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Restore Nature Now

Restore Nature Now aims to be the biggest ever UK gathering for nature and climate. On Saturday 22nd June 2024, anyone who cares about a healthy environment can join this legal, peaceful and inclusive demonstration that is being organised by a wide range of nature, wildlife, environment and climate organisations and individuals. Together, we will call on ALL political parties to restore nature NOW, and make the upcoming General Election the turning point for nature that is so desperately needed.

Unity is our superpower!
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Restoring the Soar

Restoring the Soar is made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we are developing a river restoration project. A new partnership project called Restoring the Soar has been put together to develop plans for enhancing the river corridor from West Bridge, near the centre of Leicester, out to Watermead Park.
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Membership Renewal

Renew your Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust membership online
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Getting Wild About Gardens

The buzz of a bee, the sweet scent of honeysuckle, these precious moments are not only a delight to experience in our gardens, they’re absolutely vital if we’re going to protect, restore and…

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Our Strategy

We need to restore nature at a global scale, on land and at sea. And it needs to happen now. Strategy 2030 provides the high-level framework of how we intend to go about it.

My Wild Life

My thermostat

As the Chat Moss Project Officer for Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Elspeth is helping to restore the wild peatland landscape that has been drained for over 200 years. The area lies within five miles…

My Wild Life

My other world

Philip has been helping to restore Manchester Mosslands for twenty years, helping these rare wetlands to recover. He works in front of a computer most of the time, so he has always enjoyed the…

My Wild Life

My breath of fresh air

Michael manages Stanley Moss Nature Reserve; he loves the serenity of the area and the different wildlife that he can see. The area was once used for coal mining, and was drained and planted with…

Nature Reserve

Syston Lakes Nature Reserve

Syston Lakes nature reserve is a restored gravel pit alongside the River Wreake. A permissive circular footpath takes you around a mix of woodland, scrub, brambles and open water. It provides the…

My Wild Life

My history book

Tim has volunteered at Astley Moss for five years, helping to increase the water levels on the bogs back to their historic healthy levels. He especially loves watching the birds return to this…

Nature Reserve

Ketton Quarry

Ketton Quarry is very much still a working limestone site, but parts of the area have been reclaimed by nature. Grassland, scrub and woodland are starting to creep back in, making the most of the…