Hop off the Press Have your say By Anju Sarpal - Communications & Outreach Manager
As part of ARC’s commitment towards maintaining and developing a working environment that is welcoming to people from all backgrounds and abilities, we have recently embarked on a development programme with the National Centre for Diversity (NDC). As a first step we aim to collate your views via a survey that will enable you to “have your say” on how we are doing in terms of FREDIE: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement. From your feedback we will develop support and training from recommendations given by NCD. Your responses will remain confidential and ARC staff will not be party to individual responses, giving you the opportunity to be open and honest in your views. The survey forms part of a wider ARC Equality Diversity Inclusion programme, in partnership with the ReThink Nature partnership, Wildlife and Countryside LINK and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. A separate FREDIE volunteer survey has also been issued (https:// tinyurl.com/FREDIEvols) allowing us to assess the volunteer experience and how we can improve on removing barriers for engagement. Please do take the opportunity to complete the survey, which should take no more than 15-20 minutes, to have your say and give us a solid starting point to take this programme forward.
Dressed for success! By Angela Reynolds - Editor This winter, ARC staff and volunteers will be kitted out in a range of new clothing provided by our Corporate Supporters Hotline - Dorset based supplier of promotional products & branded merchandise. With our staff and volunteer numbers growing country wide, we have even more opportunities to maintain a visible presence to the general public, partners and stakeholders and promote our brand and activities year round. We have two new products to add to our current range of polo shirts and fleeces – a beanie hat and an outdoor jacket to keep our field based staff warm and waterproof in our good old British weather! The volunteer polo shirts have been rebranded and will be issued to our regular volunteers along with a beanie hat to say thank you for their commitment and highly valued hard work, week after week, in all weathers. Beanies will be available from the ARC online shop to buy at a discounted price for our ARC members www.arc-trust.org/ Pages/Shop
THIS SURVEY CLOSES ON DECEMBER 31ST 2021. Take the survey here: https://tinyurl.com/
FREDIEsurvey
Photos: ARC’s Rachael & Gary and ARC volunteer David © ARC
New ARC Children's story book ‘In Search of Old Uncle Blue’ - Available now! By Owain Masters - Snakes in the Heather Public Engagement and Education Officer Sophie thinks she might be a snake, but she isn’t sure... Full of eager curiosity to find out about herself and others like her, Sophie sets off on an adventure to find her family. This educational storybook, with a readership level of 4-10 years, is beautifully illustrated with hand-painted artwork and teaches the reader about our fascinating wildlife, especially reptiles, and the habitats that can be found on our doorstep - a great gift for children at Christmas! You can get a sneak preview from our Patron Chris Packham here: https://tinyurl.com/CPackham-ISOOUB-reading 4
The book is available to purchase from our website shop at a discounted price for ARC members and volunteers www.arc-trust.org/pages/shop/department/books
