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David Oakes @David_Oakes

(Now on Bluesky.)

Joined January 2009
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David Oakes@David_Oakes
25 Nov 2024
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The Children’s Society Policy Team@ChildSocPol
27 Feb 2025
🚨 Must-listen: The Endemic Truth on @BBCRadio4 this Sunday at 7:15pm. Members from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse changemaker survivor community share powerful insights on what must change. Tune in or listen later 👇 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028jj…

BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, The Endemic Truth

As reports of child sexual abuse rise, survivors unite for meaningful action.

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Looking forward to a special few days in @ParkBandhavgarh, and surrounding buffer zones, with @wti_org_india. Especially looking forward to seeing in action the Rapid Action Projects (RAP) that @DSWFWildlife supports. (More info to follow on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/davidoakes.…)
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Stunning few days in Kaziranga NP with @DSWFWildlife & @Aaranyak; an incredible place supported by incredible charities. Both well worth supporting! Many thanks to @LensesForHire for helping record the experience. Shall share more photos (ONLY) on Bluesky soon.
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Stilton has legal protection; our oldest Trees do not. To say nothing of biodiversity or carbon, ancient trees are aligned with our history, our identity and our culture. 🌳🌳🌳 Help the @WoodlandTrust now: woodlandtrust.org.uk/protect…
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Happy #NationalBadgerDay 🦡 🎉 Have celebrated by listening to Curlews where the rivers Truro and Tresilian meet. Not a badger in sight, but this year's theme of #NatureIsMyHappyPlace made seeking out the Wobbly Waders seem appropriate! #Brocktober #NBD24
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Richard Benwell@RSBenwell
3 Oct 2024
Our progress report on #30x30 reveals the urgency for action needed to meet this critical target for wildlife. Since the target was set in 2020, land has languished at around 3% well protected for nature. Almost 10% of the sea is now safe from trawling. wcl.org.uk/assets/uploads/0/…
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Kirsty Innes@kirstyinnesPR
12 Sep 2024
The pioneering South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project needs your help to put plans in place to reintroduce golden eagles to other areas of the UK where they are currently extinct. If you can, please #DonateNow to help #MakeADifference @ goldeneaglessouthofscotland.… #naturerestoration
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Kirsty Innes@kirstyinnesPR
10 Sep 2024
The South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project has restored a low population of golden eagles to record numbers, boosted the local economy, supported education & more. Now it needs your help to secure its long term future. Please donate & share their appeal: goldeneaglessouthofscotland.…
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M. G. Leonard@MGLnrd
10 Sep 2024
I had the absolute pleasure of walking beside the river Thames with @David_Oakes talking about beetles and birds and the power and importance of nature in stories for @TreesACrowdpod Your day will be infinitely more delightful if you join us. treesacrowd.fm/MGLeonard/

M. G. Leonard: Storytelling and the Power of Beetles - Trees A Crowd

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My other half, @NSPCC’s Childline Ambassador Natalie Dormer, has just released a podcast about Sex and Relationships Education, and how 46% of teachers don’t feel confident teaching it. If you’re a teacher or parent, it’s well worth a listen: learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/2…

Podcast: Teaching sex relationships education SRE Talk Relationships

Childline ambassador Natalie Dormer talks to teachers about the challenges they face when teaching sex and relationships education in schools and how the NSPCC’s Talk Relationships service helps them...

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A few years ago I interviewed the head of the brilliant (and hugely successful) South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project. Now, to secure their long term future, they need a little help from you. Click here to see how you can help: goldeneaglessouthofscotland.…

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I've been waiting months to say this, but: THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS ARE BUYING SKIDDAW! THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS ARE BUYING SKIDDAW! THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS ARE BUYING SKIDDAW! Please help @cumbriawildlife with this most brilliant endeavour! wildlifetrusts.org/news/cumb… @WildlifeTrusts

Cumbria Wildlife Trust asks public to help buy Skiddaw Forest and create England’s highest nature...

Cumbria Wildlife Trust announces the launch of a major public appeal to help buy Skiddaw Forest, including the summit of Skiddaw.

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It is such an exciting prospect for Cumbria and the UK. We obviously couldn’t cover it “on mic” at the time, but to get an inkling of what could happen on Skiddaw, listen to @RobStoneman here for some “ballpark landscape recovery banter”: treesacrowd.fm/rob-stoneman/

Rob Stoneman: Resurrecting Rainforests and Protecting Peat - Trees A Crowd

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Spending today prepping the release of next week's @TreesACrowdPod with @MGLnrd. Open to any Beetle puns that you may have lying around...!
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🦡 TODAY 🦡 badgertrust.org.uk/cull-day-… @BadgerTrust

CULL DAY OF ACTION | Badger Trust

Badger Trust is holding a National Day of Action Against the Badger Cull on Tuesday, 3 September 2024. 

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What he said…
Chris Packham
@ChrisGPackham
31 Aug 2024
Please join me and other fans of Badgers on Tuesday for a peaceful demonstration to demand an end to the wretched cull . . . @BadgerTrust @ProtectTheWild_ @TheSaveMeTrust @LeagueACS @onekindtweet @RSPCA_official Details here badgertrust.org.uk/cull-day-…
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Good to get clearer signals from Labour as to where they stand on bTB; but, we must focus upon the “b” and the Farmers. This is not a war that can be won by scapegoating badgers. 🦡
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Trees A Crowd@TreesACrowdpod
13 Aug 2024
NEW EPISODE 🦡🦡🦡 Out in the Kentish Weald in search of Badgers (and the truth behind the ongoing cull) with two representatives from the @BadgerTrust. 🦡🦡🦡🦡 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Legal battle coming soon spearheaded by @WildJustice_org & @BadgerTrust: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy84… If you’d like to hear more about BTb, the (small) role Badgers play in spreading it, and the resulting culls, then listen to @TreesACrowdpod tomorrow!
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