Engagement

Ever heard the saying 'a bird in the hand in worth two in the bush'? Well this is very true for bats, particularly when you see the excitement of someone seeing a bat up close for the first time. 

Bats without Borders is committed to providing community engagement activities that are inspiring and fun, as well as educational and interactive. We are in the process of fundraising to employ an Education Officer, who will focus on supporting new bat groups, doing school visits to run activities, teacher training days and public talks and bat walks to promote a positive image of bats.

Would you be interested in starting up a bat interest group to promote bats and run local bat activity events? If you would like to know more or register your interest please contact Rachael. 

As a bat group member you will have the opportunity to have a real and significant impact on bat conservation by helping to change attitudes towards bats. I remember hearing a story from a friend of mine who lead a public engagement bat box checking event. Volunteers met on site and went around checking bat boxes, hoping to get a sneaky peek of bats up close.... Inside one of the first boxes, sure enough there was a bat, the group leader took the bat out to show the group and then giving a young boy a pair of gloves he was allowed to hold the bat. When they put the bat back into the box and replaced the box in the tree, the young boy turned to the leader and declared 'I'm never washing my hands again!''