If you’d like to help raise awareness of invasive non-native species and how to help reduce their harmful impacts, we’ve gathered some free resources and suggestions to help you:
Free social media resources
- Invasive Species Week: graphics
- Be Plant Wise: Draft posts for social media and landscape and square graphics
- Check Clean Dry: landscape and square graphics
- Individual species:
- Water Primrose graphics.
- Asian hornet graphic English | Welsh
Materials available from us
- Alert species poster
- Animal species of special concern poster
- Plant species of special concern poster
- ’5 simple things’ poster
- Mini ID guide
- Be Plant Wise materials
- Check Clean Dry materials
- ID sheets for over 60 species
Contact us to order free copies.
Materials from other organisations
- Materials for children and young people, including fantastic resources for children in this Alien Detectives (external link) kit from the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative
- Training materials
- Crayfish game
- Learning & Training | Scottish Invasive Species Initiative including an Engagement Initiative.
- WaREN materials including quizzes, leaflets and videos
Ideas for awareness raising activities
- Share information on social media. Find us on X (Twitter) @InvasiveSp.
- Create an awareness raising display in a common area of your office, classroom etc. Find free materials above.
- Arrange a training session on biosecurity, identification or recording for your team or others. Free online training is available.
- Share Be Plant Wise materials with a green-fingered friend.
- Arrange a Check Clean Dry demonstration at a local angling / paddling / sailing club to show how easy it is to keep kit free of invasive 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.