How your Family Can Take Part in 30 Days Wild

30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts’ joyful summer challenge, inviting families across the UK to do one wild thing every day throughout June. It’s all about stepping outside, tuning into nature and making space for small moments of wild joy.

Your “wild” can be as simple as cloud-spotting in the garden, choosing a colour and hunting for it in the hedgerows, or giving a big leafy tree the hug it clearly deserves. There’s no right or wrong way to take part, it’s just the perfect chance to slow down, reconnect and create a trail of nature filled memories along the way

Whether you’re completely new to the idea or just curious about how to get started, this guide explains exactly what 30 Days Wild is all about and how your family can sign up to join in this year’s adventure.

How to Sign up to 30 Days Wild

There are two ways you can sign up to 30 Days Wild and both are done via the Wildlife Trust website here. You can either sign up for a paper pack to be sent out to you or opt to download a digital pack.

What You Get When You Sign up

When you sign up for 30 Days Wild in 2025, you’ll receive a free pack designed to help you and your family dive into a month of nature-filled moments. You can choose a printed pack to be posted to you or simply access everything digitally, whatever suits your setup best.

The physical pack (if selected) may include:

• A wallchart to help you plan and tick off your daily wild activities
• A colourful booklet packed with creative ideas and inspiration
• Spotter guides for butterflies, minibeasts and summer wildlife
• Bonus extras like stickers, a greeting card, a poster or even a packet of herb seeds (especially lovely for families signing up with children)

Everyone who registers will also receive access to the digital pack, which includes:

• Daily emails with simple wild ideas to try each day in June
• Printable versions of the wallchart and spotter sheets
• Activity guides offering more detailed suggestions
• Wildlife-themed social media badges to mark your progress
• A downloadable certificate to celebrate completing the challenge
• Lesson plans and resources tailored for educators

There’s no cost to sign up, and all resources are designed to make it easy and enjoyable to take part, whether you’ve got a garden, a windowsill or a local patch of green space.

Ideas of Random Acts of Wildness

Inside your free wallchart, you’ll find plenty of inspiration for simple, nature-filled activities your family can enjoy each day in June. Some are quick and playful, like following a bumblebee or sketching something you spot on a walk. Others invite a bit more time, like watching the sunset together or walking barefoot on grass to really feel grounded. The wallchart also doubles as a tracker, so you can jot down what you plan to do each day and tick it off once it’s done, we think it’s perfect for keeping kids motivated and giving a sense of achievement along the way.

There’s something to suit every age and energy level, and that flexibility is part of the fun.

In fact, previous participants have said their favourite Random Acts of Wildness included listening to birdsong, eating outside, planting wildflowers, and going on bug hunts. These little moments not only create happy memories, but also spark curiosity and a deeper connection to the world around you.

Throughout June, Wildlife Trusts across the UK also host family-friendly events to help people get closer to nature. Many of these are completely free, and there’s also a great selection of online activities to join in from home. You can find full listings on the Wildlife Trust website.

If it feels easier, you can follow the optional weekly themes to shape your month of wildness. You might do one activity a day, pick a few each week, or just dip in when it suits you, there’s really no set way to take part.

Here’s a glimpse of some weekly inspiration:

• Week One: Help wildlife where you live – Start by choosing activities that support your local wildlife, from feeding the birds to planting bee-friendly flowers.
• Week Two: Move like wildlife – Get outside and move your body in nature. Try nature-inspired yoga, a scavenger hunt or simply explore a new green space.
• Week Three: Learn about wildlife – Spend some time spotting, naming and researching local creatures. What will you discover?
• Week Four: Get creative with nature – Use natural materials to create something, write a story, build a sculpture or paint your own wildlife masterpiece.

Fundraising for The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trust is a movement of 46 charities working together to protect, restore and create new homes for wildlife, so to bring nature back to where we live and work here in the UK.

They have an ambitious goal of protecting and connecting 30% of land and seas for nature by 2030 and this is being made easier with the support of their 850,000 members and 38,000 volunteers.

It is completely free for your family to sign up and take part in the 30 Days Wild challenge, however if you do feel that you could do a little more you can always fill out a sponsorship form and get your friends and family to sponsor you to complete the 30 day nature challenge.

You can make a donation or send your sponsorship money via the Wildlife Trust website where all your money will go towards their hard work to help our local wildlife or you could even become a member, signing up to your very own local trust area where membership prices range from £30 annually for individuals up to £48 annually for families.

Being Social

The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales have a busy Facebook page where you will see loads of ideas over the month of June and don’t forget if your sharing what you been up to each day on your social pages use the hashtag #30DaysWild and make the post public so we can all enjoy each other’s Random Acts of Wildness and get inspiration and top tips.