We need your support...
LEMUR has secured funding for one more intake of trainees. The challenge now is to find new funding that is flexible and sustainable, enabling us to expand our programme of bursary placements. For that we need YOUR support.
Register your support and help us bridge the skills gap so that vital fieldwork skills don’t become extinct.
Follow the link below and register your support for LEMUR.
What is LEMUR
The ‘Learning Environments in Marine, Urban and Rural areas’ (LEMUR) project is an accredited training scheme that offers a fast track route to developing the necessary skills and competency required to gain a professional post in nature conservation. The ‘on the job’ placements and training reflect either a marine, urban or rural aspect of nature conservation.
To date LEMUR has provided 36 funded heritage bursary training placements over 3 years that have given each placement the necessary skills and experience to enter a professional post in nature conservation.
Through training hubs in Herefordshire, Devon and Sheffield, the project provides twelve 9-month work-based accredited training placements a year which are hosted by a broad range of local heritage conservation organisations.
The Devon placements has a marine theme linked to coastal habitats.
The Herefordshire placements has a rural theme linked to woodlands, wildflower meadow, rivers, orchards and agriculture.
The Sheffield placements has an urban theme linked to habitats within urban wildlife corridors.
Each placement receives a combination of ‘on-the-job’ professional experience and mentoring from their host organisation. In order to kick-start this professional experience the project partners deliver tailored training focused upon species identification, wildlife habitat survey, habitat management and heritage interpretation (education) skills.
The project offers Level 3 vocational accreditation in either NVQ 3 Environmental Conservation or Level 3 Biological assessment Skills.
LEMUR fosters an ethos of learning through watching others and then practising in a safe, learner-supported framework. Developing networks, sharing knowledge and experience and building relationships with other wildlife professionals and fellow trainees was also central to the LEMUR journey.
