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Following the sad passing of friend and volunteer, Robert Holah (Bob) in early January, the Juniper Hall Volunteers put together this lovely tribute in their newsletter, containing some many wonderful memories and many great photographs. Read their tribute to Bob

Jeff has been a trustee since 2018 and was elected Chair of the Board in July. He had a long career in Commercial Finance including some very senior roles. He then managed to pursue a dream to study ecology. He’ll be out and about visiting centres and teams in the coming months, but we caught […]

National Dog Day – August 26th 2024 National Dog Day began back in 2004 as a way of raising awareness of the number of dogs in rescue centres still looking for their forever homes. Millions of dogs find themselves without a home due to a number of different reasons, but National Dog Day aims to […]

This section of our staff news website is dedicated to sharing news of staff member’s hard work and dedication. It will also showcase how that hard work has been rewarded and recognised. Castle Head July 2024 The team at Castle Head went out for an end-of season afternoon tea to celebrate everyone’s hard work and […]

That first snowdrop, a tiny bud on a tree or a dragonfly whizzing past are all signs that spring is on the way. We have teamed up with the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) to create a new interactive project which will allow nature lovers across the country to chart the arrival of the new […]

It’s been fantastic to see how staff at centres are celebrating our 80th Anniversary year. From picnics and team-building games to some very impressive-looking cakes, it’s great to see everyone coming together to celebrate such a milestone. Amersham The team at Amersham enjoyed a celebratory lunch which included homemade cakes. The team managed a game […]

We are a small remote team developing and delivering adult natural history courses for the Field Studies Council. We host courses at centres, external venues and online. We are keen to ask for your assistance with our courses and may have a few opportunities that you would like to get involved in. All Staff The […]

I was pleased to be able to share with you all our Ten Year Plan during the autumn.  In the plan we have taken stock of our post pandemic situation and set out how this charity can move forward into the future.   If you haven’t done so already or if you are new to […]

The marketing department have been creating reports on what we are doing to promote the FSC each month to engage with existing and potential customers.

We are recruiting for the first ever FSC Youth Council! Do you know any young people who would be interested? Please help us spread the word: We are looking for young people from across the UK who want to make a difference in environmental education and connect young people with the outdoors. The Council is seeking 16-25 year olds who can attend regular virtual meetings and travel to an […]

Over the last few weeks FSC staff have been using their remote delivery skills in the four final Nature Friendly Schools (NFS) CPD webinars for Primary, Secondary, Special School and Alternative Provision Institute (API) staff across England. The NFS project is funded by the Department for Education, in partnership with DEFRA and Natural England. It […]

The latest Environmental Scientist journal, entitled ‘The value of an environmental science education’ includes some fantastic contributions from FSC thanks to Philip Turvil and Peter Higgins.

FSC has become a registered charity on AmazonSmile. This exciting initiative means that by simply doing your normal shopping on Amazon, via a dedicated link, they will donate money to us without costing you anything. Start shopping with AmazonSmile As you know this year more than ever we need as much support as we can […]

We’ve pulled together this information to showcase just how important fieldwork is, and that schools can be confident in FSC supporting their requirements safely for fieldwork this school year.

This post will be used to list Mark’s weekly messages from over two months ago.

FSC are pleased to have worked with the team at AQA and Manchester University to create a new Environmental Science handbook that provides further clarity to the fieldwork required in the Environmental Science specification.

A new Action Plan confirms a significant Scottish Government commitment to Learning for Sustainability as “an entitlement for all learners”. Launched by Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP, it sets out how a wide range of partners and practitioners (including FSC) will incorporate global citizenship, sustainable development education and outdoor learning in ways that effectively respond to the growing interests, passions and concerns articulated by young people.

Are you under 30 and interested in water, biodiversity or environmental management? If so you have the opportunity to be featured in The Environment Magazine.

The FSC are members of the Fit for Future Network and along with our partners have produced a great article in the Charity Finance Magazine.

On New Year’s Day the FSC BioLinks project launched the ‘Tomorrow’s Invertebrate Recorders’ competition.