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A warm welcome Business support revamp

The Trust would like to extend a warm welcome to the following staff who have recently Animal Friends #charitygiveaway In February 2019,
joined us: the Trust undertook
Rebecca Levey joins as Conservation Trainee with the Making a Buzz for the Coast some changes to
project, focusing on practical conservation and key habitat sites. the way we work
Patricia Dove joins as Outreach Trainee for the Making a Buzz for the Coast project, with businesses.
supporting the team with public engagement and communication activities. Patricia has We no longer use
previously volunteered for the project. the word ‘Corporate’
as ‘Business’ better
Izzy Knight joins as Green Lanes for Bumblebees Trainee. She will be trained in reflects the audience
bumblebee and wild flower identification, practical habitat management skills, outreach
and advising farmers and landowners. we work with, mostly
small to medium
Dr Mia Derhé has joined the Science team as Data Monitoring Officer. Mia will be working sized businesses. Our business membership
on analysis of data from the Science and Conservation teams, starting by looking at now has two categories; BusinessPlus and
population changes in rare bees at Dungeness and linking these to floristic changes and Business. We have updated our website,
management work to help inform the Trust’s practical conservation work. In November 2018, we were literature and membership to reflect this
nominated by customers of Animal important change. A White-tailed pin badge
Recognition and awards New trustee Friends Pet Insurance to be in with is now attached to the new membership! You

Dr Natasha de Vere was co-opted a chance of winning £100k in the can take a look at the Business webpage at
The Trust is now registered with the Fundraising to our Board of Trustees in March. #100kcharitygiveaway. After a month www.bumblebeeconservation.org/business-
Regulator. You can see their logo on our Natasha is Head of Science at the of voting and sharing, the Trust were support/
fundraising promise webpage. In England, National Botanic Garden of Wales invited to the ‘Big Reveal’ on 10
Wales and Northern Ireland, it is the Fundraising and a Senior Lecturer at Aberystwyth December to announce the winner. Trustee vacancies
Regulator who oversees the standard for University. She has been responsible Although the Trust didn’t win, we
fundraising and deals with complaints about for the science programme at the were delighted when surprised with The Trust is currently looking for three
charity fundraising. More information can be Botanic Garden for eleven years. a cheque for £25,000! Gill Perkins, new trustees to join our Board. We would
found at www.bumblebeeconservation.org/our- CEO said “this is a huge amount like to recruit new trustees with Science
fundraising-promise/ Natasha is passionate about public of money which will fund our new and Conservation, Fundraising and
engagement with science, especially Communications, and Finance skills.
Recently, the Trust achieved the Charity using art-science projects to engage ‘Saving the Great Yellow bumblebee’
Excellence Framework Quality Mark. This and develop a wide audience with project, and I am delighted”. Thank The closing date for submitting an
assesses our performance in eight key areas scientific ideas. you to all our members for helping application is 30 April 2019. Full details of
- governance, strategy, people, charitable achieve this. Our congratulations to the vacancies are available on our website
operations, risk, finance & resources, income Thank you! Street Vet, who won the vote. at www.bumblebeeconservation.org/
generation and communications and provides vacancies/.
evidence to funders and other stakeholders of Our membership team Thank you to Welcome back . . .
everyone who
our commitment to excellence. would like to thank all our
members who recently responded to voted for the Trust’s
We are sure you will agree this is an our ‘children’s membership’ survey application to the Surveys Officer, Helen Dickinson will be
outstanding achievement for the with their feedback. We will be Aviva Community returning from maternity leave in April to
Trust. relaunching our ‘junior membership’ Fund. On this continue her role supporting BeeWalkers.
in November 2019, with a bigger, occasion we did not receive an award, Stephanie Miles, who has spent the past
year as Helen’s maternity cover, will remain
brighter and more engaging however, Aviva have kindly donated with the Trust as GIS Officer. We wish them
welcome pack. Watch this space! £500 towards our BeeWalk project. both well in their roles!
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