The Froglife Trust is a national wildlife conservation organisation with a specific focus on our native reptile and amphibian populations and their habitats, for more information about Froglife visit www.froglife.org. We have a highly esteemed, professional reputation for creating and restoring wildlife sites across the United Kingdom, and for delivering a creative and educational programme of public engagement. We are in the process of developing a new project in Scotland. We have worked extensively in Scotland through other project delivery. We are seeking to recruit a consultant with specific expertise in designing and delivering a programme of community consultations. The consultations will take place across Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, and the Lothians. The consultations will particularly focus on communities that are currently under-served by the Heritage Sector. These communities may include people living in socio-economic disadvantage, ethnic minority groups, people with mental and/or physical disabilities, people living with dementia, LGBTQ individuals and others who for various reasons may feel that they are under-served by the sector. The consultant will work with the Project Development Manager to design a consultation process and assist the manager in delivering consultation sessions. Sessions will include a range of methodologies to ensure that we reach a wide audience, such as in-person consultation sessions, door-to-door interviews, virtual surveys, attending events and any other means that are deemed suitable for the project. The consultant shall dedicate ten (10) days to the project at a rate of £500 plus VAT per day, total contract value is £5,000 plus VAT. Designing the consultation process will take place between January – February 2025. Consultation sessions and other methods of consulting will take place between March – June 2025 (it is appreciated that the consultant will not be able to attend all the consultation sessions, events etc., but will support the manager at one of each of the methodologies chosen, to transfer consultation skills). The consultant working alongside the manager will analyse the results of the consultations on an ongoing basis finalising the results by July 2025. The results will inform the final approach to how we deliver the following activities: Digital outputs – 3D film highlighting how the geology of the region has informed the evolution of reptiles and amphibians over millennia; QR codes on Speaking Statues; Augmented Reality around a nature trail and existing digital outputs such as Dragon Finder APP and Pond Visualiser.Neighbourhood Wildlife Corridors: wildlife corridors created by local communities.Natural Art sessions & workshops: to create a nature trail, designing of Speaking Statues (nature-based statues to be manufactured and installed at nature sites), and creating a Mapestry (nature focused tapestry), the Mapestry will tour built heritage venues in the final two years of the project delivery phase.Wildlife Gardening Workshops: using lego to create mock wildlife gardens. Some of the gardens will go on tour in the final two years of the delivery phase of the project.Sound & movement workshops with school children & youth groups: a performance artist to support Froglife staff in delivering performance art workshops in schools, focusing on the movements and sounds of amphibians and reptiles. Interested consultants should contact Kathy Wormald, Froglife CEO by email on Kathy.Wormaldfroglife.org, we will arrange a virtual meeting to discuss the requirements further. Deadline for Expressions of Interest is 30th October 2024.