View over Kynance Cove, Cornwall at sunrise — View over Kynance Cove, Cornwall | © National Trust Images/John Miller

Support us

However you choose to support us, you’ll be helping ensure future generations can benefit from nature, beauty and history for ever. Volunteer, help plant trees or donate to one of our appeals.

For over 125 years, people like you have helped us to look after nature, beauty and history. Donate today, and together we’ll preserve precious places for everyone, for ever.

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Winter sun rising over the frosty parkland at Croome, Worcestershire

Plant a Tree

Trees are one of the best natural defences against climate change, which is why we’re aiming to plant and establish 20 million trees by 2030. This National Tree Week (25 November–3 December), donate to Plant a Tree and make a difference.

A couple, arm in arm, walk along a path through trees at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, North Yorkshire

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In celebration gifts

It’s the memorable moments that make us, so for life’s biggest milestones, give a gift that lasts forever, whether that’s a donation, planting a tree or a physical dedication.

Conservator with tools inspecting the 16th-century stained glass windows in the Chapel at the Vyne, Hampshire

Donate now

Your donation today will help the area of conservation that matters most to you.

Builders standing on scaffold looking down at the roof of Dyrham Park in Gloucestershire that's undergoing conservation

Patrons Programme

Become a National Trust Patron and your donation will support ambitious projects to protect places for everyone to enjoy. Find out more, including the three Patrons levels to choose from, by emailing patrons@nationaltrust.org.uk.

This International Volunteer Day (5 December), we want to celebrate all of our volunteers who make our work to look after nature and history for future generations possible. Learn more about the volunteering opportunities available and hear a selection of our volunteers' stories to find out what it's like to volunteer with us.

Volunteer with us

There are hundreds of different ways you can volunteer for the National Trust at historic houses, in the gardens or at the many coastal and countryside landscapes we care for.

A woman with long black hair is tending to some plants in a walled garden on a sunny day. She is wearing a raincoat and has a smile on her face.

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Meet the volunteers

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to volunteer with us? From perfecting the art of lavender topiary to giving talks at historic houses, a selection of volunteers share their stories about helping out at some of the places we care for.

A conservation assistant carefully dusting objects on the shelves at Greenway, Devon

Search for a volunteering opportunity

Whether you're looking to help in the great outdoors, work with the public or get up close and personal with our houses, gardens and countryside, find a volunteering role near you.

Guided walks around Clent Hills in partnership with Cotswold Outdoors, Worcestershire

Supporter groups

Our supporter groups are a great way of getting involved with your local place. Find out more about how you can join in.

Looking for a project to support? Our fundraising appeals cover everything from planting woodlands to restoring historic buildings, so you can give to conservation work that’s important to you.

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