Charities - environment and heritage

Panda House, Weyside Park, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1XR
01483 426 333
01483 426 409
1081247 (England & Wales) SC039593 (Scotland)

We’re changing things for the better.

The environment is in crisis. But we remain positive.

WWF is the world’s leading independent conservation organisation. And we’re tackling the most serious conservation challenges facing the planet, building a future where people and nature thrive together.

That’s why we’re passionate about sharing the planet’s resources more sustainably, taking action on climate change and protecting endangered wildlife.

Gifts in wills are essential for our vision of a world worth living in for the future



Sedum House, Mallard Way, Doncaster DN4 8DB
01302 388883
01302 311531

www.btcv.org

261009 (England & Wales), SCO39302 (Scotland)

BTCV works for a better environment where people are valued, included and involved.



6/7 Barnard Mews, London SW11 1QU
020 7924 4077 ext 222

www.cnp.org.uk

295336 (England & Wales)

The Campaign for National Parks is the only charity dedicated solely to protecting all the National Parks of England and Wales. We have over 75 years experience of protecting our Parks, will you work with us to keep these beautiful places safe?



128 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SW
020 7981 2800
020 7981 2899

www.cpre.org.uk

1089685 (England & Wales)

CPRE is one of the country’s leading independent environmental groups. Established in 1926, it plays a unique role in defending the whole of England’s countryside, not simply particular features or elements in it. And it actually does win battles, influencing policy, getting legislation changed and fighting off damaging schemes. Funded almost entirely by donations and legacies, CPRE protects England’s landscape inheritance and fights for a beautiful and living countryside for all.



The Crib, Dinchope, Craven Arms, Shropshire SY7 9JJ
01588 672868
250739 (England & Wales)

The Commonwealth Forestry Association, founded in 1921, is the world’s longest established international forestry association. Our mission is to promote the conservation and sustainable management of the world’s forests and the contribution they make to peoples’ livelihoods.



Bird’s Farm, Haslingfield Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7AG
01223 262999
1007793 (England and Wales)

Please help us to save the beauty of our unique British Countryside for future generations.



Plumgarths, Crook Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 8LX
01539 816300
218711 (England & Wales)

Cumbria Wildlife Trust has been dedicated to safeguarding the county’s wildlife for future generations since 1962 and, with your help, will continue to do so for many years to come. We aim to rebuild biodiversity and engage people with the natural environment by being active in local communities and an influential wildlife champion.



1 Waterhouse Square, 138-142 Holborn, London EC1N 2ST
020 7973 3538
020 7973 3001
see below in text

English Heritage is proud to care for the national collection of historic places and the treasures they contain. Over 400 historic sites are open for the public to enjoy, many of them free of charge. They include:
59 prehistoric sites • 56 Roman sites • 90 ecclesiastical sites • 116 castles and forts 34 domestic medieval buildings • 32 houses and halls • 11 monuments • 6 industrial sites • 6 historic bridges • 1 cold war bunker • 1 deer house • 45 London statues



27 & 28 Burgate, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2HA
01227 865290
01227 865327
256575 (England and Wales)

Canterbury Cathedral is known as a holy place, as a monument to inspirational architecture and stained glass, for its great choral tradition, and for its place in our national and world heritage.



Friends of the Lake District (LSG), Freepost LA1186, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 8BR
01539 720788
01539 730355

www.fld.org.uk

1100759 (England & Wales)

Formed in 1934 Friends of the Lake District works to protect and enhance the special qualities of the landscape of the Lake District and Cumbria. This landscape is a unique blend of physical and cultural characteristics. There are spectacular mountains and rugged fells, pastoral and wooded valleys as well as numerous lakes, tarns and rivers, many of which are of national and international importance. The character of the area is reflected in its human history, inspiring the personalities, lifestyles and traditions of its people. Moreover the area's distinctiveness provides an important sense of place for local communities, who, along with many others, enjoy the freedom and tranquillity which the long tradition of public access has provided.



Wolston Lane, Ryton, Coventry, CV8 3LG
0247 630 3517
298104 (England and Wales)

Garden Organic is the UK’s leading organic growing charity and has been at the forefront of the organic movement for over 50 years. Through research, education, demonstration gardens and practical projects we enable and support people to get involved in organic growing. We also lobby and campaign on issues vital to people and the environment, such as sustainability and climate change.



Canonbury Villas, London N1 2PN
020 7865 8100
020 7865 8200
284934 (England & Wales)

There are two Greenpeace organisations in the UK: Greenpeace Limited and Greenpeace Environmental Trust (registered charity number 284934).
Greenpeace Limited campaigns, lobbies and carries out non-violent direct actions in defence of the natural world. We work on issues ranging from climate change to oceans and promote solutions to environmental problems. A bequest to Greenpeace Limited will help to keep our campaigners in action on land and sea.



2 Chester Street,London SW1X 7BB
020 7259 5688
020 7259 5590
1009721

The Heritage Conservation Trust (HCT), created in 1990, supports the conservation of works of art as well as education, access and research initiatives in and about historic houses.



Grebe House, St Michael’s Street, St Albans, Herts AL3 4SN
01727 858901
01727 854542

info@hmwt.org

239863 (England & Wales)

Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT) works to protect wildlife. The charity manages a combined area the size of 1,000 football pitches, from beautiful wetlands and woodlands to rare patches of heath and orchard. We take practical action every day to help wildlife flourish, through the management of our 44 nature reserves and the protection of the species that live there.



Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Coalbrookdale, Telford, Shropshire, TF8 7DQ
01952 435 900
01952 435999
503717-R (England & Wales)

Founded in 1967, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Limited is a registered charity with the twin aims of education and heritage conservation.



Tenterden Town Station, Tenterden Kent TN30 6HE
01580 765155

www.kesr.org.uk

262481

Leaving Something Good Behind
When you write a Will as well as protecting your loved ones you can also help preserve the future of steam trains on the Kent & East Sussex Railway. We realise it can be a sensitive and difficult task but we understand determining what gift is right for you is just as important as making the gift itself.



The Old Granary, West Mill Street, Perth PH1 5QP
01738 493947
01738 442095
SC030055 (Scotland)

The MCofS represents hill walkers, climbers and ski-mountaineers who enjoy Scotland’s mountains. Our main work involves working to protect the landscape and biodiversity of Scotland’s mountains and crags, and protecting mountaineers’ rights to responsible access.

Scotland’s unique mountain landscape heritage and biodiversity provides hill walkers and climbers with a natural playground in which to enjoy their recreation. The Trust aims to achieve a balance between exercising responsible rights of access with the conservation of the environment which makes Scotland’s mountains so unique.



Legacy Department (LSG 12), 31 Newbury Street, London EC1A 7HU­
020 7600 6090
020 7796 2442
1119845 (England & Wales)

The National Churches Trust breathes life into church buildings and the communities they serve. The Trust provides funding and practical long term solutions to the building work, access and community needs of the 47,000 churches, chapels and meeting houses in the UK, regardless of denomination or setting – rural or urban.



Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE
01223 342200

info@niab.com

www.niab.com

306069

For more than 90 years, the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) has played a key role in supporting the development of improved crop varieties and transferring advances in plant science into practical agriculture.

Established as a charitable trust in 1919 under the motto ‘Better Seeds: Better Crops’, NIAB recognised the importance of seed quality and improved varieties in safeguarding food supplies following food shortages during the First World War.



Heelis, Kemble Drive, Swindon SN2 2NA
01793 817400
01793 817401
205846 (England & Wales)

Founded in 1895, the National Trust looks after special places throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland for ever, for everyone. We are Europe’s biggest conservation body and a charity that is completely independent of Government, receiving no direct state funding for our core work. We rely for income on membership fees, donations and legacies, and revenue raised from our commercial operations.



376 High Street, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 1YE
01248 351541
01248 353192
230772 (England & Wales)

Do you enjoy and value the wildlife and landscape of North Wales?
We do! North Wales Wildlife Trust has been working since 1963 to protect the nature of North Wales.



12 Home Farm, Loseley Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1HS
01483 447540
01483 458933
1004009 (England and Wales)

Plant Heritage, founded in 1978, is the world's leading cultivated plant conservation charity. Over the centuries countless garden plants have been developed by British collectors & growers. This biodiversity, the legacy of their work, is at risk now through changes in fashion and the retirement of growers; yet it may hold the key to new pharmaceutical drugs, drought resistant plants and other characteristics vital for the future. By ensuring these plants remain in cultivation and actively propagated and shared, through the work of our National Plant Collection Scheme, we can make sure that this biodiversity is protected.



233a Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2JT
020 7485 0193
020 7485 0315
801436 (England & Wales)

A gift in your will to The Rainforest Foundation UK will help protect rainforests for generations to come – a lasting legacy for the world.

Over 60 million people and 70% of the earth’s wildlife live within rainforests, yet every year an area of rainforest the size of England and Wales is cut down.



Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB
020 8332 3249
020 8332 3201
803428 (England & Wales)

Plants are the basis of all life on earth, yet a quarter of all plant species may be threatened with extinction. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the world’s premier botanic garden, is dedicated to securing the future of the plant kingdom.



The Old Police House, Hyde Park, London W2 2UH
020 7298 2139
1097545 (England & Wales)

The Royal Parks – London's personal space
The Royal Parks are visited by millions of us every year. Their 5,000 acres offer everyone a personal space amid the rush and bustle of the city, and above all they enhance our health and well-being and that of generations to come.



The Kiln, Mather Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 1WT
01636 677 711
01636 670 001
207238 (England & Wales)

The Wildlife Trusts: Your Local Wildlife Charity



21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London SE1 9DT
020 7902 5973
020 7902 5971
266916 (England & Wales)

Where there’s a Will…
“I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends” Richard II



Unit 4, Winstone Beacon, Trematon, Saltash, Cornwall PL12 4RU
01752 846 400
01752 844 001

info @silvanus.org.uk

285768 (England & Wales)

The Silvanus Trust, a woodland charity, has been involved in forestry and woodland in the South West for over twenty five years. We embrace a holistic view of forestry and work extensively in education, social forestry, environmental woodland management and the forestry and timber industries, seeking always to foster the links between people and woodlands and woodland products.



37 Spital Square, London E1 6DY
0207 377 1644
0207 247 5296
Company No: 5743962 Charity No: 1113753 Scottish Charity No: SCO39244

SPAB is Britain’s oldest, largest and most technically expert national society fighting to protect historic buildings from demolition, neglect and damaging repairs and alterations. If you care about historic buildings please join us or consider a donation or legacy to help us continue the work to protect and educate begun by William Morris 130 years ago.



Dept LSG, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex BN5 9SD
01273 492630
01273 494500
207005 (England & Wales)

The Sussex Wildlife Trust is the largest voluntary organisation devoted to nature conservation in Sussex. With more than 33,000 members, the Trust owns or manages nearly 5,000 acres of land in 33 nature reserves.



Head Office Sustrans, 2 Cathedral Square, College Green, Bristol BS1 5DD
0845 838 0651
0117 929 4173
326550 (England & Wales), SC039263 (Scotland)

Sustrans makes smarter travel choices possible, desirable and inevitable. We’re a leading UK charity enabling people to travel on foot, by bike or on public transport for more of the journeys we make every day. We started by creating the National Cycle Network: a comprehensive network of safe and attractive routes for cyclists and pedestrians.



21 Albemarle St, London W1S 4BS
020 7409 2992

www.rigb.org

227938 (England & Wales)

At the Ri, we’re dedicated to bringing science and people together. Since 1799 we have made groundbreaking discoveries, created unique educational opportunities and run diverse public events to celebrate and communicate science, technology and innovation. We aim to empower the public and inspire future generations of engineers, mathematicians and scientists by getting people talking and participating in science.



Aston Road, Haddenham, Aylesbury, Bucks HP17 8AF
01844 292292
01844 292640
286447 (England & Wales)

Specialising in hedgehogs, Tiggywinkles has been working for over 30 years rescuing, treating and rehabilitating sick, injured and orphaned British wildlife. We have proved beyond doubt that most wild animal and bird casualties can be saved and returned to the wild.



202 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7JW
020 7928 6464
280943 (England & Wales)

The Transport Trust, founded in 1965, is the United Kingdom’s only national charity established to help fund the restoration and preservation of Britain’s air, water, rail and road transport, and to preserve records of transport history.



71 Newcomen Street, London SE1 1YT
020 7407 9992
020 7407 9908
279000 (England & Wales)

Making trees matter to everyone



4 Cheapside House, High Street, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4AA
01747 831 005

info@tusk.org

www.tusk.org

803118 (England and Wales)

Tusk Trust, whose Royal Patron is HRH The Duke of Cambridge, was established in 1990 to stem the decline of Africa’s wildlife and natural habitats. The Charity supports projects that not only protect endangered species, but also seek to alleviate poverty through sustainable development amongst some of the poorest rural communities in Africa.



c/o Cwm Cottage (LSG), Cwmynys, Cilycwm, LLandovery, Carmarthenshire, SA20 0EU
01550 721197
By arrangement
232208 (Est. 1963) (England & Wales)

ABOUT VEGFAM
Vegfam “Feeds The Hungry Without Exploiting Animals” by funding sustainable, selfsupporting projects: seeds and tools for vegetable growing, fruit/nut tree planting, irrigation and water wells. Also emergency relief in times of crisis and disaster. Vegfam helps people to help themselves.



42a Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0RE
0300 123 0764
0300 123 0765
1062255 (England & Wales)

War Memorials Trust works to protect and conserve all war memorials in the UK. The charity provides information and advice on a range of issues related to war memorials and offers financial assistance through grants schemes for repair and conservation.



Slimbridge, Gloucester GL2 7BT
01453 891150
01453 890827
1030884 (England & Wales)

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) was founded in 1946 at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire by naturalist and artist the late Sir Peter Scott.



The Old Post Office, Main Street, Clapham LA2 8DP
015242 51002
015242 51150

info@ydmt.org

www.ydmt.org

1061687 (England & Wales)

The Yorkshire Dales has a unique and precious landscape, enjoyed by millions of visitors every year. But it is a landscape that needs our constant care.



1 St George’s Place, York YO24 1GN
01904 659 570
01904 613 467

www.ywt.org.uk

210807 (England & Wales)

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has been working for over 60 years to enhance and protect Yorkshire’s wildlife havens. Through the support of our members and volunteers we remain a local charity working for local communities and wildlife.



Room LSG11, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY
020 7449 6206
020 7586 6177
208728 (England & Wales)

As a charity dependent on public support, ZSL relies on future gifts in Wills to help to continue its work.

ZSL was founded in 1826 and today we remain committed to protecting our planet’s natural heritage. Our mission, to achieve and promote the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats, has never been more important.