Nick Dobbs

Community Engagement Manager

Born in Nairobi, Nick’s early formative years were spent in Kenya, Malaysia, and Singapore where his fascination with the natural world was first nurtured.

Nick’s professional background was in the cruise and travel sector and was part of a team that launched 2 pioneering soft-adventure cruise lines. He relocated from Suffolk to Dorset in 1996 as General Manager for Condor Ferries and headed up Veolia Eurolines’ pan-European marketing, commercial and PR interests based in Paris.

Whilst running his own consultancy 2011-2017, Nick began volunteering as a licensed herpetologist for the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC) including giving talks about his field research for ARC, BNSS and Ecology Faculties at UK Universities.

In 2017, Nick realised a longstanding desire to work in UK wildlife conservation and joined the Wildlife Trust (principally Dorset Wildlife Trust) as a fundraiser before going on to coach and mentor Woodland Trust’s Southern England membership recruitment team.

“Wildlife has co-existed, specialised and thrived alongside farming here in the UK for millennia and I am delighted to join the CRT team to help encourage more Friends to support our efforts in reversing declines in farmland biodiversity”.

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Volunteer with the CRT

Would you like to help wildlife and do your bit to create a landscape bursting with life? To enjoy quiet time connecting with nature to benefit your wellbeing, or to get stuck into exciting conservation projects with a friendly team? To learn new skills or develop existing ones? Whatever motivates you to consider volunteering, we’d love to have you in our team.
What We Do

The CRT promotes nature-friendly farming to help reverse biodiversity decline and combat climate change. We believe nature is integral to good farming and we protect, promote and regenerate our land and all life on it. We put our philosophy into practice on over 2,000 acres of working farms, small-holdings and woodland across England.
Slow-worms – the gardener’s best friend

The UK has 6 native reptile species including the curious slow-worm (Anguis fragilis). Although serpent-like in appearance, slow-worms are in fact limbless lizards and an amazing example of de-evolution.
Wildlife & Farms

To achieve our vision of a living, working countryside we have purchased 18 sites across the UK, each with their own unique ecosystem and biodiversity.
Conservation Volunteer

This is your chance to get 'down and dirty' to help CRT improve the habitats and environment on our farms, with a wide range of conservation projects and initiatives.
Bere Marsh Farm

Mixed farmland, Dorset
Robin Page

Co-Founder
David Mills MBE

Trustee
Regenerative Farming & CRT

Since our inception we have been working tirelessly to achieve our vision of a living, working countryside, and that is not changing, but in a world that’s in its sixth mass extinction we must evolve to fight this threat.