Drew Bennellick
@drewbennellick.bsky.social
Head of Land, Sea & Nature Policy UK at National Lottery Heritage Fund. Nature Towns & Cities, Landscape Connections, nature recovery and diversity. My own views 🇬🇧
Excited to see these new jobs go live. A legacy of the #HeritageFund and @nationaltrust.org.uk Future Parks Accelerator www.linkedin.com/posts/kat-de... @naturetownscities.bsky.social
New Natural Environment Service launches and we are HIRING!
I am very excited that after a period of change I can commence the recruitment to posts within the newly launched Natural Environment… | K...
New Natural Environment Service launches and we are HIRING!
I am very excited that after a period of change I can commence the recruitment to posts within the newly launched Natural Environment Serv...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Excited to see these new jobs go live. A legacy of the #HeritageFund and @nationaltrust.org.uk Future Parks Accelerator www.linkedin.com/posts/kat-de... @naturetownscities.bsky.social
Great to see the first ever Nature Towns and Cities communities conference happening today in Manchester drawing community groups together to share learning from across the UK. Well done those supporting including #HeritageFund, #TheCoop, #CommunityFund, #NationalTrust and #NaturalEngland
We’re at the Creating Nature Neighbourhoods, Towns and Cities conference in Manchester, celebrating the vital role of small VCSE organisations greening urban spaces, boosting wellbeing and leading local climate action. A greener, healthier future, shaped in our communities #NatureNeighbourhoods
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Great to see the first ever Nature Towns and Cities communities conference happening today in Manchester drawing community groups together to share learning from across the UK. Well done those supporting including #HeritageFund, #TheCoop, #CommunityFund, #NationalTrust and #NaturalEngland
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🌳 A new mission to bring nature home
We’re on a mission to help millions more people enjoy nature and green space. Two thirds of people lack access to quality green space close to home. We’re working to change that, together.
naturetownsandcities.org.uk
#NatureTownsAndCities
We’re on a mission to help millions more people enjoy nature and green space. Two thirds of people lack access to quality green space close to home. We’re working to change that, together.
naturetownsandcities.org.uk
#NatureTownsAndCities
August 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🌳 A new mission to bring nature home
We’re on a mission to help millions more people enjoy nature and green space. Two thirds of people lack access to quality green space close to home. We’re working to change that, together.
naturetownsandcities.org.uk
#NatureTownsAndCities
We’re on a mission to help millions more people enjoy nature and green space. Two thirds of people lack access to quality green space close to home. We’re working to change that, together.
naturetownsandcities.org.uk
#NatureTownsAndCities
New Carbon Garden at Kew Gardens - worth a visit - simple interpretation, clear messaging and nice pavilion
July 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New Carbon Garden at Kew Gardens - worth a visit - simple interpretation, clear messaging and nice pavilion
We’ve announced a £15million investment in Nature Towns and Cities, a UK-wide mission to enable millions of people to enjoy nature and green space close to home. It’s a partnership with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Trust and Natural England. www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/nature-...
Nature Towns and Cities launches with £15million investment
We’re supporting 40 towns and cities across the UK to improve and create accessible green spaces, streets and neighbourhoods.
www.heritagefund.org.uk
July 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We’ve announced a £15million investment in Nature Towns and Cities, a UK-wide mission to enable millions of people to enjoy nature and green space close to home. It’s a partnership with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Trust and Natural England. www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/nature-...
Now we need to save our woodlands. Woodland Trust ‘State of Woodlands’ new report. 37% drop in woodland birds since 1995. 47% drop in woodland butterflies between 1990 and 2022. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woodland Trust report calls for action to save woodland wildlife - BBC News
Nearly a quarter of Surrey is covered in woodland but the quality is declining, says Woodland Trust.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Now we need to save our woodlands. Woodland Trust ‘State of Woodlands’ new report. 37% drop in woodland birds since 1995. 47% drop in woodland butterflies between 1990 and 2022. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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JOB VACANCY!
Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chiltern Chalk Streams Project
Want to support conservation of chalk streams, conduct research and work with citizen scientists? Apply below
Deadline: 30 June
Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chiltern Chalk Streams Project
Want to support conservation of chalk streams, conduct research and work with citizen scientists? Apply below
Deadline: 30 June
Citizen Science Coordinator (Chalk Streams)
We are seeking a motivated professional with experience in recruiting, coordinating and facilitating volunteer activities for citizen scientists to conduct research and monitoring effectively, safely ...
www.environmentjob.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
JOB VACANCY!
Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chiltern Chalk Streams Project
Want to support conservation of chalk streams, conduct research and work with citizen scientists? Apply below
Deadline: 30 June
Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chiltern Chalk Streams Project
Want to support conservation of chalk streams, conduct research and work with citizen scientists? Apply below
Deadline: 30 June
Excited to announce this new Landscape Connections project today! www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/scotlan...
June 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Excited to announce this new Landscape Connections project today! www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/scotlan...
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social Hi Chris. If you are talking about red squirrels on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social next week any chance you could name check National Lottery Heritage Fund and this brilliant new project we’ve just funded. Massive boost for our fave mammal. www.nwt.org.uk/news/future-...
Future of reds looks rosy thanks to massive funding award | Northumberland Wildlife Trust
Northumberland Wildlife Trust is delighted to have received an amazing £4.86m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for the five-year Red Squirrel Recovery Network (RSRN) project.
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June 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social Hi Chris. If you are talking about red squirrels on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social next week any chance you could name check National Lottery Heritage Fund and this brilliant new project we’ve just funded. Massive boost for our fave mammal. www.nwt.org.uk/news/future-...
Free online conference on creating nature towns and cities. 5 June. Supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk and @naturalengland.bsky.social naturetownsandcities.org.uk/event/creati...
Creating Nature Towns and Cities conference - Nature Towns & Cities
Join us for our Creating Nature Towns and Cities conference. This will take place online, on Thursday 5 June. Book your place now.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Free online conference on creating nature towns and cities. 5 June. Supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, @nationaltrust.org.uk and @naturalengland.bsky.social naturetownsandcities.org.uk/event/creati...
Met members of Peakland Environmental Farmers and Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers this week with @heritagefunduk Trustee Julian Glover. Supported with some grant funding they plan to work collaboratively across nearly 200 farms to help nature recover.
May 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Met members of Peakland Environmental Farmers and Swaledale & Wensleydale Environmental Farmers this week with @heritagefunduk Trustee Julian Glover. Supported with some grant funding they plan to work collaboratively across nearly 200 farms to help nature recover.
Audley End, Saffron Walden dating from 1831. William Sawrey Gilpin parterre “Gilpin obliged with a parterre garden stretching out towards the Temple of Concord and composed of 170 geometric flower beds crisply cut from the turf - no yew hedges, no clipped box.” @englishheritage.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Audley End, Saffron Walden dating from 1831. William Sawrey Gilpin parterre “Gilpin obliged with a parterre garden stretching out towards the Temple of Concord and composed of 170 geometric flower beds crisply cut from the turf - no yew hedges, no clipped box.” @englishheritage.bsky.social
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Calling all nature lovers in cities, towns and villages! 🐦🦆 Have you signed up to our Birds in Greenspaces pilot survey yet? ➡️ bit.ly/birds-greensp... #UKBirding #Birds
April 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Calling all nature lovers in cities, towns and villages! 🐦🦆 Have you signed up to our Birds in Greenspaces pilot survey yet? ➡️ bit.ly/birds-greensp... #UKBirding #Birds
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📢We’re hiring an Events and Special Projects Coordinator!
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is passionate about Nature Recovery and wants to work with a team that really makes a difference! 🌳 We have some exciting events in the pipeline that you could lead! Deadline 11th April!
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is passionate about Nature Recovery and wants to work with a team that really makes a difference! 🌳 We have some exciting events in the pipeline that you could lead! Deadline 11th April!
April 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
📢We’re hiring an Events and Special Projects Coordinator!
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is passionate about Nature Recovery and wants to work with a team that really makes a difference! 🌳 We have some exciting events in the pipeline that you could lead! Deadline 11th April!
This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who is passionate about Nature Recovery and wants to work with a team that really makes a difference! 🌳 We have some exciting events in the pipeline that you could lead! Deadline 11th April!
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Good article about when developers and wildlife trusts can work together www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing
Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’
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April 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Good article about when developers and wildlife trusts can work together www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Find out more about Changing Chalk here: www.southdowns.gov.uk/wildlife-hab...
April 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Find out more about Changing Chalk here: www.southdowns.gov.uk/wildlife-hab...
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Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals
While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals
While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. The
www.cam.ac.uk
April 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Wrong trees in the wrong place can make cities hotter at night, study reveals
While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night.
www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Beautiful afternoon to visit the newly completed restoration works at Greenwich Park supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social. Avenue planting, 1661 Grand Ascent reinstated, view point refurbished and new education garden. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
April 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Beautiful afternoon to visit the newly completed restoration works at Greenwich Park supported by @heritagefunduk.bsky.social. Avenue planting, 1661 Grand Ascent reinstated, view point refurbished and new education garden. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Magnolia stellata ‘roses’. Stunning.
March 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Magnolia stellata ‘roses’. Stunning.
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Humans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, one of the most exhaustive global studies on the subject ever conducted finds.
This is *us*, people: you + me. It's up to all of us to get into the fight for the natural world. 🌏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is *us*, people: you + me. It's up to all of us to get into the fight for the natural world. 🌏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Humans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, one of the most exhaustive global studies on the subject ever conducted finds.
This is *us*, people: you + me. It's up to all of us to get into the fight for the natural world. 🌏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is *us*, people: you + me. It's up to all of us to get into the fight for the natural world. 🌏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Great to see that one of three new national forests is planned for the west of England.
Positive there’s a focus on urban areas too (including Bristol) where trees are going to play a crucial role in supporting climate resilience.
Positive there’s a focus on urban areas too (including Bristol) where trees are going to play a crucial role in supporting climate resilience.
New national forest to see 20m trees planted across West by 2050
The government says the new Western Forest project will help the UK meet its tree-planting targets.
www.bbc.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Great to see that one of three new national forests is planned for the west of England.
Positive there’s a focus on urban areas too (including Bristol) where trees are going to play a crucial role in supporting climate resilience.
Positive there’s a focus on urban areas too (including Bristol) where trees are going to play a crucial role in supporting climate resilience.
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Feeling very seen... 😝
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Feeling very seen... 😝
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trainee Gardener - Historic & Botanic Garden Training Programme with English Heritage, various garden locations around the UK, full-time for 12 months. If gardening is your passion and you want to make it your career, apply now!
See: c-js.co.uk/4imaQvT
See: c-js.co.uk/4imaQvT
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March 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Trainee Gardener - Historic & Botanic Garden Training Programme with English Heritage, various garden locations around the UK, full-time for 12 months. If gardening is your passion and you want to make it your career, apply now!
See: c-js.co.uk/4imaQvT
See: c-js.co.uk/4imaQvT
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I'm officially launching this tomorrow with a newsletter thru work and the CHAP initiative, but Bluesky gets a sneaky preview. please share amongst students, friends, enthusiasts. It's going to be a good summer for #archaeology in the @chilternsnl.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1272753914...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1272753914...
Archaeology Training Excavation / Fieldschool
Looking for fieldwork experience and skills training? CHAP (Chilterns Heritage & Archaeology Partnership) offers a training excavation!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I'm officially launching this tomorrow with a newsletter thru work and the CHAP initiative, but Bluesky gets a sneaky preview. please share amongst students, friends, enthusiasts. It's going to be a good summer for #archaeology in the @chilternsnl.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1272753914...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1272753914...
Two trustees wanted by The Ernest Cook Trust. One focused on land management and one on growth. Paid too! join-ernestcooktrust.co.uk/all-roles/
All Roles | The Ernest Cook Trust
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March 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Two trustees wanted by The Ernest Cook Trust. One focused on land management and one on growth. Paid too! join-ernestcooktrust.co.uk/all-roles/