The Ulster Wildlife Trust currently offers several curriculum based wildlife education & awareness programmes for schools, youth clubs, afterschool and play groups. The Ulster Wildlife Trust’s education programmes are tools for inspiring and empowering young people to take positive action for their local and global environment and to recognise their responsibilities as the future caretakers of our planet. We strongly believe that getting outdoors is the best way to teach many of the educational and emotional needs of our children.
Making It Real at our Education & Awareness Sites!
Take a visit to one of our on-site facilities where we have a number of engaging and inspirational programmes available for you to choose from to bring nature to life. We cater for a wide range of needs and abilities such as early years, primary and secondary schools, special needs, youth groups, summer schemes, adult interest groups and families. Each site has a different focus but all give you a great day out!
CAFRE - Greenmount Campus, Antrim
Theme: Farming, Food and the Environment
This is a nature trail with a difference. Come and visit Greenmount free of charge and our guides will lead you around a real working farm that blends in naturally with wildlife and demonstrates through interactive workshops the links between farming and wildlife.
Bookings made directly through the Greenmount Campus Booking Office – 028 9442 6705
Delamont Country Park, Killyleagh
Theme – Habitat management for marine, woodland and wetland
Set in the serene surroundings of the shores of Strangford Lough, groups can get up close and personal with nature, discover the importance of conservation and how our everyday actions affect the survival of many species.
With tailored programmes for schools and the revised curriculum, the site is perfect for that outdoor classroom visit. Equally, youth focused workshops have positive environmental messages intertwined with fun interactive games and activities.
Bog Meadows Nature Reserve – Belfast
Theme – Urban green space for people and wildlife
Situated in the heart of Belfast’s busy motorways and businesses, Bog Meadows nature reserve is an oasis of grasslands and wetlands in the city.
KS2 & 3 school programmes have been specially designed to highlight the valuable contribution this site makes for its resident and migrant species.
The effects of pollution and development can be investigated through hands-on activities and interactive workshops.
ECOS Millennium Environmental Centre, Ballymena
Theme – Sustainable development encompassing biodiversity conservation, renewable energy, recycling and pollution.
This Environmental Interpretative Centre and nature reserve is designed to increase awareness of issues affecting the world. With climate change, sustainable development and global citizenship so highly profiled today – this centre is the ideal setting for a day out that could change how you live the rest of your life!
Our education staff will help you explore and learn from the interactive displays and wildlife habitats, helping the group to take away knowledge of how they can make a different to the environment through their lifestyle choices. Tailored programmes for schools and groups.
Reaching Out
If you can’t make it one of our sites then why not consider one of our Outreach Programmes. Our skilled education staff will visit your group at your location and will deliver activities that best suit your group and needs.
We offer specially designed workshops tailored to a number of themes for schools/youth/community groups to choose from, examples include -
- Wildlife Gardening
- The World of Bats
- The Life of Bees
- Make Biodiversity Boxes
- Flight in Nature
- Waste for Wildlife
- Minibeast Hunts
- Tree Trails
- Rockshore Rambles
We are continually developing new programmes and we can usually tailor programmes to your specific needs.
Programme Costs:
At One of Our Education Sites
£2 - £3.50 per person (Rate depends on the length of your visit)
If We Visit You
£25 per hour for each UWT Staff member required, plus mileage (40p a mile)
Want more information?
For more information or to discuss your requirements – please telephone us on 028 4483 0282 or email education@ulsterwildlifetrust.org
