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Partnerships

Working with partners to achieve more for mammal conservation in Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe

Partnership working

VWT recognises the importance of partnership working as a way of achieving more for wildlife than working in isolation and is working towards increasing its work within a variety of partnerships.

VWT is

  • scaling up connections with local communities where it is delivering work through volunteering, community and stakeholder engagement, education and citizen science;
  • maintaining its research collaboration with universities and research institutes to ensure conservation is evidence led;
  • increasing its impact and influence by sharing good practice and facilitating partners to deliver conservation action;
  • continuing to work with organisations who may have very different views to find common ground;
  • building NGO and university partnerships in Europe where its expertise can amplify conservation success.

The focus here includes skills sharing and building capacity, as well as species projects.

Photo: Collaborating in Spain with Tragsatec, WildCRU and University of Salford to trial different methods to survey and ultimately monitor the small European mink population in Spain.

Partnerships with community groups and volunteers

The Martens on the Move project team is working with a number of Men's Sheds and community groups to build 150 pine marten den boxes. The den boxes will be installed in the two Strategic Recovery Areas and provide pine martens with shelter and a place to raise young. 

Photo: Following a training day, volunteers from Llangadog, Llandeilo and Llandovery Men's Shed have built 20 den boxes to be installed in woodlands across the Welsh-English borders.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Vincent Wildlife Trust values diversity and is committed to supporting an equitable and inclusive culture. We want staff and volunteers to feel comfortable to be themselves and we aim to provide an environment where everyone, regardless of background or characteristics, can develop their full potential.

We are signed up to The Race Report, which focuses on charities and funders working on environmental and conservation issues, highlighting the need for greater representation in sustainability and climate action. Vincent Wildlife Trust wants to help address the racial diversity gap in the nature conservation sector and we understand the need for greater representation in our own organisation as well as in the sector more widely.