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title: Wild Places News - November 2025
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Whether you want to take action for wild places or just read about what we are doing to protect them, we hope you enjoy this bumper edition!

| View in browser   Wild Places News November 2025   Dear Supporter   Welcome to your latest Wild Place News! This month we bring you a bumper edition designed to boost your love of wild places and thank you for supporting our work.   Whether you are intersted in our advocacy work (please join our campaign to Protect the Wild), our UK-wide engagement work, our land restoration work (support our Mountain Woodland Appeal) or much more, we're sure you'll find something of interest to 'coorie in' and read.   Do consider supporting our vital work by becoming a Member. And finally, check out our festive gifts collection. Buy direct from us and all profits go towards our work in wild places. Wild Places News Glelude partnership wins award! Congratulations to our Glenlude team and our partners Phoenix Futures whose Recovery Through Nature in the Phoenix Forest programme last night won a prestigious Nature of Scotland Award. Funding boost for Coventry plans Thanks to funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Nature Towns and Cities fund, the Trust can start piloting engagement and training activities in Charterhouse Heritage Park, including heritage talks, wildlife walks and river surveys. Trust speaks at land reform conference The Trust was invited to share our views on how best to achieve a new vision for Scotland’s land at the recent REVIVE conference in Perth. Please join our nationwide campaign to Protect the Wild. Award inspires action for wild places "I didn't realise how much I liked being outside until we started this. It makes me feel less stressed." Find out how our relaunched John Muir Award is encouraging people across the UK to connect with wild places. Focus on mountain woodland Read about downy willow and then find out how East Schiehallion is playing a leading role in mountain woodland restoration, and how you can boost our efforts by supporting our Mountain Woodland Appeal. Engaging with wild places In 2025, our educational hiking programme Connect Outdoors worked with five new partners, helping enrich more under-represented communities with outdoor experiences in Scotland. Read more. Storm damage repaired on Nevis path Thanks to everyone who supports our Wild Ways Path Appeal, our contractors could quickly repair damage to the popular path we look after at Steall Gorge. Read more and see before and after pictures. Worn but not Worn Out Any outdoor gear that you not longer use? Donate it to Tiso's intitative that resells old outdoor gear and equipment that meets product standards - raising money for its charity partners, including the Trust! Wild Moment: A brush with fungi Read how David Mitchell's 30-year artistic exploration of fungi - that included discovering a new species.- resulted in a beautiful new book that's packed full of close up studies of fungi.Inspired to submit your own Wild Moment? Find how here Read all our latest news Direct Debit payment update We are changing our Direct Debit provider to GoCardless. If you currently donate via Direct Debit, you’ll receive a notification of this before 31 January 2026. No action is required. Skye Candles: perfect for warming winter evenings We're delighted to announce our new partnership with Skye Candles. As well as supporting the Trust, Skye Candles has supplied us with three candles including: Winter Warmer; Wildflowers and Juniper Berry. All profit will the support the work we do protecting and restoring wild places. Find Skye Candles as well as the rest of our festive collection for more seasonal gift inspiration here! Dates for your diary Glenlude volunteer day (Scottish Borders) 4 December Join our regular volunteers at our volunteering hub in the Scottish Borders. Find out how to sign up.   John Muir Award Provider workshop (online) 8 December, 9.30 am - 11 am Want to find out more about the John Muir Award? Sign up to attend a free 90 minute monthly workshop to learn about the Wild Places Guardian Award.   Conservation day at Glen Tanar (North East Scotland) 13 December All welcome to join a conservation day arranged by our North East Local Members' Group at Glen Tanar. Find out more. Photography: Les Ward and John Muir Trust Copyright © 2025 John Muir Trust. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in or signed up via johnmuirtrust.org. Our mailing address is: John Muir Trust, Tower House, Station Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 5AN, Scotland, 01796 470080 Unsubscribe \| Manage preferences |
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