Hasfield Court Event

This evening, we’re aiming to raise £25,000 in donations from our closest supporters, to provide a match fund through which to raise further donations from the public during our winter appeal. Added to this we’re looking to raise £25,000 from corporate supporters, to bring the total match fund to £50,000.

Your incredible donation will allow us to incentivise the public to dig deep and support our work, by offering to triple their donations. Your donation will therefore not only triple in value through corporate and public donations, but will inspire others to act for wildlife as you do. We’re hoping to receive donations into this match fund by 30 November, with the winter appeal launching a few days earlier on 27 November.

With your help, we can turn your £25,000 into £75,000, enabling us to take your incredible donations further for wildlife.

The money raised will go towards expanding the success of our Severn Treescapes project, increasing the connectivity of tree cover along a 60-mile corridor from the Lower Wye Valley to the Wyre Forest, joining two of the UK’s largest ancient woodlands.

Whether through woodland creation, planting hedgerows, restoring traditional orchards, focusing on agroforestry or other tree systems, we’ll be building on remaining pockets of ancient woodland to create a climate resilient landscape, all within 30 miles of the homes of 8 million people.

The increased connectivity and resilience of this tree network will support biodiversity, help mitigate against climate change and ensure the survival and expansion of our Gloucestershire pine marten population.

From the fascination of gnarled ancient trees to the joy of planting your own tree and watching it grow over your lifetime, trees have a special place in our hearts. The Treescapes project will enable Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to not only plant trees in the ground, but to foster this love of our woodlands with landowners, farmers and communities.