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Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Wildlife Trust BCN Impact Report 2025-26

The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire's Impact Report 2025-26 covers the first year of its five-year plan: 20,224 memberships, 9,034 school pupils engaged across 81 schools, and 613,339 species records added to local environmental databases.

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The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire is a local conservation charity working for a wilder future, managing nature reserves, engaging schools and communities, and recording wildlife across the three counties.

Key Metrics

Membership 20,224 memberships were held at the end of the 2025/26 financial year.
School pupils engaged 9,034 school pupils were engaged through the Trust's education work.
Schools worked with 81 individual schools were worked with across the region.
Species records 613,339 species records were added to the hosted Local Environmental Record Centres' databases, improving species information.

Key Outcomes

  • First year of an ambitious five-year plan for a wilder future delivered.
  • 613,339 species records added, strengthening local evidence for nature.

Geography

East of England

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