A monthly blog by our Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Management student Molly Conway; working with us this year as our ‘Property Engagement Officer’. Read more
It’s just two short weeks until the very first Cumbria Dark Skies Festival, 21-23 February 2020 and we’ve been working hard to pull together a full programme of events for all the family across this exciting three-day celebration of dark skies. Read more
We wrote our winter newsletter with the rain is pouring down and water running off the fells. It’s a reminder that tree planting is a key measure to mitigate climate change impacts. With spring just around the corner we're also launching a new small grants scheme in February, running a litter pick in March and hosting our annual forum in April. Read more
Join us on the Great Cumbrian Litter Pick! Bringing Cumbrian communities together to clean up our glorious county on Fri 20th & Sat 21st March. Last year, over 1,000 people joined in with nearly 50 litter picks right across Cumbria - from Whitehaven to Sedbergh, Carlisle to Millom – collecting nearly 300 bags of rubbish. Read more
Get closer to our solar system and take part in an exciting new interactive pop up planetarium event, part of the first Cumbria Dark Skies Festival (21-23 February), a full programme of events for all the family across the three-day celebration of dark skies. Read more
Seven young ‘starter’ hedge-layers made up a total of 17 competitive hedge-layers who took part in Friends of the Lake District’s Annual Hedge Laying Competition, laying 103m of hedge between them. Read more
Mark your calendar for some Dark Skies fun! We’re delighted to bring you the first ever Cumbria Dark Skies Festival which takes place on Friday 21 – Sunday 23 February 2020. Read more
We have today announced the launch of a campaign to ‘Save Our Lake District’ (SOLD). In a statement issued today we explain why. Read more
Wow, what a day! A protest march through Grasmere was both a celebration of a proposal to put holiday boats on Grasmere lake being withdrawn and a show of strength calling for an end to inappropriate development in the Lake District National Park Read more