The Barn Owl Trust

Info:  Is a small charity working very hard to conserve one of the most beautiful birds on earth. Anyone who has ever watched a Barn Owl hunting at dusk has surely been touched by the experience but, sadly, these magical birds have become increasingly rare - and the reasons are all man-made. Lack of food due to intensive farming, the loss of roost and nest sites, road mortality, and a host of other factors are to blame.

The Trust was founded by a small group of volunteers who believed not only that they could reverse this decline through practical conservation work, but also that they could use people's interest in the Barn Owl to increase environmental awareness. Thus the Trust's two-pronged approach and slogan 'Conserving the Barn Owl and its Environment' was born.

The British Land Reclamation Society

Info:  Is an interdisciplinary organisation - and Registered Charity - concerned with the reclamation, regeneration and restoration of land. This includes contaminated, derelict and abandoned land from mineral working and former urban and industrial uses.

As an organisation they cover education, best practice and research over the many subject areas involved in the science and practicalities of land reclamation in England, Scotland and Wales. This could be from ground work engineering and geotechnics, to economic regeneration and sustainable urban reclamation. It covers a wide range of expertise and we encourage continuing development across disciplines.

The Fox Project

Info:  Is a charity dedicated to the red fox. They operate in parts of Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and South East London, dealing with sick and injured foxes and abandoned fox cubs and working with a large team of volunteers to provide for their care, treatment and rehabilitation back into the wild.

Some householders do not like foxes in their garden, so The Fox Project operates a specialist fox deterrence and advice service, which is both more effective and more humane than outmoded 'pest control'

The Swan Sanctuary

Info:  Is a charity dedicated to the care and treatment of swans and waterfowl with an established reputation, not only within the British Isles but worldwide. The Swan Sanctuary is proud to have facilities that include a fully equipped operating theatre, an X-ray room, an intensive care ward, an isolation ward, a washing room for oiled swans, several nursing ponds and a 4-acre rehabilitation lake. In the year 2000 we were instrumental in treating close on 4,000 mute swans, both at the sanctuary and in the field across the whole of England, Wales, Scotland and both Northern and Southern Ireland.

Tree Aid

Info:  Is enabling communities in Africa's drylands to fight poverty and become self-reliant, while improving the environment. It is the UK's only forestry focused development charity providing funding and on-the-ground training and support to local organisations in the Sahel of Africa. TREE AID's work, which also strengthens villagers' resilience to the impact of climate change, has never been more important.

Trees for Life

Info:  Is the only organisation specifically dedicated to restoring the Caledonian Forest to a target area of 600 sq miles in the Scottish Highlands. They work in partnership with the Forestry Commission, RSPB and private landowners, and own and manage the 10,000 acre Dundreggan Estate. Each year they run over 45 Conservation Work Weeks. Hundreds of volunteers join them annually in planting over 100,000 trees in protected areas, and carry out other restoration work such as seed collection and propagation of young trees and rare woodland plants. They have planted over 750,000 trees since 1989.

Two Men Plant a Forest

Info:  Simon and Richard are undertaking this extreme physical challange as it takes something extreme to gain people's attention. They feel the need to create awareness with regard to global environmental concerns - this affects all of us and more than that will greatly affect our children. Thank you for your kind donation and feel secure with the fact that this event is 100% non-profit. Although this event is to plant one watershed community project, the more we raise the more reforestation will happen. If two ordinary guys can plant a forest in a month, then together we can ...

UK Safari

Info:  A website for anyone interested in the wildlife and countryside of Britain.

Vale Wildlife Rescue

Info:  Each year in Britain an estimated five million wild birds and other animals are injured or disabled in some way. A vast majority of their injuries are caused by people, mostly accidentally, such as road accidents, but some are intentional like poisoning and badger baiting. They at the Vale Wildlife Rescue offer help to thousands of these casualties every year by treating them and where possible release them back in to the wild. They are on call 24 hours a day, every single day of the year.

They are a registered Charitable Trust that was set up in 1984. Their running costs of almost £20,000 per month are ever increasing, they are completely dependent upon donations and voluntary assistance.