RSPB are going to start a two year trial allowing free admission to under 24’s to RSPB reserves from early November 2023! The Guardian! (1 Viewer)

[IAN JAMES THOMPSON]

RSPB to give young people free access to its nature reserves in ‘youth revolution’

Conservation charity will roll out two-year pilot scheme across UK as it seeks to increase young people’s engagement with nature

www.theguardian.com

RSPB are going to start a two year trial allowing free admission to under 24’s to its Nature reserves from early 2023! This is according to an article in the Guardian!

 

[Phil Andrews]

The official announcement from the RSPB

Aged 16-24? Get your nature hit – for free!

Big news - if you’re 16-24 you’ll soon be able to visit some of the UK’s most wonderfully wild places – for free. Starting from November 6, RSPB nature reserves will be yours to explore without spending a penny - here’s all you need to know

www.rspb.org.uk

 

[davercox]

Sounds like very good news to me (and no, I'm not under 24 !)

 

[Birdister]

Oddly the Guardian article seems to suggest that if a person under 24 arrives on their own, they get in free, but if a family is purchasing entry to a reserve, they get free entry for one child but then have to pay for the rest. You rather wonder why the children wouldn't just come in separately:

"This article has been updated to clarify that entry will not be free to all under-24s: families with children between six and 15 years old will receive free entry for one child, then have to pay half price at some reserves for additional children."

 

[Richard D]

Oddly the Guardian article seems to suggest that if a person under 24 arrives on their own, they get in free, but if a family is purchasing entry to a reserve, they get free entry for one child but then have to pay for the rest. You rather wonder why the children wouldn't just come in separately:

"This article has been updated to clarify that entry will not be free to all under-24s: families with children between six and 15 years old will receive free entry for one child, then have to pay half price at some reserves for additional children."

I think this scheme is just for 16-24 yr olds. Very much aimed at getting young people engaged, which has got to be a good thing.