Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust

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@PKCTrust Chief Executive Officer Closing date: 3rd February 2025 Interviews: Early March 2025 Start Date: 1st Aug. The Trustees of Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust are seeking an inspiring and strategic leader to serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). pkct.org/apply-to-be-ch…

We had a Brrrrrrrr-illiant time at Perth Wildlife Watch this morning! Our session at Kinnoull Hill was all about Arctic Animals - and the setting was perfect! 🐻‍❄️❄️ After a wordsearch & quizzing, we made our own Orcas, and then finished off with a game of Snowy Owl Hunt!

Perth Wildlife Watch is embracing the cold weather this Saturday with a session all about Arctic animals! ❄️🐻‍❄️ Send us an email to book a free space for your wildlife loving 8-12 year old: Catherine.Leatherland@pkct.org @ScotWildlife @GannochyTrust #wildlifewatch #outdoorfun

We're on the lookout for a new Chief Executive Officer to join us in 2025. If you want to help us improve and promote access to the countryside throughout Perth and Kinross, you can find out more via our website: pkct.org/apply-to-be-ch…

.@PKCTrust are seeking a new Chief Executive Officer to lead the organisation into its next chapter of growth, ensuring the Trust delivers its goals to improve & promote access to the countryside throughout Perth & Kinross Full time, £52,500 tinyurl.com/3pecp9fm #CEO #Hybrid

If you’re still on the look out for some last-minute gift inspiration, or would like to make a donation to our work during this time of giving, you can make a donation on our website >> shorturl.at/V8BXY We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a fantastic festive break

🎅That’s it from us this year. We're closed until 6 Jan. 🎄A huge thank you to all our supporters, stakeholders, partners, ambassadors, trustees, and many more for their support. 🎁We’ve some exciting projects coming in 2025 and are looking forward to sharing them with you.

We'd like to say a big THANK YOU to our amazing Youth Council for all their hard work this year! Finlay, Kaitlin, Kiera, Martha and Sun have put in an amazing 87.5 hours of volunteering between them this year! 👏🎉 Thank You and see you in 2025 😊 #YouthVoice #Volunteering

We had a great celebratory opening event at Birnam Arts Centre for the Wild Moments exhibition this morning! 📸🥳 Environmental Educator and Photographer Jo Foo set up the exhibition - a great chance for the young people who attended the events to share their beautiful work!

It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Perth Wildlife Watch this morning! 🎄🥳 From Christmas crafts & mince pies for the birds, to a raffle full of prizes & outdoor games - we rounded off our year in festive style! We'll be back for more wild antics in 2025!

It's never too early to start thinking of New Year's resolutions! We've got the perfect one: plant some trees! 🌳🌳 Join us on 02 February 2025 to plant hundreds of native trees at the site of Land Rover Experience Scotland, Dunkeld. #treeplanting 🌳 👇 pkct.org/Event/plant-a-…

Back in October, we had a great time supporting the @pkyoungcarers team with their camping trip to Comrie Croft! 🏕️🚵‍♀️ The 3 day trip was full of outdoor fun & lots of activities. We enjoyed leading a minibeast hunt & pond dipping, & the kids also got chance to try out the bikes!

IT'S CHRIIIIIIIIIISTMAAAAS! 🎄🥳(Well, nearly!) Come and join Perth Wildlife Watch for our Wild Christmas session - we have a handful of spaces left and what better way to meet everyone than at our Christmas party? Full info below! @ScotWildlife @GannochyTrust

We had an amazing tree planting session at Land Rover Experience Scotland today! Newhill Primary School planted over 300 trees! 🌳🌳 Possible thanks to funding from PKCT's Big Tree Country scheme & Land Rover Experience Scotland & part of PKCT's A Tree For Every Child project.

We are extremely grateful to the pupils at @GlenalmondColl for choosing us as their charity for their Heartbreak Run fundraiser! 🏃‍♂️ Pupils will take on a tough 8 mile run next Sunday, to raise funds. Find out more & how you can donate👇 justgiving.com/page/heartbrea…

🌳Happy #NationalTreeWeek! 🌳We love trees & are in the midst of our A Tree For Every Child project 24/25! This is the 3rd year of the project & to date we've planted 1,373 trees! The latest were at the PKAVS Young Carers centre, with their Woodland Craft Club! #TreeWeek

Perth Wildlife Watch is now two years old! 🥳🎂 At our November session, we explored different animals' tracks and trails, through crafts, games and real life camera trap footage! We have one session left this year - get in touch to find out more: catherine.leatherland@pkct.org

Always enjoyed my time at the @ScotWildlife watch group in Ullapool. A great way to get young people interested and engaged with nature and their local wildlife

We had a brilliant time today at @pkclimate_a's Youth Climate Conference! Our Discovery, Learning and Engagement Officer, Catherine, enjoyed explaining her career pathway. Then we explored everyone's ideas for action during our Wild Journey workshop! #GreenCareers