Oxford Urban Wildlife Group

Joining Oxford Urban Wildlife Group.

As a member of Oxford Urban Wildlife Group you can:

  • take part in a wide range of activities to explore ourlocal environment
  • receive a three-monthlynewsletter containinglocal wildlife news, articles of local interestand listings ofevents run by Oxfordconservation groups.
  • take part in worthwhile conservation work at Boundary Brook, getting fresh air and exercise in this "greengym".
  • help
  • learn new skills either informally on site or by attendingformal training courses.
  • join walks in Oxford's green places.
  • attend wildlifetalks often with topics of local interest.
  • take part in surveys of areas of interest or perhaps under threat of development.
  • and take part in many Oxford celebrations and events such as Wolvercote Apple Day, Elder Stubbs Allotment Festival and the ROHS annual event.

OUWG annual membership fees – which give you voting rights at the AGM – are detailed below:

Joining Oxford Urban Wildlife Group.

Please use the Membership download in Word.doc.

Individual  
£5.00
Family  
£8.00
Unwaged and under 16
: Payment optional
Group  
£15.00
  • Please make cheque payable to OXFORD URBAN WILDLIFE GROUP and return this slip to:
  • Oxford Urban Wildlife Group, Pat Hartridge, 49 Old Road, Wheatley, Oxford OX33 1NX.

If you would be willing to help occasionally with any of the following - please would you tick any items below (as appropriate) so that we could contact you, to see if you are free, when we need help.

  • Displaying posters on a board or window.
  • Helping on a stall at Open Days/Fun in the Parks.
  • Deliver and/or collect plants to/from a stall
  • Show school groups around Boundary Brook.
  • Write something for the quarterly newsletter.
  • Provide line drawings/photos for the newsletter.
  • Overwinter immature plants for later sale.
  • Provide physical help at the Nature Park on an occasional basis.
  • Give a talk on a subject relevant to the group (we have our own projector).
  • Help with botanical surveys (experience not essential).
  • Research and comment on planning applications.
  • Join the Committee which meets about 6 times a year.

If you have any interests or skills that you feel might be useful to the group, please list them (here):

If you have any questions about what is involved in any of these, please contact Janet Keene Telephone: 01865 820522.

Please use the Membership Form download in a Word.doc.