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The National Lottery funds numerous crucial causes like heritage, arts, sport, and charities – and every ticket sold helps. Here’s how the fund supports wildlife.

National Lottery funding through the National Lottery Community Fund has helped Wildlife Trusts to achieve many amazing things for people and wildlife over the years.

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Rivers and wetlands are inspiring landscapes with amazing wildlife. Here are some lovely snippets!

Kent Wildlife Trust works extensively with planners, developers and decision-makers to ensure development avoids damage to wildlife and wherever possible benefits the natural environment.

Homes England have announced that they have scaled back their plans for Lodge Hill from 2,000 to 500 houses, avoiding any direct loss of the Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Cleve Hill Solar Park is a proposed development of solar panels covering an area of approximately 360 hectares (890 acres) of farmland (former grazing marsh) at Graveney, to the north-east of Faversham.

The Lower Thames Crossing is a proposed new road which will connect Kent with Essex by tunnelling beneath the River Thames estuary. Kent Wildlife Trust is opposed to these plans as they will result in the loss of irreplaceable ancient woodland.

It is only through recording wildlife that we can see when changes happen in our environment, whether this occurs in our towns or the countryside.

Our Botany Classes cover the Botanical identification of wild and naturalised British plants. Participants will learn how to confidently identify and record plants and seek confirmation when necessary.

UK Habitat Classification (UKHab) methodology is used by professional ecologists to map and record sites.

Kent Wildlife Trust offers long term Forest School programmes, as well as six-week Introduction to Forest School programmes and one-off experience sessions.