Whether you’re part of a wildlife and nature or health based organisation or an individual who explores the countryside, you can play your part in supporting a future where everyone feels they belong in Nature and can access their local green and blue spaces to benefit health and wellbeing.

We continue to build a network of supporters and collaborators who share our vision and are committed to making access to nature inclusive for people with disabilities and impairments in Kent and further afield.

Organisations and individuals from within organisations can join. As a supporter, you’ll add your voice to a movement for change and gain access to a range of great benefits.

Introducing Wild with Wheels Supporter Membership 2026

‘Nurture Access to Nature’

Together we can all play our part in advocating for a more accessible environment where people with disabilities and restrictions are included in route or landscape planning along with nature based activities. Where there are no exclusions to who can participate independently or with the appropriate care and support. Where current barriers to nature's green and blue spaces are removed or improved.

‘Nurture Access to Nature’ aims to platform networks and conversations around improving Access to Nature. Scaffolding the existing work and toolkits, whilst raising awareness nationally.

Whether you have lived experience of disabilities or have only recently become aware of the historical inequalities of accessing countryside and local green and blue spaces, Wild with Wheels CIC are creating this opportunity to learn, network and discuss change and advocacy.

Beneficiaries

'Nurturing access to nature benefits everyone.'

• Disability is Intersectional and affects ALL protected characteristics - cultures, races, genders, generations and identities.
• Anyone can become disabled at anytime, due to birth trauma, genetics, acquired chronic conditions, accidents, and old age. (Temporarily or Permanently)
• Improvements to physical access and removal of barriers benefits multi users including people with disabilities and mobility restrictions, users of wheeled devices such as pushchairs, cyclists, dog walkers and horse riders.
• Nurturing access to nature benefits personal health and wellbeing, fosters social relationships, improves appreciation and understanding of respecting climate, habitats and biodiversity.

Audience

Wild with Wheels Supporter Membership invites the following audiences to connect and join the conversation and access resources, whilst pledging to ‘Nurture Access to Nature’:

• Businesses and Individuals working with people with physical, mental health, neurodiverse, cognitive and sensory disabilities or impairments, or chronic health conditions as therapy, wellbeing practice or in a clinical setting.
• Businesses and individuals working in nature such as Walking Groups, Forest Schools, Community Gardens, Nature based crafts or cooking / foraging workshops.
• Businesses and individuals working in Educational settings, from Nurseries to Secondary Education or further education
• Representatives of Countryside Partnerships, Local Authorities and National Trails
• Members of Political Parties, Councillors / MP’s.
• Influencers and Decision Makers, Business leaders.
• Link & Case workers, Green Social prescribers, Mental Health, Social Work Advocates
• Landowners accommodating Public Rights of Way and footpaths, or hosting public events.
• Heritage / Country Venue and Event organisers
• Carers and Advocates, friends and family.
• Anyone with an interest in improving Access to Nature.
• Anyone with an interest in Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access.

Introduction

As the original pioneers and advocates of accessible nature experiences, Wild with Wheels CIC (WWW) have been fortunate to have secured Funding Grants for our first four years of operation. However, due to a spiralling reduction in available community funds along with increased competition applying for those funds, we have had to look into more sustainable ways we can continue to provide our services and meet the business core costs of Safety, Compliance and online presence, in order to continue as a CIC (Community Interest Company).

Our Founder Gini Mitchell advocates for change and improvements to access in the Countryside.

So this initiative will feed into her voluntary role of championing access to countryside UK and will help to influence improvements at Government Policy level.

So after much deliberation and research, we are introducing a supporter membership scheme to foster advocacy to improve accessibility in Green and Blue spaces, so that together we ensure that we can continue to keep the Wild with Wheels community alive and thriving whilst advocating to ‘Nurture Access to Nature’.

Supporter Membership benefits

As a supporter of Nurture Access to Nature, you will have access to our unique Supporter Members Group. This offers opportunities to build your knowledge and awareness of Countryside Access and Stewardship through signposted resources.

This unique community based opportunity aims to advocate for improved access to the built and natural landscape, as well as encouraging our supporters to offer their very own Accessible Nature Experiences to our adventurous Wild with Wheels Members.

Membership Investment

We are offering our supporters One-Time Joining Fee.

• Connect to other businesses and individuals who have a genuine interest to work towards providing services and experiences to the disabled community
• Learn where to find resources to improve your knowledge on accessibility and how to spot accessibility issues and who to notify.
• Connect with other Nurture Access to Nature advocates by joining conversations online where we share our experiences of meeting the access needs of people living with disabilities and impairments.
• Learn about Wild with Wheels initiatives to improve policies and planning by understanding the benefits to disabled folk, such as considering Individual Access Needs and Risk Assessments
• Supporting Wild with Wheels core team to continue to wheel test and risk assess potential safe and accessible routes in places of natural or heritage locations. Some of which are only exclusively accessible for our WWW ‘Private Members Only’ Group as we build relationships with land owners and private organisations.
• Supporting Wild with Wheels core team to continue to advocate and campaign for more Local Access Improvements to Public Rights of Way, Countryside and Venue access, benefiting the wider disabled community.

*One-time joining fee*

For a minimum investment of £5 our supporters will benefit Access to Nature:

1. Access the WWW CIC Supporter Members Community WhatsApp Group. Join threads of conversations about Access to Nature in real time (other social networking platforms may be added if sustainable to manage).
2. Feed in your individual or organisations identified or improved access improvements to add to the Nuture access to Nature list of achievements which will be available online.
3. Offer your expertise to Exclusive Members ONLY events. Which includes our collaborative and educational events and with local Heritage / Nature / Geology Organisations and expert guides. These walks are to be offered as free or at a subsidised costs to Wild with Wheels Private Members
4. Invite our WWW private members to your accessible special interest experiences, such as connecting with the landscape, geology or history.
5. PLUS Invitations to Wild with Wheels supporter netwalks to walk and talk and make connections to further improve accessible events.
6. PLUS invite our members to your accessible events around Kent for wellbeing and nature or special interest.
7. PLUS we will always have our community groups best interest at heart and so we will endeavour to add further benefits to this list in our fundraising and collaboration efforts.

Continued financial support

To businesses and individuals who are interested in further supporting financially to Wild with Wheels CIC initiatives and services, we also invite our valued supporters to set up a regular donation.

A) Regular Subscription

Set up a regular donation - monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly or annually [payable by standing order].

* Supporter Members who value our unique service are very welcome to pay more than the suggested £5 minimum per month.

• Our regular subscribers also receive the additional benefit of being encouraged to attend a Wild with Wheels walk and experience firsthand the challenges and barriers on walk routes.
• Our regular subscribers will also be invited to webinars discussing subjects such as Understanding Accessibility and hear from those with expertise on countryside improvements or with lived experience.

To sign up, please use our contact form below, mentioning Supporter Membership - Click here - https://wildwithwheels.com/#contact_us

Our Terms and Conditions can be found here - Click Here

Please get in contact if you require an invoice for your One-Time Joining fee or for an ongoing subscription or other donation.  

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