{"id":214,"date":"2023-12-07T14:25:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/?p=214"},"modified":"2023-12-07T14:25:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:25:05","slug":"calling-conservation-enthusiasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/2023\/12\/07\/calling-conservation-enthusiasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all conservation enthusiasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been working in partnership local organisations on the '<a href=\"https:\/\/somervalleyrediscovered.co.uk\/\">Somer Valley Rediscovered<\/a>' project for a few years, working to increase nature-connectivity, wellbeing and active travel in the Somer Valley area.<\/p>\n<p>Somer Valley Rediscovered was established in 2020 as a green infrastructure partnership project led by Bath &amp; North East Somerset Council, Wessex Water, Natural England and University of Bath. The project has dual aims of improving biodiversity whilst better-connecting communities to their local greenspaces and landscapes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The project is now starting to recruit conservation volunteers<\/strong> and is keen to hear from any individuals who might be interested in getting involved in conservation projects in the Somer Valley area (Peasedown, Radstock, Midsomer, Westfield and Paulton).<\/p>\n<p>Getting involved in this project will put you in a position to actively save local habitats. You'll get hands-on experience of habitat management and the chance to learn so much about what lives in our local area. If you're not sure whether or not its for you, there are a number of taster sessions planned over the next few months where you can give it a try and see!<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get involved, <a href=\"mailto:somervalleyrediscovered@bathnes.org.uk\">please contact the Somer Valley Volunteer Coordinator by email<\/a>, or call 01225 477593.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPCOMING TASTER SESSION:<\/strong><br \/>\n13th December at Midsomer Town Park<br \/>\n11am - 2:30pm<br \/>\nContact the volunteer coordinator to register<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been working in partnership local organisations on the 'Somer Valley Rediscovered' project for a few years, working to increase nature-connectivity, wellbeing and active travel in the Somer Valley area. Somer Valley Rediscovered was established in 2020 as a...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-and-civic-engagement","category-our-shared-future"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2023\/12\/Somer-Valley-volunteers.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd4PCw-3s","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/civic-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}