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Bee Bold Awards

What are the Bee Bold Awards?

We want the West of England to be the Bee and Pollinator Capital of the UK.

We launched the region’s Bee Bold Awards to recognise businesses, organisations and schools that are taking positive action to support bees and pollinators.

41% of pollinator species including bees and butterflies are in decline across the UK.

We are working to increase the number of bees and pollinators in our region and make the West of England the Pollinator Capital of the UK. This is all part of our Climate and Ecological Strategy and Action Plan which sets the ambition to increase wildlife by 30% by 2030 to help tackle the ecological emergency within the region.

Bee Bold Awards

Previous Bee Bold Award winners

Since 2022, 18 outstanding projects from businesses, education providers and community groups have been announced as winners of Bee Bold Awards, celebrating innovative approaches that protect and support pollinators to recover and thrive.

Previous winners of the Bee Bold Awards are:

Engaging with nature initiatives through staff volunteering and creating innovative habitats within their Filton site.

Establishing a community nature reserve across Emersons Green featuring both private gardens and public land.

Working with the local urban community to transform overlooked green spaces into enriched wildlife areas.

Designing sustainable housing developments that incorporate nature, community food growing, and climate resilience.

Creating wildflower meadows in the city centre with help from volunteers as part of a new Green Infrastructure plan.

Managing their gardens as a space for nature whilst supporting residents’, staff and visitors' wellbeing.

Curo winners holding trophy and wearing flower head bands

Changing the grassland management schemes across their estates to benefit pollinators and biodiversity.

Keynsham Girls: winning case study

Youth group taking action to help pollinators and educate others on their importance both at home and abroad.

Winners holding trophy

Creating a pollinator-friendly farming model to provide regenerative, localised and natural food supplies.

Winners holding trophy

Digital technology agency planting trees and creating their own ‘Co-forest’ for pollinators and biodiversity.

Winners, holding their medal

Improving biodiversity and pollinator habitats in Long Ashton and working with other organisations to take action.

Winners holding a trophy

Integrating nature into the heart of their campuses through ‘Beelines’ whilst raising awareness and changing behaviours of staff, students and visitors.

Social enterprise working together to turn an urban piece of abandoned land into a space for nature.

Not only benefiting pollinators but for supporting improved health and welfare.

Low-cost and effective, having required simple engagement with landowners, but producing great results for pollinators.

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Community members coming together and supporting pollinators and using wildflowers in conjunction with orchards.

Supporting and educating the community to make change in their own settings.

Educating children to take action, which in turn is inspiring parents and the wider family to get involved.

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We want our region to the be UK Bee & Pollinator Capital, with a range of habitats and spaces for our bees and wildlife to flourish.

We are funding community groups to help take action for pollinators within the West of England region.

Our Climate and Ecological Strategy and Action Plan sets the ambition for nature to be in recovery by 2030 and increase the abundance of wildlife by 30% in 2030.