Devauden Community Council

Wild Spaces is a funded programme that makes it simple for our communities to make a positive difference for butterflies and moths.  

Butterfly Conservation - a registered charity - is encouring community groups in Newport and the surrounding areas to get involved in a new Wild Spaces project for South Wales. With the help of a dedicated Project Officer, community groups will be able to access a minimum of three years funding to create Wild Spaces on their patch. 

A Wild Space is a space of any size that provides somewhere for butterflies and moths to thrive. They are all around us - the flowers in our window boxes, the pots on our patios, the patches of wildflowers in our gardens or parks. They provide space for nature, and places for people to enjoy the wellbeing benefits spending time in nature brings. Anyone can create a Wild Space, and Butterfly Conservation is seeking to empower as many people and communities as possible to get involved.

The Wild Spaces Programme will provide funding, guidance and dedicated support through a Wild Spaces Officer, helping schools and communities create nature-rich green spaces – whatever size or shape of space they have available. The programme aims to increase access to green spaces, and all the wellbeing benefits they provide, focusing on areas of economic and/or green space deprivation.

Wild Spaces is particularly for those who face barriers to accessing nature and aims to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to access to nature-rich green spaces close to where they live.   

There are two flagship Wild Spaces projects so far, run by dedicated Project Officers.

Read how Two Thousand Children Created Wild Spaces at School 

Discover the successfull Big City Butterflies community project here.