Committed to a better future for people and nature.

Overview

Wilder Williams Regeneration is
Richard Williams and
Lizzie Wilder Williams.

Living and working in a rural community in the North West Highlands since 2009, we understand the complexities of the challenges facing
people, nature and society -
and we know there are
no quick, easy fixes.

We have the skills and experience;
the integrity and sensitivity;
the energy and tenacity to
find solutions, build relationships,
and work through the hardest times to
achieve the changes that are needed for a resilient, sustainable, vibrant future.

Our Services

  • Project Management

    Project management experience, working across different sectors and in varied locations.

    Built and natural environment, including property development, woodland creation and peatland restoration.

    Contractor management, including development of tender briefs, procurement, contract management and client reporting.

  • Feasibility Studies

    Appraising and presenting options with pragmatic solutions.

    Engaging and consulting with a wide range of audiences to produce holistic and well thought through proposals.

  • Fundraising

    A strong track record of securing funding and investment for multi-year, multi-partner projects from a variety of sources.

    Experience of developing expressions of interest, full funding applications and supporting information, including reporting frameworks.

    Grant reporting, finance claims and ongoing relationship management.

  • Writing Support

    Producing high-quality, professional, useful reports.

    Translating complex ideas into accessible language.

    Conveying a strong sense of place, and wonder at nature, through creative non-fiction writing.

Our Experience

  • Land Management

    Developing land management plans, including advice on deer management.

    Liaising with contractors for ground operations. 

    Recent examples include:
    Exploring the possibility of a Community Deer Management Initiative for Scottish Wildlife Trust.

    Supporting a private landowner to explore future options – including liaising with the grazing committee.

  • Community Involvement and Community Agency

    Developing plans for - and implementing - meaningful involvement of communities in discussions about land and land use change.

    Innovative, inclusive methodologies; avoiding traditional top-down, extractive models.

    Including children and young people, and people whose voices are often not heard.

    Recent examples include:
    Developing a strategic plan for the community-owned Isle Martin.

    Establishing the NW2045 Regional Land Use Partnership: a community-led approach to collaboration.

  • Natural Capital Projects

    Experience of working with varied public and private partners.

    Appraising and understanding options.

    Recent examples include:
    Securing and managing funding from the Facility for Investment-Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS) to pursue community-led natural capital opportunities at a Crofting Township level in Kinlochbervie.

    Delivering a FIRNS-funded project for Knoydart Foundation – also focused on community regeneration.

  • Collaborative Partnership Working

    Establishing and maintaining functional cross-sectoral partnerships to address systemic challenges.

    Facilitation of complex groups and meetings – online and in-person.

    Recent examples include:
    Coordinating the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape partnership.

    Playing key roles in the development of the NorthWest2045 partnership and Vision.

About Us

We moved from Cambridge to the Scottish Highlands in 2009. Initially we lived on the Isle of Tanera Mòr in the Summer Isles, managing the island and its small family business. Under our stewardship, Tanera Mòr was an early member of the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape (CALL) partnership.

Moving to the mainland in 2013 enabled us to become even more integrated into the community of Coigach. Having two children in the local primary school, and aging parents requiring care, has given us first-hand experience of both the joys of – and the existential threats to - rural communities. It has deepened our commitment to helping both communities and nature thrive.

Richard

Richard is a qualified Chartered Surveyor. He spent the first seven years of his working life in London, involved in mixed use property development, working on various high-profile projects, including the redevelopment of Euston Station and the new US Embassy.

Since moving on from Tanera in 2014, Richard has worked for the Scottish Wildlife Trust, John Muir Trust and Knoydart Foundation gaining broad experience in land management, project delivery, partnership working and community engagement.

Richard has been a Board director of Coigach Community Development Company since 2017, and was elected Chair in 2021. Successes over this time include: recruiting a Chief Executive, securing a site for affordable housing development in Achiltibuie and leading on the community’s purchase of the 4,000 hectare Badentarbet Estate.

Richard enjoys all aspects of life in the North-West, particularly the opportunity to bring his children up in this magical part of the country. 

Lizzie

Lizzie grew up in a farming family with parents (the Wilders) committed to nature-friendly production, so has always understood the challenges and opportunities of competing land uses. Having inherited her passion for the natural world, she studied biology and conservation at university, conducting field research on land use in central and south America. 

Lizzie worked for five years with conservation organisation Fauna & Flora, with a focus on the global south - understanding the impacts of conservation projects on communities, and seeking solutions that work for both people and nature.

Lizzie continued to work for Tanera during a major construction phase from 2017-2020, gaining experience across a range of disciplines, including working with statutory bodies. 

Since 2020 she has worked freelance for varied projects and partners – including CALL, the NorthWest2045 Regional Land Use Partnership, Scottish Wildlife Trust and Woodland Trust.

Lizzie is involved in various voluntary projects and community organisations, including Isle Martin Trust, which is responsible for the community-owned island.

Contact us

info@wwregen.co.uk


Rich: 07435967804 Lizzie: 07824828858

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