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National Trustee Week
The first week in November 2025 brought National Trustee Week, a week to celebrate the achievements of Trustees across the UK and thank them for their contributions, time, and efforts to help charities thrive. [...]
Staff Spotlight: Hannah, Conservation Officer at MGET
This month’s spotlight is about Hannah, our newest member of staff and MGET Conservation Officer. Hannah joined the Trust in 2024 and has brought new perspectives and ideas to our work at MGET. Hannah [...]
Staff Spotlight – Andrea, MGET Chief Executive
Andrea is Chief Executive at MGET. She has been involved with MGET from its early days, when MGET supported her PhD at Salford University in 2014. On completing her PhD in 2017, she became [...]
Staff Spotlight: Andy, MGET Biodiversity Manager
Andy, our Biodiversity Manager, has worked with MGET since 2022. His passion and ambition has had a real positive impact in the estuary. He has taken our research effort to a new level and [...]
An Eely interesting blog…
This month we are highlighting one of my favourite species that can be found in the river, the European eel. This is a species that undertakes an incredible journey and can live for a [...]
Why is the Mersey Brown?
When you picture an estuary, you maybe think of a warm, clear water with small boats gently bobbing in the slow current, birds feeding along the foreshore and sheep grazing on the saltmarsh. What [...]
Full Circle on the Mersey
This month we are delighted to have a guest writer for our blog! The below was written by Vivien Minton (pictured right), an enthusiastic storyteller and photographer based in Liverpool. She tells her story [...]
Certificate of Environmental Commendation
Big news! We are thrilled to announce that the Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust has been awarded a certificate of commendation from the PEEL Ports Group. This accolade is awarded by the Harbour Master to [...]