Organisational members of DorsetCAN
Providing an umbrella network for likeminded groups across Dorset
Bee Friendly Bridport
https://www.beefriendlybridport.org
We are bee enthusiasts who would like to improve habitat and access to safe forage for all our pollinators including the bees. We are bringing local environmental groups together to create awareness of how the community can help as a whole to achieve this.
Blandford Enviromental Trust (BET)
https://blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/partnerships-and-links/
BET manages Angus Wood, a small (0.5ha) plot of young woodland situated amongst housing near Blandford town centre. Planted by the Woodland Trust for Mrs Jean Angus in 1985, and donated to the community by the Angus Family in 1990, it is leased by the Woodland Trust to BET so that it could be permanently open to the public and used as a setting for nature-based, storytelling and other events. Facebook page @Blandford Environmental Trust
Blandford Town Museum
https://blandfordtownmuseum.org.uk/
Blandford Town Museum collects, conserves and displays heritage for the Blandford area.
Chettle Estate
https://www.instagram.com/chettlevillage
A thriving regenerative community in North Dorset
A village w/ regenerative ideologies. Putting community, nature & resilience before profit. Home to the Chettle Lodge & Chettle Store
Dorset Butterfly Conservation
https://www.dorsetbutterflies.com/
Butterflies and moths are one of the most threatened groups of wildlife in the UK. There has been a decline of 75% since the 1970s. Butterfly Conservation seeks to improve their habitat and population throughout Dorset and beyond.
Dorset Downs Natural Burial Meadow
https://www.leedam.com/locations/dorset-downs/
Dorset Downs natural burial meadow is a sustainable, natural alternative to conventional cemeteries and crematoriums. It is located just 5 miles outside Dorchester and is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty..
Dorset Local Nature Partnership
http://www.dorsetlnp.org.uk
Dorset LNP is a strategic partnership that works to maximise our environment for wildlife, people and business.
Dorset National Park Team
https://www.dorsetnationalpark.com/
Aims to establish a National Park that will work in partnership for a sustainable, thriving future for Dorset’s communities, economy and environment, help address the climate and ecological emergencies, and help us all safeguard and pass on our very special environment and heritage for the benefit of future generations and the nation.
EuCAN Community Interest Company
https://www.eucan.org.uk/
We work with volunteers and contractors in wildlife conservation and habitat management mainly in Dorset and Somerset and have three volunteer groups - the Dorset Midweek Volunteers based in Dorchester and \weymouth, the Somerset EuCAN volunteers and the Milverton Conservation Volunteers Group. Our contractors work with a range of different clients in Dorset and Somerset.
Friends of Wellfields community group
A community based volunteer group in Bradpole, Bridport, Dorset.
They are trying to add trees, plants and bulbs to green verges and spaces in and around their neighbourhood.
They want to encourage Bridport Town Council to help them create more biodiversity.
Keep Corfe Mullen Green
https://www.facebook.com/groups/359565477551125
A community group set up to stop excessive house building in the green belt and protect green spaces. We believe that any development on the Corfe Mullen green belt would ruin the beauty, character and heart of our village.
Leigh Climate Group
https://www.facebook.com/LeighClimateGroup
We began in 2020 to bring climate change and ecological concerns to the forefront of thinking within this small Dorset village. With the parish council we installed cycle racks at the village hall and ran a Plastic Free July campaign in 2021. During 2022/23 Leigh Talks covered topics from plastic pollution, transport, energy, farming, food waste, textile mending skills and gardening. We look at individual’s choice and change.
Little Green Change
https://littlegreenchange.com/
Little Green Change is a not-for-profit social enterprise, providing environmental education and opportunities for children in primary and secondary-aged schools, and in the community. Our aim is to inspire, educate and facilitate action, benefitting both the planet and people. We do this through our educational Schools’ Programme, environmental events, competitions, projects, our annual magazine, and initiatives.
Planet Shaftesbury
https://www.planetshaftesbury.org/
Network of Shaftesbury area individuals and groups who share concerns about climate, nature and pollution. We maintain a website, host monthly meetings, and are connected through a newsletter.
The Countryside Regeneration Trust
https://www.thecrt.co.uk/
The Countryside Regeneration Trust protects, promotes, and regenerates our land and all life on it, by bringing people and properties together to make everyone a friend of the countryside. At the CRT we take a holistic approach to tackle the biodiversity crisis. Through our ownership of 19 properties across England, we work with tenant farmers, wildlife monitors and volunteers to develop and implement sustainable farming methods and vital conservation practices.
The Dorset Bee
https://www.thedorsetbee.co.uk/
We specialise in sustainable beekeeping. Offering educational courses and workshops for individuals, companies, schools and organisations. We also offer consultancy for land owners and businesses. We offer beekeeping as a Green Social Prescription.
The Piddle Path
https://piddlepath.wordpress.com/
A community campaign to improve the Piddletrenthide to Piddlehinton bridleway to make it passable in all weathers but in keeping with its rural surrounds. We want to encourage more people to get out cycling, walking and riding and link the communities of Piddletrenthide and Piddlehinton and provide an alternative to the busy B3143. We want to provide a safe route to school, to the local pubs, businesses and amenities and to link friends. We want to reduce parking in the villages and we want to reduce car usage. We want to make the Piddle Path usable for everyone; for the less mobile, for wheel chairs and buggies.
The Portland Biodiversity Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/640273740306604
Exists to explore, monitor and promote the natural heritage of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, through the inclusive engagement with those that share this interest.
The Word Forest Organisation
https://www.wordforest.org/
A small charity that plants trees, builds schools, facilitates education and supports women’s empowerment in rural Kenya. Aside from the building, we do much the same in the UK but on a smaller scale.
In order to help this #SmallButMighty charity get more urgently needed trees in the ground, they have a wonderfully creative and ethical range of options to help them raise funds.
See their funky, page-turning eCards at eCards.WordForest.org and their range of organic cotton, vegan-friendly tee-shirts at WordForest.org/shop including an exclusive design by Kate Winslet!