Education centres
Our education centre has welcomed thousands of people over the years - we have our Wildlife Discovery Room based at Carsington Water near Ashbourne and our outdoor classroom. So come and get wild with us!
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Education & activities
Learn with your Wildlife Trust - from school trips, training courses for adults to Nature Tots, Nature Babies and Forest Schools, we do it all!
Education team contact form
Education team contact form
Corporate education talks and training
Supporting employees with new skills and knowledge is a great way to motivate and inspire them. Education is also one of the best ways to support nature as it’s through knowledge that we can learn the significance of our actions.
Education & People Engagement voluneteering
Join us and help us to engage, inspire and educate!
Outdoor education gets the go ahead at one of Derbyshire’s premiere nature reserves
A new outdoor education area is set to be created at Hilton Gravel Pits Nature Reserve in the Trent Valley thanks to a £23,210 project funded by Veolia Environmental Trust through the Landfills…
New report calls for ambitious pesticide reduction target
Nation of insect champions needed to reverse insect decline
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust offers accredited courses to next environmental leaders
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is inspiring the next wave of environmental leaders and mentors after becoming an accredited training centre for six courses aimed at businesses, the education sector and…
My vocation
Always fascinated by wildlife, Sophie has pursued a career in nature conservation through formal education and traineeships.
She now works as an ecologist, working to conserve Herefordshire’…
My history lesson
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is working with Moorfield Primary school in Irlam to deliver both indoor and outdoor education on the mossland habitat. This includes the history of the area, and the…
Drakelow
A haven for birdwatchers in the Trent Valley From tantalising glimpses of bitterns in winter to large numbers of cormorants, ducks, waders and birds of prey. There are five hides, an education…
Explore
Explore Derbyshire's wildlife and wild spaces with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. Discover your nearest nature reserve, the best places to bird watch, build dens and get away from it all. You can also discover our shops and our education centres - enjoy!