The University of Salford is now a Platinum accredited Hedgehog Friendly Campus! The Hedgehog Friendly Campus scheme recognises and rewards universities for their efforts to make their campus more nature friendly, with the University of Salford working through different levels to achieve the highest award, one of only four awarded this year. Platinum accreditation means […]
As a gold accredited Hedgehog Friendly Campus, we wanted to celebrate the work we do and provide opportunities for staff and students to get involved! Hedgehog Awareness begins on the 5th of May, so have put together a timetable of events to take place on campus from the 7th-10th of May, and we hope to […]
Litter is one of the main threats to hedgehogs living in urban environments, such as our campus. To help create a safe and welcoming space for them in Salford, we’ve signed up to this year’s Big Hog-Friendly Litter Pick Challenge! The challenge will take place between 19th September and 30th November 2023. The more litter we pick, […]
Our HFC team has been working hard to achieve Gold accreditation after being awarded Silver in January 2022. By completing a list of 30 actions, we managed to reach this next major milestone. The actions included running hedgehog surveys and awareness campaigns, hosting a Hedgehog Coffee Morning where we raised over £50 for BHPS, working with the local community to litter […]
Litter is one of the main threats to hedgehogs living in urban environments. Unfortunately, many of them die because of it every year. To help create a safe and welcoming space for them on our campus, we’ve signed up to this year’s Big Hog-Friendly Litter Pick Challenge! About the challenge The challenge takes place between 20th […]
Happy Hedgehog Awareness Week! This annual event aims to raise the profile of hedgehogs in the UK and spread awareness of the problems they face, as well as the ways we can help them. Hedgehogs have been listed as vulnerable on the Red List for Britain’s native mammals, which highlights species at risk of extinction […]
Welcome to the University of Salford’s Hedgehog Friendly Campus very first blog post! I’ll use this opportunity to introduce both Hedgehog Friendly Campus and explain why staff and students at the University of Salford decided to take part. The hedgehog is one of Britain’s best known and most loved mammals yet they are in desperate […]