The Bridgend Local Nature Partnership (LNP) is all about bringing people closer to nature. We’re a vibrant group made up of conservation charities, local authorities, community groups, and passionate individuals – all united by a love for the natural world.
Together, we explore, protect, and celebrate the incredible nature right here on our doorstep.
Our goal?
A Bridgend that’s bursting with wildlife and brimming with opportunities to enjoy it.
At the Bridgend LNP, we’re on a mission to connect people with nature while protecting and enhancing our local environment. Here’s how we make it happen:
Join our regular meetings, receive exciting updates through our newsletter, and get access to funding, equipment, and training opportunities.
The following volunteering opportunities are a great way to get involved with nature in Bridgend:
Bedford Park Volunteers:
Fridays from 10:00-14:00. Help with habitat creation, invasive species removal and maintenance of the on-site plant nursery! All welcome, tea and coffee available; volunteers are advised to bring a lunch.
Bryngarw Volunteers:
Meet the first Saturday of every month at 10am outside the Bryngarw cafe. Recent projects have included management of the woodlands, clearing invasive species in the Japanese Garden and helping with customer service tasks during the Easter holidays.
Kenfig NNR Volunteers:
Wildlife Wednesday from 10:00. Take part in wildlife surveys, moth traps and other wildlife surveys when needed. Meet at the visitors’ centre.
Practical Thursday! From 10:00, out on site doing big physical tasks, for the benefit of native wildlife. Meet at the visitors’ centre.
STEER Academy:
The environmental conservation volunteers meet on Fridays from 10:00-14:00. Take part in tree planting, coppicing, habitat creation and other woodland management activities. STEER ask that you are 18 or older, reasonably fit and comfortable working outside in all weather.
Wildlife Trust:
First Monday of every month at Parc Slip from September to April, for presentations and talks on local wildlife. In the summer months the group organises excursions and activities.
For more info on these opportunities or to join our mailing list, email us at: biodiversity@bridgend.gov.uk
Together, let’s make Bridgend bloom!
In partnership with Kenfig Corporation Trust, Bryngarw Park, Bridgend Local Nature Partnership and local volunteers, the Orchard Project will be restoring heritage fruit orchards at several sites in Bridgend.
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Residents across Bridgend County Borough will see significant improvements to local greenspaces over the next 15 months, as part of a programme to create more welcoming, nature-rich places for people and wildlife.
Bridgend Local Nature Partnership has recently received the Welsh Government guidance for the Local Places for Nature funding for 2025-2027
Thank you to everyone who came down to Newbridge Fields on the 25th of July to celebrate the first Bridgend Nature Festival!
The Bridgend Local Nature Partnership, a coalition of organisations, community groups and individuals with an interest in nature recovery, would like to welcome you to our new website.
