School membership
Join our network of mammal friendly schools and colleges.
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School membership costs £75 for a year, and comes with a host of exciting benefits.
What is Mammal Society school membership?
The Mammal Society provides direct support, inspiration and guidance to help schools and colleges engage with real scientific research and conservation. Our member schools help to improve our understanding of mammal populations across the UK, while we support them to realise benefits for science capital, student leadership, outdoor learning, nature connection and more. We work with our member institutions to design and deliver a bespoke programme that suits their educational level, situation and interests.
Mammal Society school membership benefits
The specific support provided to each school depends on their bespoke plan, the delivery of which can be led by students, by a staff member, or a parent volunteer.
A call with a Mammal Society education officer will explore options and ideas to identify a valuable programme of activities and projects for the institution. However the following benefits and opportunities are available to all member schools.
A welcome pack including a school members handbook with information and project ideas, a mammal footprint tunnel making kit, a ‘mammal mascot’ (selected from a range of British mammal figurines), seed bomb activity kit.
4 seasonal zines that fold out into classroom posters, plus printable activity sheets sent electronically.
Live lesson each term with a Mammal Society expert - topic determined to suit your interest.
Access to free equipment loan scheme to enable school monitoring and habitat creation projects.
Access to exclusive online live and recorded webinars for junior and school members.
A Mammal Society School member digital badge for school/college website and communications.
Listing on the Mammal Society’s website and profile given to your activities and achievements in Mammal Society communications.
Your impact
For the school
Increased science capital, ecological literacy and nature connection amongst students. Outdoor learning opportunities. Schoolground biodiversity improvements.
For mammal conservation
Valuable data on mammals present in your local landscape, collected and submitted to inform current scientific research and conservation.
Increased awareness of mammals and the issues they face amongst your school community and beyond.
Schoolground actions to support vulnerable mammal populations under guidance of Mammal Society experts.
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That’s fine! You’d be amazed by the mammal activity even in built up urban areas, and your grounds sit in a wider landscape and can still offer passage and foraging sites for mammals that live nearby. There are actions that can be taken to make even sites with no green space into mammal-friendly parts of the landscape.
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Yes! There is no obligation on member schools to raise money for the work of the Mammal Society, but it’s a fantastic way to support the essential work we do to study and protect native mammals. Our Fundraising toolkit has loads of ideas and support resources to help schools do this, and we will happily waive the school membership fee for schools that raise over £200 for us through their activities.
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The projects and activities that we can support you to design and deliver can contribute to your outdoor learning targets, the Education nature Park, Eco Schools and Nature Friendly Campus. We can provide advice and support to identify opportunities for such recognition for your mammal supporting activities.