In July 2025, the Grow Wilder Youth Leadership Group (YLG) took part in a residential visit to Heal Somerset – a weekend packed full of nature, learning, healing, and connection.

Bees are crucial to keeping our ecosystems healthy so read this blog to find out how you can help them thrive in your garden, on your windowsill or even in a local green space! 

Hear from Action for Conservation (AFC) Ambassadors in the South West to hear why they feel art is important to them, how it connects them with nature and how it helps to protect the environment!

Danny has been doing incredible work in his local community in Kent, read this blog to learn about how he has been creating an urban refuge for hedgehogs in his local area.

Read this blog and learn about how Hana came to be a part of the Penpont Project.

We might all have a plethora of completely different reasons for caring about oceans and waterways, but the fact that any of us does care is what matters. 

Read this blog to learn about how the South East Summer Camp participants reunited at the Wildwood Trust in Kent to kick off their Ambassador journey.

Explore how our Ambassadors celebrated Halloween in a sustainable way this year!

From January to May 2024, 20 Year 7 students from North Liverpool Academy embarked on an inspiring journey with Action for Conservation (AFC) through our WildED education programme.

Read about our Youth Ambassadors visit to the Re/Sisters Exhibition at the Barbican in London, in this blog Ambassadors Marianne and Cayla explore what they thought of the exhibition.

In 2023, a group of Ambassadors went camping to celebrate the end of our year of mentoring with Action for Conservation (AFC).

I wrote this entry for the Black Women in History “Saluting Our Sisters” because I wanted to honor the many Black women throughout the history of conservation work.

Oats would certainly have been grown on the Penpont estate since medieval times, read this blog to learn more about how we’re bringing them back!

At the beginning of 2023, the AFC team had the privilege of working with a small and wonderful group of young people from Off the Record, a mental health charity based in the South West.

Working with the land and creating growing spaces (even if it’s on your windowsill) is a relatively underrated but absolutely essential part of the solution to the environmental issues we face today.

Hi, I'm Danny, and I'm 13. I've been involved in taking action for the environment since I was 9 years old. Read this blog to find out more about my story.

Read about my Ambassador journey in my blog!

In the summer of 2018, I completed a week of work experience at the Bat Conservation Trust’s London office. Here is my recollection of the experience.

Meet Charlie and learn about her environmental career path and where her connection to nature truly began.

Meet AFC Ambassador, Vinnie, read his blog showcasing how you can help birds near you!