RSST is a small but influential nationwide charity, championing the interests of red squirrels, along with the long-term security of their woodland and forest habitat, engaging with decision makers at a national level.

RSST drove the establishment of the UK Squirrel Accord and is raising funds for research into an effective and affordable grey squirrel fertility control system, working alongside DEFRA’s Animal and Plant Health Agency

The Central Borders Red Squirrel Network ( CBRSN ) work with local communities to ensure that the red squirrel remains a part of Scotland’s native wildlife.

Responsible for an area of 430km², the group, working in conjunction with partners, landowners, and volunteers, concentrate on areas where red squirrels are most under threat from the spread of the invasive grey squirrel.

Through monitoring grey and red squirrel presence, localized grey squirrel control and community engagement, the group is seeing regular reintroductions of red squirrels in locations where they have been absent for many years.

CBRSN is part of a larger collective project involving volunteer groups stretched across the south of Scotland from Stranraer to Berwick-Upon-Tweed.

The South of Scotland Red Squirrel Forum (SSRSF) is formed of fifteen individual volunteer groups dedicated to slowing the inexorable movement of grey squirrels northwards from England. SSRSF is itself part of a cross-nation project, the Red Squirrel Recovery Network.

This is a five year collaborative project organized by the Northumberland Wildlife Trust, coordinating red squirrel conservation efforts across Wales, Lancashire, Cumbria, Northumberland and the Scottish borders.

Whilst there is much co-ordination, many of the individual groups rely on self-funding to exist.

Therefore Restore Our Planet has agreed to  support CBRSN to carry out this excellent work.