{"id":199861,"date":"2025-10-14T17:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/199861\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:16:11","slug":"secret-world-wildlife-rescue-launches-education-programme-for-young-nature-enthusiasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/199861\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret World Wildlife Rescue launches education programme for young nature enthusiasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Secret World Wildlife Rescue in East Huntspill has announced its 2026 programme of education sessions, offering children the chance to connect with nature and learn about British wildlife through hands-on activities and expert-led talks.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for all sessions are now on sale via the charity\u2019s website, with the first event \u2014 Wild Academy: Helping Hedgehogs \u2014 set to take place on Tuesday 28th October 2025. The session will teach children how to make gardens hedgehog-friendly and includes the opportunity to build a hedgehog house to take home.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-223240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bug-hunting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1068\" height=\"783\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Throughout 2026, the charity will host a wide range of sessions tailored for both home-educated and mainstream-educated children. Topics will include minibeasts, moths, countryside rambles, and wildlife rescue techniques, all designed to inspire young people to care for the natural world around them.<\/p>\n<p>George Bethell, Head of Education, told Burnham-On-Sea.com: \u201cOur education sessions give children the chance to experience nature first-hand and learn about the incredible wildlife that lives right here in Somerset. By combining practical activities with real-world conservation knowledge, we hope to nurture curiosity and compassion for the natural world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-223239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pond-Dipping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"624\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>All sessions will be held at Secret World Wildlife Rescue\u2019s site in East Huntspill, a working wildlife hospital and registered veterinary practice. While visitors won\u2019t have direct contact with animals in care, the events offer interactive experiences that bring conservation learning to life.<\/p>\n<p>Full details and ticket bookings are available at:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/events.secretworld.org\/events\/category\/young-learning\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Secret World Wildlife Rescue Education Events<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Secret World Wildlife Rescue in East Huntspill has announced its 2026 programme of education sessions, offering children the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,23151,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-199861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-secret-world-wildlife-rescue","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}