2023

The UK government has announced the opening of the eighth round of the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund on October 23, 2023

To celebrate Girl Gone Wild’s first anniversary would like to offer GWCT members a 10% discount on her meals for duration of the month.

GWCT Policy Officer Henrietta Appleton gives an update from the GWCT Policy Team.

The GWCT’s Head of Education and Advisor for Wales and Northwest England, Matt Goodall, was invited on Jeremy Vine’s BBC Radio 2 show on 17 October to explain why the ban on all types of snare in Wales could be bad news for wildlife in the country. He was up against Shahinoor Alom, League Against Cruel Sports’ Public Affairs Officer in Wales.

An annual fundraiser was held in aid of GWCT by their South East Wales Committee, chaired by Roger Thomas and vice-chair Philip Yapp, on Thursday September 21st, held at the iconic Cefn Tilla Court.

Join us in welcoming our new Scottish research students for 2023/24. Learn a little bit more about each of our students and what they hope to achieve with their time at GWCT.

You might have seen George Monbiot’s article in the Guardian on 6 October, criticising pheasant shooting. We responded to the Guardian the next working day but wanted to give them time to print the letter before sharing it with you. As it remains unprinted, please find the letter here.

The pressing need to respond to global climate change and biodiversity loss is undoubtedly driving a large part of our Scottish policy work this year, with government consultations, draft legislation, parliamentary evidence sessions and more coming our way.

The newly launched Sustainable Futures Report 2023, published by the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC), shares insights on how new entrants and next-generation farmers can overcome key barriers to working in the industry.

We are delighted to add Fieldsports Press to our list of premium partners. All GWCT Premium members can now save 15% on annual subscriptions to a range of titles.