The Wilder Communities Project

SDC are working alongside the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust to deliver the Wilder Communities Project. £20,000 has been set aside from SDC’s climate change reserve to fund the initiative, which will enable local green spaces and organisations to receive funding for tree, hedge and wildflower meadow planting, that they may not otherwise receive through other traditional channels.

The Wilder Communities Project works to improve education grounds, community green spaces and other publicly accessible areas for nature. Warwickshire Wildlife Trust has been creating and enhancing habitats with communities to help transform the environment we live in: restoring, recreating and reconnecting wildlife rich spaces for the benefit of nature and people. Enhancements are fully funded and include work such as wildflower sowing and tree and hedge planting.

Over 2025/26 the project is being funded by Stratford-on-Avon District Council and Warwick District Council and is open to parish and town councils, organisations and communities across these two Districts.

Find out more about the project here.  If you’re interested in getting involved, please contact either Olivia Williams (Olivia.Williams@wkwt.org.uk) or the SDC climate emergency inbox (climate.emergency@stratford-dc.gov.uk)

The Wilder Communities Project was originally funded between 2021 and 2025 by Severn Trent as part of their Great Big Nature Boost scheme which aims to boost nature across 5000ha of land in the Severn Trent region by 2027.