The School Grounds Biodiversity Action Plan

Bee The Brighton & Hove School Grounds Biodiversity Action Plan has been progressed ahead of the main City BAP as a pilot scheme. A BAP Partnership has been established involving school teachers, educationalists and nature conservationists to address issues peculiar to the school environment and a biodiversity audit of all the school grounds in Brighton & Hove has been carried out. You can read a report of the audit (1.3MB PDF file) here.

The Broad Objectives of the School BAP are as follows:

To increase biodiversity in school grounds
To incorporate biodiversity conservation into school life
To improve biodiversity information for schools
To increase the resources available for school biodiversity
To monitor achievements

You can read the full BAP report (1.5MB PDF file) here.

The School BAP Partnership is currently investigating funding opportunities.

If you are interested in joining the Partnership or want to know more about the Brighton & Hove School Grounds BAP, please e-mail us at citywildlife@brighton-hove.gov.uk. Please put 'School BAP' in the subject line of your e-mail.