Wildlife Walks

West Hull Community Sports Club provides a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment. Run by volunteers, the club has extended beyond a rugby club, through the development of a community hub. Using its space and place to connect people and communities, the club is strengthening its role within, and for, the local area.

As part of our community hub, we have been developing a Wildlife Area on our playing fields to connect sport and nature, in partnership with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and have committed to the Wildlife Trusts’ 30By30 initiative to increase nature by 30% by 2030.

The space we have created provides a number of opportunities for the local community:

• encouraging people of all ages to explore, learn from, and connect with their surroundings, whether this be for a peaceful walk to support wellbeing, or to see and hear wildlife in its natural form
• providing the opportunity for intergenerational activity and connections through both our community hub attendees and young people
• providing younger visitors and members with a safe space to explore and have adventures whilst others enjoy the peace and quiet
• connecting individuals with hearing impairments and others with visual impairment to use each others senses to enjoy nature in a safe space
• showcasing what is possible to change on our sports areas and urban green spaces without losing or reducing its original and desired function, creating spaces and places for us all to succeed