Appeals | Cumbria Wildlife Trust

image of Great tit taking mealworm from hand - copyright Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

© Mark Hamblin/2020VISION

Our current appeals

You want someone to always be there for the natural world.

We're here to save wildlife & wild places. We're here to bring people closer to nature.

And, we rely on the generosity of people like you to fund specific work where it's needed the most.

A view from behind osprey White YW, coming in to land on a nest high in the sky with his wings outstretched.

Foulshaw Moss Ospreys webcam

Watch around-the-clock live action from Foulshaw Moss osprey webcam in Cumbria, both nest and roost tree views.

image of grassland and woodland at Orton moss nature reserve

Land Purchase - Please help make more space for nature's recovery

Bigger, better and more joined-up nature reserves give wildlife an opportunity to thrive - and that’s exactly what your support is…

Skiddaw Forest landscape featuring stream and purple heather credit Joe Murphy

Help restore Skiddaw Forest

Please donate to deliver the 100 year vision for nature’s recovery at Skiddaw Forest.

Bumblebee © John Hawkins

Support pollinators

Please will you make a donation to help restore & create species-rich and diverse habitats to benefit our pollinators?

97% of species-rich habitat gone in just 50 years. Species-rich grasslands & wildflower meadows are crucial to the survival of pollinators.

image of peat bog at foulshaw moss nature reserve

Climate Change Appeal

Please will you help in the fight against climate change? Will you help to repair & protect Cumbria’s peatlands?

Peatlands are Cumbria’s most important carbon store. They store five times as much carbon as all of Cumbria’s trees put together.

underwater scene - thongweed snakelocks - copyright Paul Naylor

Donate to marine life

Please will you make a donation to support Living Seas North West?

Help marine life to survive and thrive across the North West and throughout the Irish Sea.

The Trust is regulated by the Fundraising Regulator. We closely follow the principles outlined in our Fundraising Promise, and commit to abide by the Code of Fundraising Practice