The Grasslands Trust

News and events

- News -

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Campaign news is regularly updated to show the Trust's progress in lobbying and campaigning for greater awareness of grasslands conservation issues.

The Great Big small Charity Car Draw

Support The Grasslands Trust by taking part in The Great Big Small Charity Car Draw and you could win a Mini whilst helping to preserve UK grasslands!

BBC article warning of Hay meadow decline in the UK!

Due to intensive farming and a need for a higher yield, faster growing crop, silage fields are replacing our traditional and beautiful hay meadows.

The Grasslands Trust is one of 25 organisations asking the government not to cut the countryside!

England’s conservation organisations have joined forces to paint a grim picture of a countryside starved of money by budget cuts. The following press release by the Wildlife and Countryside Link has gained substantial media coverage on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, described as a "powerful" message to Ministers, in the Independent newspaper and the web on AOL and BBC news.

Watch our fantastic work at Carmel on the See the Difference website

See the Difference is a brand new way of helping small charities like The Grasslands Trust.

Trust welcomes our first Graduate Internship

We are delighted to welcome Kate Werner as our first graduate intern.

What's happening at Hocombe Mead

Find out what's been happening at Hocombe Mead LNR

Magical Meadows - They keep disappearing!

BBC Nature Series celebrates meadows as a top wildlife spectacle to visit....

WE ARE WINNERS OF THE PEOPLE'S MILLIONS

We are absolutely over the moon to have won £45,000 on ITV's People's Millions!

The Grasslands Trust featured in Carmarthen Journal [pdf]

The Carmarthen Journal highlights our chance to compete for £45,000 on ITV

Carmel Photo Library launched

See the new beautiful images of our Carmel project in our new online gallery

The Grasslands Trust wins place in the finals of ITV People's Millions

Your vote counts! Find out how you can help the Trust win "The People's Millions"

Major Success for The Grasslands Trust

Trust's recommendations for Green Infrastructure Guidance are taken on board

South Poorton update

Check out what is currently happening at our project site in South Poorton...

Volunteers needed!

We need volunteers with diverse skills for our projects in and out-of-doors.

Volunteers needed at Carmarthenshire

We are looking for volunteers to help at our reserve in Carmarthenshire this summer...

Big thank you

We'd like to say a very very big thank you to a few of our project sponsors...

Trust secures important grassland

The Trust has recently purchased 20 acres of acid grassland near to Carmel National Nature Reserve...