UK Conservation Charities
The National Trust for Scotland
The National Trust for Scotland is the conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotland's natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to enjoy. With over 297,000 members it is the largest conservation charity in Scotland and it depends for its support on donations, legacies, grants and membership subscriptions.
Trees for Life began in 1981 as a direct result of the inspiration and example of Richard S. Barbe Baker, the 'Man of the Trees', as a local solution to the global problem of deforestation. It forms part of the Findhorn Bay Community, an intentional community comprising various organisations and many individuals drawn together by a common vision of creating a positive future for humanity and the planet.
The Countryside Restoration Trust
The Countryside Restoration Trust is a farming and conservation charity dedicated to restoring and protecting the countryside. The Trust demonstrates profitable farming which blends historic wisdom and sustainable modern methods to restore wildlife and maintain rural culture.
The Woodland Trust is the UK’s leading charity dedicated solely to the protection of our native woodland heritage. By acquiring woodland sites we bring them into our care and protection. Many of our woods were previously under threat from development pressure or unsympathetic management.
The National Trust is a charity and is completely independent of Government. We rely for income on membership fees, donations and legacies, and revenue raised from our commercial operations.
We now have 3.4 million members and 43,000 volunteers. More than 12 million people visit our pay for entry properties, while an estimated 50 million visit our open air properties.
We protect and open to the public over 300 historic houses and gardens and 49 industrial monuments and mills.
But it doesn’t stop there. We also look after forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, downs, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, castles, nature reserves, villages - for ever, for everyone.
National Coal Mining Museum for England Trust Ltd
The NCMME is a unique collection of buildings, displays and galleries which reveals the hidden world of coal mining through the centuries, telling the stories of mining methods and machinery, the miners and their families. Visitors can descend 140m underground and learn how coal was mined and moved by men, women, children, ponies and machinery.