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A week down, a week to go for Let’s Learn Moor 2025
This year’s Let’s Learn Moor events are well underway, with hundreds of children taking part in activities aimed at inspiring them about the importance of moorland conservation and land management.
The duration of the UK’s largest upland classroom has been doubled this year from a week to a fortnight. At the half-way point, BASC head of education and outreach Curtis Mossop said the event had enjoyed an exciting and fantastic start.
Children at the events so far have met gamekeepers and rural police officers, come face to face with hardy hill sheep, learned all about aquatic macroinvertebrates through kick sampling, got up close and personal with working dogs, tried their hand at using fire service equipment and sampled game meat.
An unrivalled learning experience
Curtis said: “The events that have been hosted so far have marked a fantastic and exciting start to Let’s Learn Moor 2025. Due to the continued success of the project, we’ve extended it over two weeks this year, and we will have seen have nearly 2,500 children attend seven different locations across the north of England by the end of this year’s event.
“Let’s Learn Moor presents an opportunity for all the major players in the uplands to come together and deliver an unrivalled learning experience for children. “It is a pleasure to work alongside the Regional Moorland Groups and estates to pull this together.”
Natalie Herd, coordinator for Forest of Bowland Moorland Group, said: “We’ve had two incredibly successful days hosting our Let’s Learn Moor event with hundreds of children from across Lancashire attending. Let’s Learn Moor is a great example of collaboration benefitting young people through hands on, fun and interactive learning. Alongside partners BASC and Countryside Learning, we’ve also had Lancashire Rural Police, Wyre Rivers Trust, Arbor Ace, L&A Dent Game Dealers, Pilling Moss Gundog Club and our Forest of Bowland gamekeepers. It’s just wonderful to see the kids enjoying themselves.”
A big smile on their faces
Phil Herd, headkeeper at Abbeystead Estate, said: “We have had two great days hosting nearly 200 children a day at Let’s Learn Moor and I hope this continues for many years to come. We think it’s so important for these children to see what actually happens in the countryside not just by gamekeepers but all of our partners that are involved with our rural estates for day to day management. It’s wonderful to see the young children so interested in what we do and going away with a big smile on their faces.”
Let’s Learn Moor is a collaborative educational project which is overseen by BASC and Countryside Learning and made possible by accessing BASC’s legacy fund. Events are facilitated by the Regional Moorland Groups and private estates across northern England with the support of more than 50 other partners.
First-hand knowledge
Over the course of the events, children from urban and rural schools will engage directly with those who manage and protect the UK’s moorland landscapes, gaining first-hand knowledge about conservation, biodiversity and rural careers.
LLM 2025 is made possible thanks to financial support from the BASC Legacy Fund, ensuring that children from a range of backgrounds can take part in this vital educational initiative. The programme continues to grow each year, with a record number of schools set to participate.
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