A peak behind the scenes
We’d love to introduce ourselves and share how we can help you make a difference for wildlife in your area. Our team can support your community project in a variety of ways through something called the Wild Network.
Meet the team behind the Wild Network
We’re here to help you help nature! Whether you’re already involved in community projects or looking for guidance on how to get started, we’re here to provide advice and support every step of the way. Let's create a lasting impact for wildlife, green spaces, and future generations!
Becky and Rachael setting up for RHS Tatton Flower Show.
Meet Becky
Hey! If you’re part of the Wild Network, you might recognise me from my monthly newsletters, Facebook updates or community events. I’m a Wild Network Officer at Cheshire Wildlife Trust, working to support and encourage the Wild Network in any way I can.
So how did I get here? It wasn’t until lockdown that I truly reconnected with nature since being a child. Gardening, hiking, and spending more time outdoors opened my eyes—I realised I’d been taking the natural world for granted. As I learned more about the biodiversity and climate crisis, I knew I had to act. A few years ago, I started a youth-led nature campaign in Chester with the goal to help others see what I had come to understand—wildlife is in trouble, and we all have a role to play.
Becky hiking in Wales, surrounded by ferns and foxgloves.
Through this campaign, I met countless community groups, all dedicated to making a difference in their local areas. Their passion inspired me. As someone who has lived in Cheshire most of my life, I had never felt so connected to and in awe of the place I call home. These groups gave me hope and it cemented my desire to change career all together and work in the environmental sector.
I was fortunate to land a traineeship with Learning through Landscapes, where I taught themes like climate change and soil degradation to children in primary schools across Liverpool and Runcorn. Seeing the enthusiasm of young pupils eager to help wildlife in their school grounds motivated me even more. After the project, I was lucky enough to get a job at Cheshire Wildlife Trust, where I get to collaborate with even more community groups who are making a real impact in conservation.
I firmly believe that collective action can create real societal change.
If you have an idea for a new community group or project, please reach out—I’ll do everything I can to support you.
Becky running a clay animal activity in Crewe.
Becky painting a sign while setting up for the RHS Flower Show.
Becky rotavating the soil for a brand new wildflower meadow.
Friends of the Countess of Chester Country Park
Meet Kellie
I grew up in Cheshire and spent lots of time as a child outside in the countryside. I have the happiest memories of listening for woodpeckers in the woods near my house, going bug hunting and learning the names of all the trees with my dad while collecting fallen leaves.
Like many people, as I grew up, I felt less connected to nature, I paid less attention and I moved away. When I came home several years later, I realised that much of the green space I’d played in as a child had houses on and some of the woodland had gone. It made me think about how many of the things I took for granted as a child, like seeing a hedgehog, are things that some children in Cheshire now have never experienced.
Kellie at at event in Crewe making clay hedgehogs.
I decided I wanted to ‘do something to help’ and I was lucky enough to get a job with Cheshire Wildlife Trust. I’ve worked here now for almost 5 years and have been part of the wilder Lives team for almost as long. Our team’s main role is to support the Wilder Network by providing resources, training, webinars, events, newsletters and networking opportunities. My background is in Marketing and Communications in the private sector and those skills have been vital since I joined the Trust. My passion has always been working with people and my role in the Wilder Lives team enables me to combine this with my love of nature.
Supporting the growth of the Wild Network is an incredibly rewarding job, taking action for nature and making positive changes in your in your local community can sometimes feel like an uphill battle. You might think,
What difference can one person really make?
but over the last 5 years I’ve heard so many inspiring stories from people, have seen the numbers in Network steadily rise and know that actually there is an army of amazing people out there ‘doing something to help’ and really making a difference. I’m really proud that I get to play a small part in supporting that and the amazing, dedicated people within it.
Kellie working at an outdoor nature event making seed bombs with children.
Kellie making seed bombs with children at an event in Crewe.
Joining the Wild Network is completely free! You'll get monthly newsletters with updates, access to free training workshops, wildlife guides and so much more!