Appeals

We depend on your donations to help us carry out our vital conservation work and to respond to urgent restoration needs. Thank you for your support

Here’s a selection of current appeals for fundraising projects at our places. Some support the National Trust’s more pressing needs in the wider areas of coast and countryside conservation, others focus on the urgent restoration needs of individual buildings, collections and gardens in our care.

Where have all the wildflowers gone?
A meadow of wildflowers and grasses in the countryside near Aira Force and Ullswater, Cumbria

Save the nation’s meadows 

Shockingly, 97 per cent of our meadows are disappearing. Help us restore 1,000 hectares of wildflower meadows and protect species like the large blue butterfly, the turtledove and the great yellow bumblebee before it's too late.

Donate to the Making Meadows appeal
White Peak grass meadow ranger Play Video
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The sights and sounds of a meadow in creation

From the White Peak hay meadows, amid the sounds of skylarks and long grass swishing, Rachel Bennett, the National Trust’s Peak District lead ranger tells us what's being done to save these beautiful and vital wildlife havens.

Buildings in need

A room in Firbeck Infirmary with peeling wallpaper

Preserve The Workhouse at Southwell 

Be part of the project to conserve The Workhouse site, telling the story of how society has tackled poverty, health and social welfare both then and now.

The Market Hall in Chipping Campden

Help us save Chipping Camden Market Hall 

Work on the Market Hall is underway, find out how you can get involved in helping this much loved building.

Two women bent over a rolled up tapestry

Restoring Nunnington Hall's tapestries 

We need to restore Nunnington's three historic 'verdure' tapestries, and protect them from natural damage over the last 350 years. So they can continue to be enjoyed by visitors to Nunnington Hall for many more years.

See all our building & collection appeals

Garden restoration

An original map of the designs of the grounds of berrington

Help! Help! Help! The Georgian garden restoration 

Help us with our crucial Walled Garden and Pleasure Grounds restoration project and help restore this rare 'Capability' Brown design to its original Georgian style

The Melon House in the Walled Garden at Attingham, Shrewsbury

Attingham's Walled Garden Glasshouses Appeal 

Melons? Grown in Shropshire? Are you sure? Find out how you can help save the features of Attingham's Walled Garden for future generations.

the maze at Glendurgan with the summerhouse in the centre

Help us keep Glendurgan's maze forever puzzling 

The Glendurgan maze is struggling to cope with all our visitors and we need to improve pathways and the health of the hedges so they can continue to delight visitors for generations to come.

See all our garden appeals

How your donations helped bring stories to life

  • In 2018, supporters donated over £165,000 to Sutton Hoo, Seaton Delaval Hall & Stowe garden
  • At Sutton Hoo, visitors will be able to use a 17 metre high observation tower to get a real feel for the past
  • Your donations have helped us win £5.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for key projects
  • Stowe's garden restoration included over 3,500 young plants, plus statues of wrestlers and gladiators

Coast and countryside conservation

Maidenhead Thicket - Hugh Mothersole

Restoring the woodland at Maidenhead Thicket  

It's not too late to sponsor a sapling and help us create a new area of woodland populated by native British trees and provide more homes for insects such as stag beetles and butterflies like white-letter hairstreaks, purple emperors and silver-washed fritillaries.

Visitors enjoying the view over the Northumberland Coast

Help us protect the coastline you love 

With more than 775 miles of coastline in our care, we know how much British beaches matter. Help us safeguard these special places for future generations.

A view of Corfe Common

Land, outdoors and nature appeal 

Will you help to support the vital habitats in our care, to ensure wildlife can thrive long into the future?

See all our coast & countryside appeals

Protecting nature and wildlife

Konik ponies in the distance with the sun setting and the mist rolling in

Creating a home for nature at Wicken Fen 

At the end of the last century it was clear that the nature reserve was too small to support all the species that wanted to make Wicken Fen their home, unless drastic action was taken to help them. So, in 1999 we launched the Wicken Fen Vision, a plan to greatly expand the nature reserve to around 5300 hectares over a 100 year period.

Red squirrel in the woodland at Plas Newydd

Plas Newydd red squirrel appeal 

In 2008, six red squirrels were released into the gardens at Plas Newydd, now it’s estimated that 100 of this native breed thrive in woodland. But we need your help to further improve their habitat and boost their population.

See all our nature & wildlife appeals
Close up of a woman brushing a piece of furniture on the wall

All our appeals 

Browse all our current appeals and see which place or cause is closest to your heart. From protecting the countryside, coast and threatened wildlife to restoring houses, memorials, gardens and collections, we've some vital projects needing your support.

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