We hope you enjoy using the Society’s website. Your own articles, thoughts, photos and recordings will be very welcome, as well as your feedback on the website. Just send them in to: webeditor@mknhs.org.uk. We look forward to receiving them so that we have a dynamic and exciting site.
The Society is looking for a volunteer Outreach Events Coordinator to help plan and organise our presence at local events throughout the year.
What the role involves:
Coordinating the Society’s involvement in outreach events run with, or hosted by, external organisations.
Helping organise member volunteers to represent the Society at these events.
Ensuring our display boards and other publicity materials are prepared and up to date for each event.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys organising, communicating and supporting community engagement.
If this sounds like something you’d enjoy, please get in touch at info@mknhs.org.uk
We will be hosting a Society stall at Love Wetlands Day on 21 August, from 12:00 to 17:00, at the Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve, organised by The Parks Trust. We’re looking for volunteers to help set up the stand, chat with visitors about our local wildlife, and share information about the Society.
If you’d like to volunteer and support the Society at this event, please get in touch at webmaster@mknhs.org.uk
Deanshanger Hedgehog Rescue is seeking volunteers to help support their activities at the centre. This is a great opportunity for anyone who would like to contribute to local conservation, community engagement or hands‑on practical work.
If you’d like to find out more, please contact the centre directly at info@deanshangerhedgehogrescue.org.uk
Visit their website Wildlife | Deanshanger Hedgehog Rescue
Our website team is looking for a dedicated volunteer to help keep our event calendar up to date with external local events and training sessions. This is a great opportunity to get involved with our community and ensure that everyone stays informed about upcoming activities.
For more information, contact webmaster@mknhs.org.uk
To get involved, email: webmaster@mknhs.org.uk
All members are welcome to send in articles about local wildlife whether in your garden or further afield; articles about specific species that you have some interest in; reviews of useful books or apps; requests to members for sightings or other information for particular research projects eg the swift project.
The more you contribute the more interesting it will become for us all.
Please send your articles to webeditor@mknhs.org.uk
Applications are invited from members who need grants to carry out research, surveys etc. in the field of natural history.
This Fund has been set up, with the original bequest of the late Gordon Osborn (President of the Society from 1975-1991), to offer financial support to Society members in order that they may carry out a research project in the field of natural history, a survey of a particular local area or species, an educational programme or any other cause considered worthy by the administrators of the fund.
Any member of the society may apply in writing to the administrators of the fund for a grant. Applications should include a description of the activity requiring support and an estimate of the costs involved.
Full information about the fund is available in the MKNHS Guidance Handbook, Appendix 2
If you have a query or wish to apply for a grant, please email MKNHS Secretary: info@mknhs.org.uk