What we’re here to do, where we’re heading, and the values that shape how we get there.
Our mission
To enhance the Chilterns’ habitats through conservation, education and community engagement.
Our vision
Inspiring and enriching communities, enhancing local environments.
Our values
Living our values through our behaviours
Seven values guide everything we do, from how we run a volunteer session to how we pay our suppliers. Select a value to see what it looks like day to day.
Inclusivity
We want to make conservation and other events accessible to all sections of our community as much as we possibly can. Everyone is welcome as long as they’re willing to give it a go.
Partnership
Neither society’s nor the environment’s problems can be tackled in isolation. We believe passionately in working with other people and organisations to make a difference.
Integrity
Whether internally between team members, or with customers and suppliers, we believe trust and honesty are the best foundation to do good business.
Ambition
We believe that being ambitious is a key element to success. Ambition for others to improve, develop, learn, be positive, give it a go and make an impact. Ambition to be the best we can be, recognising and valuing quality.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the forefront of our minds. We are dedicated to striking a balance of creating sustainability for the environment and for the business. Our projects are designed for the long term and we seek ways to fund them to make them ‘sustainable’.
Team
We owe our success to our people, staff and volunteers alike. We believe in valuing our people and aim to create a working environment which promotes their wellbeing and development. We celebrate failure as well as success, to help learn lessons and develop a truly creative culture.
Fun
Working at or with Chiltern Rangers should be fun. We get to spend lots of time outdoors in nature, which we think is crucial to everyone’s wellbeing. The feel-good factor also comes from a sense of achievement, friendship, discovery, play and community spirit.
Chiltern Rangers works with communities to provide practical habitat management in Buckinghamshire and the wider Chilterns. We firmly believe that when local people are inspired to get involved in conservation activity, everybody benefits. Biodiversity is enhanced. Those taking part enjoy improved wellbeing. Communities also benefit from well managed, accessible green spaces in whose upkeep they have a hand.
Our belief that better habitats, healthy people and healthy communities go together is at the heart of our theory of change.
