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There is a common perception that many natural history societies are suffering from a decline in membership and have difficulty attracting young members.
This is an important week for me - the launch of the next round of the OPAL Grants Scheme. A big part of my work on OPAL is supporting all sorts of different wildlife groups including natural history societies and recording schemes.
OPAL events provide a fantastic opportunity to share your expertise and enthusiasm with interested members of the public, and to tell them about your group and the benefits of joining.
We are the OPAL team based at the Natural History Museum in London, and we've decided to start a blog to keep you up to date with all our activities. This photo shows three of our team (trying to identify a dragonfly!). From left to right there's John Tweddle, Lucy Carter (me) and Gill Stevens. I'm sure the other guys will put up their pictures and introduce themselves to you soon.
