Learn more about upcoming Trent river projects as well as reflections and an overview from the Transforming the Trent Valley project in East Staffordshire. Nicola will also give an overview of the benefits to volunteering with projects like this, and the experiences that it could give you that may be valuable in the future.

This talk will be useful for any student interested in rivers, cultural and natural heritage, conservation, community engagement, stakeholders, and more.
Learn more: https://www.thetrentvalley.org.uk/

‘As we near the end of the first phase of the Transforming the Trent Valley Landscape Partnership Scheme (TTTV), join Nicola Lynes to hear what has been achieved throughout this scheme for the benefit of the biodiversity, cultural heritage and people along the River Trent in East Staffordshire and South Derbyshire since 2019. We’ll also take a look forward to the future of the Transforming the Trent Valley Partnership, and hear what the partnership has planned for other stretches of the River Trent and local communities in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. Following this talk, there will be a discussion about the value of volunteering and work placements on these types of partnership projects. Nicola will share some examples of successful volunteering placements throughout TTTV, and explore what opportunities may be available on the upcoming Trent Valley projects.’

 

Nicola Lynes is the Climate Action Manager for Support Staffordshire, and worked as the Community Engagement Officer for the initial TTTV scheme. Her background is in conservation and environmental education, youth engagement with nature, and more recently community engagement. She is a passionate advocate for volunteering and has volunteered in many different roles and organisations, including as a group co-ordinator leading youth groups on international volunteering trips across the world, and leading UK volunteering residential work parties for international volunteers.

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