Community Hub
Helping you to help nature where you live
Fancy making your neighbourhood a little bit greener and that little bit wilder? You're in the right place! We’re in a nature crisis. This means that without our help, we will lose more and more wildlife – animals, plants, birds and insects. The Community Hub offers you advice on how to help nature while connecting with your community.
How to use the Community Hub
The Community Hub is a place for anyone who wants to do something for nature in their neighbourhood. The resources you will find here offer inspiration, ideas and advice for organising a community project, from funding and finance to working with people and starting your own group.
Click 'Community Hub' on the top left of the screen, beneath The Wildlife Trusts' logo to return to this homepage. Click 'Explore Guides' to see a full list of guides which you can filter by topic. You can download a PDF version of any guide if you want to produce a printout for those who do not have digital access.
Click 'Explore Stories' to see a full list of inspiring stories. You can filter the results by the type of project and its location.
What is Nextdoor Nature?
While exploring the Community Hub you may come across the words Nextdoor Nature. That's because this resource is a direct product of the Nextdoor Nature project, a 2-year initiative that placed community at the heart of what we do at The Wildlife Trusts.
Nextdoor Nature was made possible thanks to £5 million funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, which provided people with the advice and support they needed to help nature on their doorstep. Thousands of groups across the UK were supported by Nextdoor Nature and its legacy lives on. The Community Hub records the stories of many of these groups and offers advice so that others can follow in their footsteps.
For an overview of Nextdoor Nature across the UK, explore the videos and stories on our interactive webpage.
Find your local Wildlife Trust
If you can't find what you're looking for on the Community Hub or would prefer to ask a specific question over the phone or email, you can find your local Wildlife Trust below. Many Trusts have a dedicated member of staff or team to support individuals and groups in the community.
Featured Guides
These guides tell you how to start a group, how to find funding and everything you need to know about insurance, banks and more.
Featured Stories
Stories are full of ideas to show you how everyday communities can help nature and wildlife all over the UK. You can share your story here too!
In this video, Fee from Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, Rupal from BNCHA and an intrepid band of willing volunteers, set about bringing life back to a disused patch of land behind a community centre in Leicester.
In this video, Lucy from Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the community around The Hive on Norwich Road in Ipswich explain how vital the venue is, and show us their amazing garden transformation.
In this video, Durham Wildlife Trust and the people of Washington Mind show us their amazing wildlife-friendly garden and talk about nature's positive impact on our mental health.
Looking for practical tips?
If you are looking for simple things you can do to help wildlife at home, The Wildlife Trusts has lots of information on how to do things like build a birdbox, dig a pond, sow wildflowers and lots more.
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Have you been part of a community nature project?
If you want to tell us your story, we'd love to hear from you! Your experiences will be shared right here on the Community Hub and will inspire others to take action in their own neighbourhoods.
The Community Hub is a direct product of the Nextdoor Nature project, a 2-year initative made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Nextdoor Nature ended in 2024 but its legacy lives on and will continue to bring communities together to help nature flourish where they live and work!