Tag: Steve Backshall

Wildlife has won the People’s Postcode Lottery with a £400,000 boost

Stuart Mitchell

TV presenter Steve Backshall thanked players of People’s Postcode Lottery for raising £400,000 to help treat wildlife at RSPCA centres as well as firing-up local communities to help wild creatures they share their neighbours with. The generous support comes as the RSPCA celebrates 200-years of changing animals’ lives for the better and will help fund vital work by the charity’s four specialist wildlife rehabilitation centres  – RSPCA East Winch in Norfolk, RSPCA West Hatch in Somerset, RSPCA Mallydams Wood in East Sussex and RSPCA Stapeley Grange in Cheshire. The money…

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Nature 2030 campaign launches

Stuart Mitchell

Celebrities, charities and the public want radical new commitments for nature from politicians at the 2024 general election Major ‘Nature 2030’ campaign launches today with landmark 5-point plan for nature The 5 key asks of political parties include: doubling the wildlife-friendly farming budget, making polluters pay for nature restoration, a large-scale green jobs creation scheme, increased protection and funding for wildlife sites and a new law guaranteeing environmental rights New research shows the public is unimpressed with the Government’s performance on the environment. Only 1 in 10 (8-13%) think the…

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