Events
Events from Transforming the Trent Valley and it's partners, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Event Bookings and Amendments
If you would like to change your Wildlings, WildFamilies Discover or WildChild booking or check that an event is still going ahead, please contact the Wild Child team/event organiser.
01889 880100 or email getwild@staffs-wildlife.org.uk
Coronavirus Update
Transforming the Trent Valley continues to follow government guidelines and has taken steps to ensure the safety of all its staff, volunteers, partners and supporters during this time.
Events
Activities for children; Wildlings
Wildlings... a play group with a twist!
Come along and try new things outdoors. You could get mucky making a mud pie and sing songs around the campfire, all among the trees in Beans Covert!
All sessions include juice and snacks for children.
We play whatever the weather so please make sure you and your little ones are dressed suitably.
Wildlings runs every Friday during the holidays and the price is subsidised by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Activities for children; Wildfamilies Discover
Wildfamilies Discover
Joins us at The Washlands at Burton Upon Trent as we explore and have fun with craft activities.
We play whatever the weather so please make sure you and your little ones are dressed suitably.
Trent Talks
Our free online talks and presentations are the perfect tonic to lockdown! Fun and informative talks about wildlife and sustainability in the Trent Valley. Get comfy with a drink and let us bring nature into your home.
We have introduced a 30 minute optional 'stay and chat' session to the end of all our Trent Talks. This is a friendly open space to chat about different topics, meet like minded people, or just stay on the call and listen to nature/wildlife/sustainability chatter.
Missed our previous TrentTalks? You can watch them again here.
Trent Talks with Sheila Harper: Dog Walking and Nature Connection.
Thursday 8th April 7.00 to 8.30pm via Zoom
Join us for an evening to celebrate our furry friends, and find out how best to enjoy the countryside with your dogs.
We’ll be chatting to Sheila Harper, leading education provider for dog trainers and behaviourists, to learn more about dog behaviour, tips for enjoying the countryside with your dogs, the laws around responsible dog walking and much more!
Trent Talks with Tilley Bancroft: Art in Public Spaces.
Thursday 22nd April 7.00 to 8.30pm via Zoom
Join us as we chat to Tilley Bancroft, director of Making Trails, and hear about inspiring communities through art.
Making Trails was the team behind the Burton Swans exhibition. Burton Swans was Burton’s largest outdoor art trail which ran in the Summer of 2020 raising over £11,500 for charity and seeing over 11,000 visitors to the town. Local businesses of all sizes sponsored the sculptures and were painted by local and regional artists. The sculptures were then auctioned off for charity.
The talk will explore some incredible examples of public art and the ideas behind them as well as looking at how art can transform or support the area around it, how the public interact with it and how it can inspire communities. We’ll also be looking at controversy surrounding some public art, possible pitfalls and problems as well as how to overcome them.
Lastly, we’ll be looking at how best to take inspiration from public art into your own private spaces, workplaces and homes/gardens.
Trent Talks with West Midlands Ringing Group: Farmland Birds.
Thursday 6th May 7.00 to 8.30pm via Zoom
Join us as we welcome back West Midlands Ringing Group to hear about their work surveying farmland birds.
We’re delighted to welcome back West Midlands Ringing Group, who will be leading a presentation about Farmland Birds. Join us to hear about their partnership work with farmers and landowners, and the techniques and surveys they carry out on farmland across the West Midlands.
Trent Talks with Outdoor Answers: Connection and Community Outdoors.
Monday 17th May 7.00 to 8.30pm via Zoom
Join us as we talk to Katie Reed from Outdoor Answers (@outdooranswersuk) who will be talking about the importance of connection and community in the outdoors, and how she promotes this through four key ways: expressing the self, appreciating the outdoors, interacting within nature and enjoying time outdoors.
Trent Talks with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust: Journey of the Trent.
Tuesday 1st June 7.00 to 8.30pm via Zoom
We will be hearing from Victoria Bunter and Nick Mott from Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Join us to find out about the journey of the River Trent through time, how the river and its floodplain has altered and what they are doing to improve it for wetland wildlife.
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