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As a charity we need your help to protect the UK's best-loved places in our care, to ensure they remain special for everyone

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Ways to give

You can support our valuable conservation work as a charity in many ways. From making a general donation to supporting an appeal or giving in memory, doing your own fundraising or taking part in one of our raffles, find your way to give...

Membership and visitor income makes a vital contribution to the upkeep of the amazing places you love, but we rely on your additional generosity to continue to protect the irreplaceable.

Give where the need is greatest Make a general donation
Rangers surveying meadows in Langdale

Save the nation’s meadows 

Sadly, 97 per cent of our meadows have disappeared since the 1930s. 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
Emily Martin is taking on a marathon challenge to raise funds for the National Trust

Inside Emily's multi-marathon fundraising challenge 

Marathon runner and fundraiser Emily Martin is helping support the landscapes she loves by running for the National Trust. Find out about Emily's multi-marathon challenge and how you can help her achieve her goal.

Support Emily's multi-marathon challenge
Thorneythwaite farm in the Seathwaite valley, Cumbria

How you've helped 

With your ongoing support we're able to continue our vital conservation work. Discover our recent success stories and how your donations help protect the places you love for ever, for everyone.

Get active

Two people cycling through the countryside

Ride in a charity cycling event for us 

Help us look after the places you love by taking on a cycling challenge and fundraising for the National Trust. We're looking for cyclists to take part in one of two summer events this year – Nightrider Bristol 2019 and RideLondon 2019.

Runners at the Bath Half Marathon

Run a marathon for the National Trust 

Help us look after the places that you love by running a marathon or half marathon for the National Trust as your charity. We're looking for runners to take part in road running events this year.

Commemorative giving
A couple sit on a bench together

In memory gifts 

You can remember someone special and their connection to the Trust in many meaningful ways. Let us help you make the perfect tribute in memory.

A tea party at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire

In celebration gifts 

Whether you’re searching for a unique wedding gift, or the perfect way to mark a special occasion, a gift donation to the National Trust is a meaningful celebration of life’s big events.

More ways to give
A view towards the lighthouse at Trevose Head, Cornwall

Raffles 

We run our Special Places Raffle from March to November and three seasonal membership raffles every year.

Brockhampton surrounded by damson trees in blossom

Philanthropy 

Philanthropy plays a pivotal role in the National Trust. For more information, please contact the Philanthropy team by emailing Eleanor.Davis@nationaltrust.org.uk or calling 01793 817703.

Antwerp painting hanging at Chartwell, a National Trust property in Kent

Giving from overseas 

You can donate to any of our current appeals online. If you're in the USA you can make a donation via the Royal Oak Foundation.

Common heather, Bell heather and Western gorse lining the coastal path on the Great Hangman with the Little Hangman, Devon

FAQs about donating 

Have a question about donating to the National Trust? Find the answer to our most frequently asked questions about giving here.

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Membership and visitor income makes a vital contribution to the upkeep of our amazing places, but we rely on your additional generosity to continue to protect the irreplaceable

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