The ‘Learning Environments in Marine, Urban and Rural areas’ (LEMUR) project was an accredited training scheme that offerered a fast track route to developing the necessary skills and competency required to gain a professional post in nature conservation. The ‘on the job’ placements and training reflected either a marine, urban or rural aspect of nature conservation.

The project has now closed, but provided 36 funded heritage bursary training placements over 3 years that have given each placement the necessary skills and experience to enter a professional post in nature conservation.

Through training hubs in Herefordshire, Devon and Sheffield, the project provided twelve 9-month work-based accredited training placements a year which were hosted by a broad range of local heritage conservation organisations.

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Nature@Sundown

The Nature@Sundown project (funded by BIS through the Transformation Fund) was an incredible success. The response to our guided tours to show people wildlife at sunset was fantastic and exceeded all our expectations (especially as the project ran from September to March - maybe not the best time of year for getting people out into the countryside at sunset). Nonetheless, people had a great time and wanted more. Sadly our funding was only for six months but we continue to search for further funding to allow us to do similar things again. Introducing people to wildlife so that they can then begin their own learning journey about the species we discover is what we love to do. Look around our website and see our other current projects and explore these pages to discover more about the Nature@Sundown project. Perhaps one day there might be a Nature@Sundown2.

Click here to visit the Nature@Sundown website.