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March 2019 Your photo gallery
The bumble blog If you would like to see your

We’re on a mission . . with a vision Full team meeting in Birmingham photo featured in Buzzword,
please email: media@
bumblebeeconservation.org
This may sound grandiose but here their validity, and the Trust has spent 18 36 out of a possible 41 members of staff met in
at the Trust we are about to mark a months ensuring that our next five years will Birmingham in mid-March for the Trust’s full team
particular moment in the Trust’s evolution; produce the impact we all want. meeting. Most of the Trust’s staff work from home or
we are launching our strategy for the Thanks to you, staff, and trustees for all your in small teams and the full team meeting is, therefore,
next five years. We will be building on support and investment in shaping this plan. the only time each year to bring staff together. Over a
past successes, making changes and A little part of me can’t help thinking – it’s so three day period, staff undertook a variety of training
creating new opportunities to ensure our good to be here. sessions, including finance and communications, with
bumblebees flourish. Today marks a milestone in a long but very some fantastic podcasts being produced, received
an overview of the project work taking place across
Our plans are the end product of a rewarding process. Here’s to a healthy, the country, watched updates on future plans, and
very considered process that ultimately impactful and relevant Trust, now and for the discussed how to implement our new five year strategy.
involved members, staff and trustees. sake of a future for bumblebees. Emma Landsell, our new Making a Buzz for the Coast
It also involved a considerable amount Project Manager said,
of research into the growing body You can read more on pages 8 and 9 with a “I enjoyed meeting so
summary document available online by May.
of evidence that indicates how the many great people and
environmental landscape is shifting for hearing all the amazing
charities that work in it, and for those that things going on across
own and work the land. That is all I’m the country. I’ve come
going to say about Brexit. away exhausted but
It is really important that any organisation energised!”
periodically revisits its fundamental
purposes, in order to refresh and reaffirm Gill Perkins, CEO Bigger and better!
Some of you will have noticed a small but significant
change to this month’s Buzzword. We have increased the
length from 20 to 24 pages to give you more information
Contents on the work the Trust carries out. We enjoy putting the
magazine together and hope you enjoy reading the
10. Are road verges good or bad for content!
bumblebees? Photo (above): Bex
12. The ‘Big 7’ pull-out poster Cartwright, Conservation
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16. Calling on microbial allies to
protect bee health

Get in touch

Post Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Beta Centre, Cover picture
Stirling University Innovation Park, Stirling FK9 4NF Early bumblebee (Bombus
pratorum) by Kate Jaconello
Phone 01786 594 130
Email enquiries@bumblebeeconservation.org
volunteering@bumblebeeconservation.org
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