How to get involved

There are five simple things that everyone can do to help prevent the spread of invasive non-native species.

	Keep any boats, clothing, footwear and equipment used in water free of invasive non-native species – remember to Check Clean Dry after use.
	Be Plant Wise and don't let your garden, pond, or aquarium plants enter the wild.
	Take care of your pets, never release them or allow them to escape into the wild. It’s cruel and could harm other wildlife.
	Look out for yellow-legged hornet (aka Asian hornet) and other alert species and record your sightings through iRecord. Download a poster of alert species to help you.
	If you enjoy being outside consider volunteering with a Local Action Group working on invasive species management.

Learn more about how you can take part in Invasive Species Week below.

Take part as an individual

During Invasive Species Week, you could also:

Join a webinar to learn about some of the organisations and projects helping to reduce the impacts of invasive non-native species.
Share information on social media. Find social media resources to help or visit our X (Twitter) @InvasiveSp.
Share information with friends or colleagues. Find free awareness raising materials to help you.

During Invasive Species Week, you could:

Join a webinar to learn about some of the organisations and projects helping to reduce the impacts of invasive non-native species.
Create an awareness raising display in a common area of your office, classroom or similar. Find awareness raising materials to help you.
Hold a training session on biosecurity, identification, or recording for your team or others. Free online training is available.
Lead a volunteering session to remove invasive non-native plants, if you have experience in running these.
Arrange for your team to take part in a volunteering day with a Local Action Group.
Visit a local garden centre to give them a Be Plant Wise pack.
Give a talk to local gardeners about invasive non-native plants and how they can Be Plant Wise to help prevent their spread.
Give a Check Clean Dry demonstration at a local angling / paddling / sailing club to show how easy it is to keep boats and equipment free of invasive non-native species.
Share information on invasive non-native species in a newsletter, website, blog, membership magazine, mailing list etc. Think about which species are most relevant to you and the audience you’re trying to reach, local or business issues are likely to get their attention.
Share information on social media. Find social media resources to help or visit our X (Twitter) @InvasiveSp.

Each day of Invasive Species Week we will be focusing on a different theme:

We would love to hear how you take part in Invasive Species Week, please get in touch.