Fens, Fencing and Giant Flies - Our Work Experience Diary
Cameron (year 10, Neale-Wade Academy) and Ashley (year 12, Sir Harry Smith Community College) joined us for a week's conservation work experience.
Meeting Wildlife Trust reserves officer for work experience.
Cameron (year 10, Neale-Wade Academy) and Ashley (year 12, Sir Harry Smith Community College) joined us for a week's conservation work experience.
Libby and Hannah are year 12 students from Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon. They joined us for work experience, learning about conservation careers and local wildlife.
Ethan and Evan from Abbey College, Ramsey, spent a week with the Great Fen team on their year 10 work experience.
In 2025, we hosted an exciting new summer school with art school STORE. Students experimented with materials made from wetland plants to design and construct their own furniture.
Young people want to work in conservation, so what's stopping them? Our Peatland Progress trainees reflect on their career journeys so far and what the barriers may be for the new generation…
For young people interested in a career in conservation, there are numerous routes to try. Peatland Progress trainee, Katie, highlights some of the opportunities and advice they encountered at the…
Ellen Blackmore shares the Peatland Progress trainees' latest collaboration, with the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. A behind-the-scenes tour, assisting with research and…
Peatland Progress trainees head out into the Great Fen to develop their skills as ecologists and conservation rangers!
It's hard to believe three years has already passed since we launched this exciting programme of youth-led conservation. Laura Allen takes a look at their impressive achievements.
Youth Ranger Broden shares his experience and photos from bird transects at Ramsey Heights as a part of his DofE award.