FROM CORNWALL WILDLIFE TRUST — AN UPDATE ON COSTS AND REQUEST TO DONATE MORE

View this email in your browser Dear John Before I begin, if you’ve recently increased your membership, thank you so much. Your additional support truly means a great deal, and please forgive us if this email crossed with your update. You should by now have received your Wild Cornwall magazine together with a letter from me. In that letter, I shared just how much your support is achieving across our nature reserves — from restored wetlands and newly planted woodlands to wildflower meadows returning — and through our wider conservation work, including seagrass restoration in the Fal estuary. Every acre protected and every habitat improved is possible because of members like you. I also explained the growing challenge we’re facing — one felt most urgently by wildlife. Rising costs and inflation mean caring for our reserves is becoming more expensive. Even so, we recently took on 53 acres at Bartinney and 97 acres at Helman Tor, because expanding these sites is essential for Cornwall’s wildlife and natural beauty to recover. This has increased our annual costs by £27,663, and it now takes £10.80 per month to care for each vital acre of our nature reserves. Essential work — from habitat restoration and grazing management to marine monitoring and repairing storm damage — depends on steady membership support. So, I’m getting in touch to gently follow up on my letter. You already give £3.50 each month, and your generosity means so much. If you feel able to increase your membership today, even by a small amount, it would make an even bigger difference for Cornwall’s wildlife and wild places. Your additional support would help meet rising costs across our nature reserves and continue the vital conservation work happening every day across Cornwall. Updating your gift is quick and easy. Simply reply to this email with your new amount or click below to adjust it online: Increase my membership gift We’re especially grateful you continued your membership after recent rate changes—thank you. If it feels manageable, an optional increase could help strengthen the work you make possible for wildlife and habitats across Cornwall. Thank you for reading and for everything you do for Cornwall’s wildlife. Whatever you decide, please know how deeply grateful we are. Because of you, Cornwall’s wild places have a brighter future. With warmest thanks, Callum Deveney Director of Nature Recovery Cornwall Wildlife Trust P.S. If all our members gave just £1 more a month, we could plant 23 new acres of woodland this year. That’s space to shelter birds, bats, and countless other creatures while capturing carbon for the climate. Facebook icon Instagram icon LinkedIn icon YouTube icon © 2026 Cornwall Wildlife Trust. All rights reserved. Registered charity number 214929. Privacy Policy and T&Cs Our mailing address is: Cornwall Wildlife Trust Five Acres, Allet, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9DJ Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list.