Lakeside Nature Centre

We are very pleased to have completed the Lakeside Nature Centre at Lower Moor Farm during the last year, with funding provided by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.

The new centre provides a multi-use building for nature tourism and provides stunning views over Cottage Lake for nature watching.

Over the coming year we will be running events, courses, walks, talks, clubs and activities from the Centre and wider reserve to improve wildlife and environmental knowledge.

The funding has also greatly improved the existing carpark and road into the reserve. The Lakeside Care Farm will also be helping to undertake works in and around the wonderful new Centre.

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Change your food habits

Agriculture accounted for 10% of UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2018.
Change how you travel

Transport currently accounts for 27% of UK emissions. Making small changes to how you get from A to B will make a big difference!
Lakeside Care Farm Cleaner

The successful candidate will undertake the cleaning of all rooms and offices to ensure they are kept in a clean and hygienic condition to support the activities delivered at Lakeside.
Change your energy use

Energy used in buildings accounts for around 17% of total emissions. Reducing your household energy use by switching to a renewable energy supplier or purchasing a heat pump will help cut down.

Building Bridges

The Building Bridges programme supports people across Swindon and Wiltshire who have challenges, helping them to develop skills, access to education or move towards work.
Care Farms

Care farms provide a supervised, structured programme of farming-related activities. Contact with nature has a powerful role to play in helping those with learning disabilities, mental ill-health, Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), and social and communication difficulties.
Coombe Bissett Project

Support our Coombe Bissett Down nature reserve, a 70.6 hectare chalk downland valley funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Join us for surveying, training and event days or volunteer with us.
Green Living

Ways you can live more sustainably.
Milestones

The Milestones project aims to connect vulnerable and marginalised young people aged 11-24 to their local, natural environment by offering opportunities to participate in practical activities and widen their knowledge and appreciation of local green spaces and nature reserves.
Sustainability Project

Find out how we're reviewing our carbon footprint to make sure we’re carbon-neutral by 2030.
Swindon Forest Meadows Project

The Forest meadows project is a joint project between Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. The Forest meadows project aims to create, restore, enhance and better manage grassland sites covering approximately 170 hectares and focused on 12 sites.
The Wellbeing Programme

The Wellbeing Programme provides nature-based activities for people living with mental health issues like anxiety, depression, low mood and stress.
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC)

The programme seeks to engage asylum seekers and refugees aged from 14 to 25 in differing styles of Events, Activities and green prescription activity groups.
Water Team

The Water Team relies on volunteers like you to manage our river and wetland work outside of our nature reserves. From advisory visits, through to the design and delivery of technical restoration projects, our team is successfully working to improve our freshwater environment for both wildlife and people throughout the county.