Welcome to Suffolk's Community Biodiversity Projects
Introduction
Community projects across Suffolk are making a significant contribution to wildlife conservation. We have drawn together information on some of these enterprising initiatives; their aims and aspirations, successes and achievements, as well as the difficulties faced. We hope this will inspire other communities to set up new projects and contribute to protecting species and habitats in their own parishes.
Pilot Area
This page currently provides information on 17 community projects in the Suffolk Coastal area. We hope to expand the project in the future to show all the wonderful work being done across all the Suffolk districts on behalf of wildlife.
Download Suffolk Coastal Community Projects (PDF 731 Kb).
For individual project details, click on the star on the map.
Benefits
These practical, down-to-earth projects, whether small or large, have a positive impact on the surrounding environment by providing space for nature to thrive alongside people. At the same time, human communities benefit greatly from these initiatives. For example, community projects help to:
- build neighbourhood relations
- provide opportunities for physical activity
- improve well-being through increased contact with
nature
- increase safety in previously isolated areas
- enhance practical skills
- generate a feeling of ‘belonging’ to a neighbourhood
- generate pride in the community and a strong local
identity
Woodlands, village greens and meadows, together with their associated invertebrates, birds, mammals and plants, are all benefiting from the committment and enterprise of groups in Charsfield, Martlesham and Yoxford amongst many other villages in Suffolk. Why not join them and help more people to connect to nature in your area?
Most of these projects have been set up with the practical help and guidance of experts from organisations such as Suffolk
Wildlife Trust, The
Green Light Trust, the
Woodland Trust and the British
Trust for Ornithology.
As a next step, discuss your ideas with one of these organisations; they will be able to help you make your vision a reality!
"The volunteer group have been paramount in creating this wonderful site and I cannot praise them enough." Michael Ryder, Woodland Trust of Felixstowe’s Abbey Grove Woodland Group.
Contact
For further information, or to talk to any of these groups, contact Gen Broad, Suffolk Biodiversity Partnership, email:gen.broad@suffolk.gov.uk, tel: 01473 264308.
This work would not have been possible without the generous support of Suffolk Coastal Local Strategic Partnership.