![Invitation to tender for new national ringed bat database](https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/images/_listingImage/BatRings_DanielHargreaves.jpg?v=1721130452)
Invitation to tender for new national ringed bat database
2nd December 2022
BCT is inviting tenders for a new national ringed bat database and online forms for recording and ring sales. This work is part of the Ringing the Changes Project, supported by donations from bat groups and individual bat ringers.
![Bat Conservation has never faced a greater threat](https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/images/_listingImage/Serotine-and-Parliament-low-res.jpg?v=1721130450%2C0.6225%2C0.6722)
Bat Conservation has never faced a greater threat
28th November 2022
Bats and other wildlife are in danger of losing their legal protection as the government continues its attack on nature.
![Invitation to tender for business analyst (short-term contract)](https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/pdf/The%20Trust/Recruitment/_listingImage/BLE-at-Jennys-3-2.jpg?v=1721130451)
Invitation to tender for business analyst (short-term contract)
18th November 2022
BCT is inviting tenders for a business analyst to develop and manage an invitation to tender for a new National Bat Helpline database. This is a short-term contract for service delivery.
![Legislative concerns](https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/images/_listingImage/Natterers_bat_in_brick_work.jpeg?v=1721130452)
27th October 2022
Much uncertainty around key pieces of legislation impacting on bat conservation
![Rare ‘Back from the Brink’ bat discovered by National Bats in Churches Survey volunteers in Somerset church](https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/images/_listingImage/Plecotus-austriacus-Grey-Long-eared-portrait.jpg?v=1721130451)
26th October 2022
Volunteers for the National Bats in Churches Survey have discovered one of the rarest mammals in Britain living in a Somerset church.
![Nature and business are not at war](https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/images/_listingImage/Rectangle-7.jpg?v=1721126471)
Nature and business are not at war
20th October 2022
We want a thriving sustainable economy which benefits from ecosystems services, where people have access to food, housing and nature on their doorsteps
![A Brown long-eared bat chasing a moth in the night sky.](https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/images/_listingImage/BDB_3047-BLE-Plecotus-auritus-looking-left-at-moth.jpg?v=1721130454)
A world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together
10th October 2022
In August we launched an 'URGENT call for help campaign' asking for your help to demand that government maintain the legal protection for bats. Here is an update.
![Joint route map launched to boost ethnic diversity in the environment sector](https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/images/News/_listingImage/Route-map-square-2.jpg?v=1721130453)
Joint route map launched to boost ethnic diversity in the environment sector
5th October 2022
Bat Conservation Trust is one of 42 organisations committed to delivering key actions between 2023-2027
![Open letter to PM on environmental deregulation](https://cdn.bats.org.uk/uploads/images/_listingImage/BLE-Pipistrelle-in-Flight.jpg?v=1721127197)
Open letter to PM on environmental deregulation
4th October 2022
Bat Conservation Trust is one of 78 organisations who have joined together to write an open letter to the Prime Minister raising our concern about the trajectory the government is taking and urging her to stop environmental deregulation which will harm people, planet and economy.