Interested in making the most of the National Trust near you? Join your local group to enjoy special interest talks, visits, holidays and other social and fundraising events.

You'll also be helping a great cause - local groups support the work of the charity and raise hundreds of thousands of pounds every year for our conservation and access projects around the country.

About the group

The East Dorset Association, founded in 1988, has around 650 National Trust members and volunteers drawn mainly from the areas of Ferndown, Wimborne, Verwood, West Moors, Ashley Heath and Merley but we welcome new members from anywhere in the East Dorset area to this particularly busy Association.

The Association's objectives are to promote and prosper actively the work of the National Trust and to organise social activities to make membership of the National Trust more enjoyable. These include talks, walks, bridge, lunches, outings to Trust and private properties and a variety of social events.

In addition to regular, substantial donations to National Trust properties, such as Kingston Lacy and Brownsea lsland we also support National Trust appeals, for example, the Neptune Coastline Campaign and the acquisition of Tyntesfield, near Bristol.

A number of our members actively volunteer, chiefly at Kingston Lacy and Brownsea lsland.

You can find details for our membership enquiry contact here and more information about the group and our activities here