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  • Education Hideaway

    Education Hideaway

    We need your help to build a brand new shed! Our education programme is growing, and we need to grow with it. Read more

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  • Batty about bats

    Batty about bats

    We need you to join us in getting batty for bats! By installing the bat lodge we are giving bats a safe space to flourish on Turnastone Court Farm. Read more

    Target £350 Raised so far £0
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  • 10 May trees (Hawthorn) for the Platinum Jubilee

    10 May trees (Hawthorn) for the Platinum Jubilee

    We are celebrating the Platinum Jubilee by increasing the biodiversity across Bere Marsh Farm, Dorset. Read more

    Target £1,000 Raised so far £100 £125 incl. Gift Aid
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  • Volunteer Equipment Appeal

    Volunteer Equipment Appeal

    Volunteers complete essential conservation work on the CRT Properties. They urgently need new equipment to help them complete their tasks. Read more

    Target £5,000 Raised so far £180 £225 incl. Gift Aid
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Protect nature with us

Thanks to your generous donations we are able to build a living, working countryside.

Our current appeals support some of our big plans taking place on our sites, from planting pioneering elm trees, to extra food for birds over winter, to volunteer equipment, each one plays a vital role in the regeneration of the countryside.

Each appeal targets an exact need highlighted by our tenant farmers, wildlife monitors and volunteers as a cause that urgently needs our support.

If you're unable to donate here are some other ways you can support our work: 

Volunteer     Fundraise for CRT     

Education Hideaway

Education Hideaway

We need your help to build a brand new shed! Our education programme is growing, and we need to grow with it. Read more

Published: 8th April, 2022

Updated: 17th May, 2022

Author: Becca Cassidy

Batty about bats

Batty about bats

We need you to join us in getting batty for bats! By installing the bat lodge we are giving bats a safe space to flourish on Turnastone Court Farm. Read more

Published: 8th April, 2022

Updated: 16th May, 2022

Author: Becca Cassidy

10 May trees (Hawthorn) for the Platinum Jubilee

10 May trees (Hawthorn) for the Platinum Jubilee

We are celebrating the Platinum Jubilee by increasing the biodiversity across Bere Marsh Farm, Dorset. Read more

Published: 18th February, 2022

Updated: 16th May, 2022

Author: Hayley Neal

Help us plant pioneering elm trees

Help us plant pioneering elm trees

English Elm trees were once widespread across the countryside, but sadly now only a few are left. We need your help to return elm trees to Awnells Farm, Herefordshire! Read more

Published: 27th October, 2021

Updated: 20th April, 2022

Author: Becca Cassidy

Comments: 1

Support barn owls on CRT properties

Support barn owls on CRT properties

Barn owls are the pinnacle of the British Countryside. We are delighted that they are on many CRT properties, but looking after them does cost us money. Read more

Published: 12th January, 2021

Updated: 13th April, 2022

Author: Hayley Neal

Dorset Dream

Dorset Dream

We have our Dorset Dream, Bere Marsh Farm! Now we need to work hard to make it fit for purpose and turn it into the CRT flagship farm. Read more

Published: 17th July, 2020

Updated: 13th April, 2022

Author: Hayley Neal

Volunteer Equipment Appeal

Volunteer Equipment Appeal

Volunteers complete essential conservation work on the CRT Properties. They urgently need new equipment to help them complete their tasks. Read more

Published: 17th April, 2020

Updated: 13th April, 2022

Author: Hayley Neal

Extra food for endangered farmland birds

Extra food for endangered farmland birds

Supplementary feeding on seven CRT properties is one of the methods we use to to encourage wildlife onto our farms and to help protect some of the most at risk breeds. This has a high cost to the charity and we need your help. Read more

Published: 15th April, 2020

Updated: 13th April, 2022

Author: Hayley Neal

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  • Families flock to look for fairies among the bluebells

    Families flock to look for fairies among the bluebells

    More than 200 visitors enjoyed the mesmerising sight of a carpet of bluebells dappled with sunlight in the woods on Twyford Farm on Sunday 8 May 2022, did you make it to the day?

  • Why is nature friendly farming important?

    Why is nature friendly farming important?

    When you’re rushing to pick up shopping from the supermarket or digging into your dinner after a busy day, it’s understandable if you’re not thinking about how your food was produced, but nature friendly farming should be at the forefront of our thoughts and why it is important.

  • Bird Migration in Herefordshire

    Bird Migration in Herefordshire

    It's a welcome sign of seasonal change greeting the migrating visitors to our sites. Awnells Farm and Turnastone Court Farm, Herefordshire receives many visitors over the coming months, including the feathered variety.

  • Lambing at Turnastone Court Farm

    Lambing at Turnastone Court Farm

    CRT Livestock Farming and Wildlife Monitoring Assistant, Katie Morgans, experienced her first lambing season this year at Turnastone Court Farm, Herefordshire, this is her diary of the experience.

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  • Conservation Volunteer

    Conservation Volunteer

    This is your chance to get 'down and dirty' to help CRT improve the habitats and environment on our farms, with a wide range of conservation projects and initiatives.

  • CRT vision

    CRT vision

  • Robin Page

    Robin Page

    Co-Founder

  • Trustee Statement 8 June 2021

    Trustee Statement 8 June 2021

    An update from the CRT Trustees regarding governance of the charity.

  • Prices

    Prices

  • Garfield Weston Foundation gives grant to kick-start our new Volunteer Programme

    Garfield Weston Foundation gives grant to kick-start our new Volunteer Programme

    Countryside Restoration Trust has received a grant of £20000 to create a brand-new Volunteer Programme.

  • Wildlife Monitoring Volunteer

    Wildlife Monitoring Volunteer

    Want to learn how to monitor species in the wild and how this supports our conservation and regeneration wok? Then this is perfect for you!

  • David Mills MBE

    David Mills MBE

    Trustee, farmer, conservationist and founder of British Wildlife Centre

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    Woodland burial site

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