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  • New Welsh Farming Community set to be launched at the Royal Welsh Show

    As Welsh farmers gather at the Royal Welsh Show, a leading conservation charity is uniting farmers to deliver a better future. GWCT Wales will launch its Working Conservationists Farming Community at the Llanelwedd showground on Tuesday 19th July. All are invited to the launch, which will take pl...

  • GWCT launches an expanded 2022 Schools Art Competition

    Competition now runs through Perth & Kinross, Angus and all Aberdeenshire  As pupils return to school for the beginning of a new school year, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has once again launched its Schools Art Competition, which is open to all pupils across Perth and Kin...

  • Scottish Government Ignores The Science To Confirm Ban On Humane Cable Restraints

    Only 24 hours after the GWCT and representatives of Scotland’s land management community gave evidence to the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on the vital conservation need for the retention of HCRs under licence, Scottish Government announced it intends to implement a full ban. Gillian Marti...

  • Inspiration for a country lover’s Christmas

    As Christmas approaches and thoughts begin to turn to gifts for loved ones, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Autumn/Winter gift collection provides inspiration for even the trickiest recipient. The collection celebrates the best of the British countryside and profits help suppor...

  • Once in a lifetime experiences on offer in the GWCT’s Big Online Auction

    From the very best shooting experiences the UK has to offer, to watching golden eagles from a converted Lochside bothie and a chance to achieve a ‘Norfolk McNab’, the GWCT Big Online Auction offers experiences unlike any other. “2020 has been a challenging year for charities with normal fundrais...

  • Defra-approved 10-year Wildlife Plot mix will help farmers make space for nature

    A new wildlife cover crop seed mix, which promises to be one of the best yet for biodiversity, has been developed by scientists at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). The ‘Wildlife Plot’ mix is available through the government-funded Sustainable Farming Incentive Test and Trial pil...

  • Conservation charity director aims to bridge gap between urban and rural

    The Wales director of a conservation charity is on a mission to bring urban and rural communities closer together through better education and communication about country pursuits and game management. Sue Evans, from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Cymru (GWCT), believes the Welsh cou...

  • World famous chalk streams will benefit from expanded Environmental Farmers Group

    31 farmers of the Test and Itchen catchments in Hampshire are set to join the 147 neighbouring farmers already supporting the Environmental Farmers Group (EFG) making 178 farms, covering 81,344 hectares, the largest initiative of its kind. The EFG was set up to help its members navigate the carbo...

  • Expanding environmental farmers’ cooperatives now cover over 580,000 acres, 2.9% of England’s farmed area

    New farmer-led cooperatives are a blueprint for hitting net zero, reversing England’s biodiversity decline and cleaning up our rivers Blend of public and private investment in landscape scale conservation projects to fill the £2billion gap left when farm subsidies end in 2027 Partnering with the...

  • Gamebird Sector Calls for Further Reductions in Antibiotic Use

    Issued on behalf of: The Game Farmers’ Association GFA) Countryside Alliance (CA) Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) National Gamekeepers’ Organisation (NGO) Organisations representing the gamebird rearing sector have called for a big push to further reduce the use of antibioti...

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