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Nuneaton: Wilder Community Organising
Wilder Organising and Community Action in Nuneaton
The communities in Attleborough and Hill Top in Nuneaton are working to create positive outcomes for nature with the help of Lee Copplestone, the Wilder Community Organiser in the area. Take a look at the information below to learn more about the actions they’ve taken as a community to help wildlife in their local area.
Welcome to Lee, our Wilder Community Organiser
I grew up in Birmingham loving urban wildlife, particularly birds. House sparrows and skylarks were the soundtrack to my early life.
After I left school, I studied at art college and began playing in bands. Music became a huge part of my work and I worked as a youth worker with my music and also as a community musician, and have worked with many organisations such as Sense, Mencap, West Midlands Arts, CBSO, Walsall College, Walsall Youth Arts and Trident Housing Association in Birmingham.
In 2000, I made a change of direction from music to the environment sector when I joined the RSPB as Environmental Youth Worker. I’ve also worked for the Keep Britain Tidy campaign and then joined Warwickshire Wildlife Trust as a Community Organiser in 2023.
I now apply a community organising approach to nature and wildlife and it has proved a very enjoyable new challenge. Currently, I work hyper-locally in Attleborough and Hill Top in Nuneaton.
Your Local Area of Nuneaton
Check out this PDF below for localised data about the constituency of Nuneaton. It includes information about public opinions from constituents, the state of habitats and nature in that area, which is useful for lobbying your MP and building evidence-based ideas.
Inspirational Case Studies
Coming soon!