition!

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Hey kids, if you are between the ages of 4 and 8, and you like to draw or paint, then sharpen your crayons and wash your paintbrushes, because it’s time to whip up a new masterpiece and enter Froglife’s ‘Draw an Adder’ competition!

Two lucky winners in two age groups (4-6yrs and 7-8yrs) will be chosen to receive a copy of a new picture and activity book named ‘Anna and the Adders’ signed by the author and illustrator so you can show it off to friends and family.

The two winners will also get to see their artwork published on the Froglife website and in Natterchat Magazine making them published artists!

 

If this sounds like fun then here’s how to enter……

Draw an adder (take a look at our adder fact sheet for tips)! Use pencils, paints, pastels, crayons, pen, ink etc. and send them into us by 1st October 2022 (computer artwork is not eligible). 

You can either send a photo of your work to: ashlea.mawby@froglife.org or send via post. The address to send your artwork to is:

Froglife

Brightfield Business Hub

Bakewell Road 

Orton Southgate

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire 

PE2 6XU

 

The following information must be written on the back of each piece before posting or sent via email along with the artwork:  

  • Artist’s name
  • Artist’s age
  • An email address where the child or a parent/guardian can be reached  

Soon after the 1st October deadline, the judges will choose their favourite drawings/paintings/sketches, and the winners will be contacted soon after. Their prize packages will be on their way as soon as possible, shipped to each winner’s home, free of charge! They will also have their work published in the Winter 2022 edition of Natterchat Magazine. 

Have fun and we look forward to seeing your work!

Terms and Conditions: 

  • By entering, parents/guardians are acknowledging that their children have parental permission to enter the contest and that Froglife has their permission to collect the above-mentioned information about their children, and to publish their children’s names, ages, and their children’s artwork in Froglife’s Natterchat Magazine and online at www.froglife.org
  • Entrants must be between the ages of 4 and 8 years old.
  • By submitting artwork, entrants/parents/guardians are stating that the artwork is original to the child who’s name appears on it.
  • Winners/winners’ parents/guardians will be notified via email. Failure to respond in a timely fashion to any emails seeking to facilitate prize delivery may result in forfeiture of prizes.
  • Froglife are not responsible for ensuring prize delivery

 

 

 

 

Last chance: Share your frog thoughts & enter our prize draw

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Froglife’s national survey about perceptions of amphibians and reptiles is coming to an end on the 14th of March.  We are asking people what they think about snakes, newts, frogs, lizards and toads as part of a project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund to investigate how the animals are viewed.  We would love to know your thoughts about wildlife and charity, and you can find the online survey here.

Questions include your favourite animals and thoughts about wildlife conservation, your opinions on amphibians and reptiles, a bit of an ID quiz as well as about the charitable causes closest to your heart.

We’re not looking for right or wrong answers; we’re really interested in honest responses to help us get a better understanding of the challenges we face when talking about our work.  You can find out more about the aims of The Scale of the Problem project here.

Through taking part, you can also enter a prize draw to win over £50 worth of goodies from the Froglife online shop, with a prize for over 18s and under 18s who take part.

Under 18s prize
The prize for under 18s includes a cuddly frog, pond dipping kit and frog back pack from the online shop

The results so far have been really interesting, with Hedgehogs the most popular answer to the favourite animal question. 95% of the respondents so far have seen a frog in the wild in the UK, compared to 64% having seen a snake.  We are also hearing, perhaps unsurprisingly, that many people are affected by  financial concerns when choosing to support charities, and have cut back donations.  All of the information we gather through the survey will be analysed by marketing experts Emerald Frog to help us strengthen our fundraising and campaigning techniques, enabling us to better support amphibians and reptiles into the future.

It would be wonderful if you could take the time to share your thoughts and experiences before the 14th of March, to help shape the future of Froglife’s communications and campaigns. Thank you!

You can read more about the Scale of the Problem project here 

 

Share your ideas and opinions, help shape our future

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Froglife’s project gathering opinions about reptiles, amphibians, other wildlife and supporting conservation charities continues in 2014. The Perception of Amphibians and Reptiles: The Scale of the Problem involves collecting thoughts through vox pops in different locations, visiting groups to run discussion sessions alongside an online survey.  The project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

There is still time for you to take part and enter the prize draw to win over £50 worth of goodies from the Froglife shop. The survey will be open until the 12th of March.  Find out more about the prizes here.

“It’s been a really interesting process for Froglife so far,” explains Sam Taylor who has been coordinating the project since last August. “We started with a literature review, and we’re in the data-gathering phase now to find out more about the animals that people feel an affinity with and the issues that concern different groups. So far through the survey the Hedgehog, Badger and Fox feature highly on the list of favourite UK animals, with frogs, toads and newts also getting a big mention.”

word cloud of favourite animals
A word cloud of the favourite animals mentioned through the online survey so far

“Questions being asked through the survey and focus groups explore how people feel about supporting wildlife charities, with many telling us that they are experiencing financial difficulties so are limiting the charities they support,” adds Sam.  “We are also getting some really useful feedback about the conservation sector and how Froglife as an organisation is perceived within it.”

Through the project, Froglife is aiming to reach as many people as possible, and we’d genuinely love to know what you think about wildlife, the animals you care about, and how you choose to support different causes.

It would be great if you could help us by taking the survey, and sharing it as widely as possible. We’ll be using the results to help improve our communications, so everyone taking part will have a real impact on how the organisation works in future.