Environment & Climate Community & Social Justice 2025
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Annual Report and Financial Statement 2024–2025

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust works towards a Wilder Derbyshire where people and wildlife thrive together. In 2024–25, the Trust managed 2,876 ha of land for nature, delivered 17,935 community engagements, supported seven species recovery projects including beavers returning to Derbyshire for the first time in 800 years, and led nationally recognised biodiversity net gain work. Over 25,000 individuals were reached through community programmes, with 40 grassroots rewilding projects funded.

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Landscape-scale wildlife conservation across Derbyshire through nature reserves, habitat restoration, biodiversity net gain (BNG) units, species recovery and reintroduction (beavers, water voles, salmon, crayfish), urban rewilding at Allestree Park, community grants via Wild Peak fund, and nature-based learning for schools and underserved communities

📊Key Metrics

2,876 ha of land under direct influence for nature, with 7 species recovery projects at or near implementation Key Metric 1
17,935 wilder community engagements in 2024–25 (67,935 cumulative since 2020); 55 wilder initiatives established in schools and public spaces Key Metric 2
Over 25,000 individuals engaged through skills training, community rewilding events and nature-based programmes Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 7 species recovery projects delivered including beavers returning to Derbyshire for the first time in 800 years, Atlantic salmon restoration on the River Ecclesbourne, and white-clawed crayfish ark sites
  • 163 developments committed to biodiversity gain; Derbyshire Biological Record Centre now holds over 3 million records supporting local planning decisions
  • 40 grassroots rewilding projects funded through Derwent Living Forest and Wild Peak programmes; 480 students engaged; over 800 new memberships added in 2024–25, bringing total to over 17,000

📍Geography

East Midlands

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