Ancient woodland restoration appeal
Almost half the UK's ancient woodland is badly damaged. Together, we can bring it back to life.
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We safeguard woodland across the UK. But we can’t do this without you. Your support is vital to save woods for future generations, protect the wildlife that calls them home, and restore them to their thriving best.
All our current appeals
Help secure vital woodlands across the UK. Explore our current appeals and donate to make a lasting difference.
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Help us save a globally important temperate rainforest
We urgently need your support to save and restore Buckland Wood.
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Harrison Woodlands appeal update
We've purchased Harrison Woodlands thanks to our generous supporters – but we still need your help.
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Living Legends appeal
Our living legends are vital for wildlife, people and the planet, but they have virtually no legal protection. Help us fight for their future.
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Let's keep planting trees and protecting nature
Your support for UK woodland and our fight for nature is vital. Take a look at some of the incredible work we've been able to do and how you can help in the future.
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Rainforest appeal
Help support our vital conservation work to protect our vanishingly rare woodland habitats before we lose them forever.
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Brynau Farm appeal, Neath
We’re helping the incredible ancient woodland at Brynau Farm to flourish, and we now have the chance to more than double the size of this site. Help us secure Cefn Morfudd to create a peaceful oasis for native wildlife.
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Green Farm appeal, Norfolk
Only 9% of Norfolk is wooded. We have an opportunity to almost double the tree cover in our care in the county, but we need your support to help us buy the land we need to create a new native woodland.
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Ausewell Wood appeal, Dartmoor
With its dramatic rocky outcrops, raw and rugged beauty, and precious, endangered wildlife, Ausewell Wood is the lost world that needs your help.
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Mead appeal, Derbyshire
With your help we can achieve our vision for Derbyshire's Young People's Forest and begin to realise its amazing potential.
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Tree disease fighting fund
We're investing in hedgerows and trees to replace ash lost to dieback, and supporting tree nurseries to rely less on stock imported from overseas. But we need your help to do more.
Appeal successes
Thousands of precious hectares secured. Thriving wildlife. Biodiversity restored. All thanks to you. But the fight's not over. There's still time to help.
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Loch Arkaig Pine Forest appeal, Scottish Highlands
Old and gnarled Scots pines. Celebrated ospreys. Breathtaking loch-side views. Thanks to your generous support, some of Scotland’s finest and most fragile treasures now have the chance to thrive.
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Yonder Oak Wood Appeal
Devon is where it all began for us. Now, 50 years on, thanks to your generous support, we're celebrating the creation of Yonder Oak Wood - a vast wooded landscape in east Devon.
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Couldoran appeal, West Highlands
With your support, we're working to transform a large chunk of land right next door to Ben Shieldaig into a thriving mountain haven for rare and iconic wildlife such as the golden eagle, pine marten, red squirrel and otter.
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Pepper Wood appeal, Worcestershire
On the northern edge of Pepper Wood is a piece of land waiting to become woodland once more. Thanks to your help it's now ours, doubling the size of one of our most treasured woods.
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Snaizeholme appeal, North Yorkshire
Thanks to your support, we have the chance to turn a tree-less landscape into a thriving haven for red squirrels and declining woodland birds in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
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Hucking Estate appeal, Kent
Your support helped us extend this slice of Kent countryside. Now we have a unique opportunity to create a larger site with limitless potential.
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Ben Shieldaig appeal, West Highlands
This breathtaking slice of Caledonian pine forest – part of Scotland's rainforest and our first ever mountain – now has a bright future.
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Mourne Park appeal, Northern Ireland
Help keep Mourne Park thriving for nature and people – an irreplaceable ancient woodland in Northern Ireland now open for all to explore. We’ve secured this precious land, and we need you to help us to protect it for future generations.
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Avoncliff Wood appeal, Bath
We can now keep this sleeping beauty safe forever and the magic of its unspoiled ancient woodland alive.
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Brynau Farm appeal, Neath
We’re helping the incredible ancient woodland at Brynau Farm to flourish, and we now have the chance to more than double the size of this site. Help us secure Cefn Morfudd to create a peaceful oasis for native wildlife.
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Hedley Hall appeal, Tyne & Wear
Your donations saved this angel in the north - and the ancient woodland, rare plants and wildlife that call it home.
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Smithills Estate appeal, Bolton
The largest English site we've ever acquired is now being restored to its full glory thanks to your donations.
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Tring Park appeal, Chilterns
We've been able to extend this wildlife-rich park thanks to you. And what's more, the new land will give visitors easier access to explore the site's unique history.
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Llennyrch appeal, Snowdonia
Unexplored, mysterious and precious. This strip of scarce Celtic rainforest will survive for years to come thanks to an amazing response from our members and supporters.
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First World War Centenary Woods
One hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War, we marked the anniversary with one of our most ambitious planting projects to date. Find out how it went.
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Fingle Woods appeal, Dartmoor
This stunning Devon woodland is now secured for the future, thanks to help from our supporters and a partnership with the National Trust.
Other ways to support us
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Play our raffle
Every ticket you buy supports our work - and increases your chance to win a cash prize.
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Make a donation
With your support, we can ensure woods are always there, free for everyone to enjoy.
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Gift Aid: increasing the power of your donation
Find out what Gift Aid is, how it works, and why it's so important for our charity.
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Dedicate trees or woods
Dedicate a tree, bench or area of woodland to remember a loved one or mark an occasion.
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Leave a lasting legacy with a gift in your will
Leave a lasting legacy and protect the trees, woods and wildlife you love – today, tomorrow and forever.
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Become a member
There's no better way to protect the trees we all need than by becoming a member of the Woodland Trust.