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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.

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Give where the need is greatest and you can ensure vital conservation work can happen without delay.

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A couple walking in the woodland at Rowallane Garden, County Down

Help protect the trees that protect us 

Trees are our natural armour in the battle against climate change. By looking after existing woodlands and planting new trees, we can grow a cleaner future together. Help protect the trees that protect us and donate to our Woodlands appeal today.

Donate to our Woodlands appeal
A family playing outside at Osterley Park and House, London

Share your treasured memories 

Celebrate a special occasion or remember a loved one using our new interactive donation map and your gift will help protect special places forever. Find your favourite National Trust place on our map and dedicate a donation to help build a map of precious memories.

Dedicate a donation
Visitors in the garden at Ickworth, Suffolk

Leaving a gift in your will 

From historic houses to coastal pathways, flowering fens to rugged moorland, gifts in wills are used right at the heart of our work. You can help care for the places that are special to you by remembering us in your will and leaving a lasting legacy.

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Get active

RideLondon brings 25,000 cyclists up Box Hill

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 next year's RideLondon 2020 event.

Running on the South West Coast Path at the Penrose estate, South West

Run in a charity marathon for us 

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 various road running events in 2019 and 2020.

Make a commemorative gift

Visitors walking in the grounds of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, Yorkshire

In memory gifts 

You can remember a loved one and their connection to beautiful places in many meaningful ways. Let us help you make the perfect tribute with a gift in memory of a special someone.

Bride and groom dancing in front of family and friends at East Riddlesden Hall, Yorkshire

In celebration gifts 

Whether you’re searching for an unusual wedding gift, or the perfect way to mark a special occasion, why not donate in celebration to the National Trust and help us look after the landscapes we all love.

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.

A circular domed temple, has a collonade of surrounding pillars under a portico. You can see a flight of steps leading up to an open chamber. this is the Temple of Ancient Virtue at Stowe in Buckinghamshire.

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.

Sunrise in the woodlands at Fell Foot, Cumbria

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.

Morning mist in the parkland at Knole, Kent

How you've helped 

Thanks to 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.

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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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