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About us
Local action
Surrey Wildlife Trust is a conservation charity dedicated to restoring local nature with the help of thousands of volunteers and members.
We manage over 60 nature reserves in Surrey and work with local organisations, communities, landowners and young people to protect nature where they live.
Collective impact
We are part of The Wildlife Trusts - a federation of 46 Trusts working together to bring back wildlife across the UK.
We are part of the country's biggest movement for nature. Together, the Wildlife Trusts have more than 944,000 members, over 33,000 volunteers and manage 2,600 wild places for nature and for people.
Our mission
Working to connect Surrey's nature
Surreyʼs wildlife is as beautiful as it is unique. But itʼs fragile too, and we canʼt take it for granted. Weʼve lost so much nature, protecting whatʼs left isnʼt enough. We are working together to protect and restore our wild spaces – and we need your help.
Our impact
Surrey Wildlife Trust is working to boost the diversity and abundance of nature across Surrey – and this critical mission depends on the support of people like you.
In the Impact Report for 2024-25, we showcase some of the highlights that supporters have helped us to achieve over the past year.
Our history
Surrey Wildlife Trust was founded as The Surrey Naturalists' Trust on the 21st March 1959. Over 60 years later our name may have changed, but the motivation that inspired our founders remains the same.
How we're run
A group of elected Trustees oversee the governance and strategic leadership of the organisation. Our Trustees are members of the Trust and give their experience and expertise for free.
How we're funded
Surrey Wildlife Trust is a charity, and as such we rely on the support of membership subscriptions, donations, grants, legacies and other funding sources to allow us to carry out our work caring for wildlife in Surrey.
How we raise funds and spend money
View our 2024/25 financial summary.
A message from our CEO
Surrey Wildlife Trust has a very clear mission: to increase the diversity and abundance of native wildlife across our county. As the only organisation with a county-wide focus on that goal, we are working with a huge range of businesses, public bodies, community groups and individuals to make it happen.
We believe that the nature and climate crisis presents us all with grave threats. But it also presents an opportunity for us to do things better. From restoring and connecting our precious heathland, wetland and woodland habitats for wildlife and people to enjoy, to reducing pollution from industry and agriculture, to getting more schools involved in learning about nature, to creating more green spaces in our towns and cities, taking better care of our natural world will improve life for everyone.
Put very simply, we are a group of people who get things done for nature, and we’d like you to join us. There’s plenty of information about how you can work with us as a volunteer, donate to our campaigns, manage your land more effectively for nature, send a message to your elected representatives or become a business partner on these pages. I hope you will enjoy finding out more about Surrey’s wildlife and how you can help.
Thank you
Sarah Jane Chimbwandira
Chief Executive Officer
Surrey Wildlife Trust's work inspiring people to love nature has never been more important. If we are to protect nature in the future we have to put people at the heart of it.
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