The UK has 15 National Parks, making up 10% of our land in England and Wales and 7.2% in Scotland. Home to extensive wildlife and over 86% of threatened bird species, according to studies only 5% of this land is effectively protected for nature and biodiversity. By giving a voice to nature in National Parks, changing policy and raising the profile of the people doing essential work we can improve the health of nature.

Not only does Campaign for National Parks fight for better protection of nature in National Parks, it also seeks access to national parks for a wider group of people. Half of the country’s Open Access land is found in National Parks, but a small demographic make up the visitors. We’ll be starting by supporting CNP’s Youth Ambassadors, giving a voice to young people inspiring broader access.

Raise £50,000 and activate 50,000 people to take action for nature and improve access to national parks.

• Kicked off our Campaign for National Parks partnership in November, with a commitment to help more young people access nature in National Parks
• Joined a session with their Youth Ambassadors to better understand their perspective and strategy and how we can help
• Would have liked to run a campaign this year, but didn’t have time. We’ve started making plans for 2024

• Updated our member area so owners could improve their accessibility information. Early next year we’ll inspire and influence more owners to do this, by launching a dedicated collection landing page
• Continued to grow the accessibility collection on Canopy & Stars, with every new place having accessibility information, photos and video

Worked to make this the norm in our marketing, although this is still an ongoing process. Many of our photoshoots have models from diverse backgrounds and we’ve been working with influencers and experts from a broad variety of voices on features such as:

• Chloe, Editor of Disability, who reviewed her experience staying at Wonham Oak
• Gemma @wheelsnoheels, who tested out our new accessible safari tents ‘Flora & Fauna’
• The six groups improving access to the outdoors Series 3 of ‘The Life More Wild’ podcast welcomed a whole host of brilliant folks sharing their stories; Mike Duxbury shared his experience on life as a blind farmer, Tom Leonard, The Drag Queen Gardener, spoke on the benefits of gardening and Liv Little advocate for marginalised voices, spoke about creativity, loss, grounding herself by the sea