PROJECT
Hastings Wild Things
FUNDING
The three-year project cost ú411,000, with about 60 per cent from the Big Lottery's Access to Nature programme and the rest from trusts, donations, RSPCA, visiting groups and in-kind support
BACKGROUND
RSPCA Mallydams Wood is based near Hastings, one of the most deprived towns in the country. Its project Hastings Wild Things launched in 2010. "When we consulted locally we found a lot of children and young people weren't accessing nature even though we are surrounded by countryside," explains youth engagement officer Anna Herrieven. The site had worked with schools but the aim was to broaden that out to all ages.
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