Keeping it Wild Collective

The Keeping it Wild Collective is our programme of events and opportunities, designed by young people for young people! The Collective aims to bring together young Londoners aged 16-30 to gain skills, connections and support to work together to take action for nature and people in their neighbourhood and across the city.

The Collective hosts regular workshops and events at our nature reserves and online, on a range of themes from practical conservation to creative activities and career support. You don’t have to be a nature expert to take part; the aim of the Collective is to bring together people with different backgrounds, skills and passions– because nature recovery needs all of us!

Our recent evaluation of Keeping it Wild Phase 2 showed that while past projects were successful in engaging underrepresented groups and including youth voices, barriers remain. We identified young people’s need for structured employability support, role models, and practical experiences to build skills and confidence. To find out how we can achieve this, ensuring representation, inclusivity and a youth-led focus, we ran a series of development workshops to test ideas with young people. 

Supported by

The development phase for the Keeping it Wild Collective was supported by the Mayor of London. The delivery of the Keeping it Wild Collective is made possible by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.