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The Wildlife Trusts

Our Year for Wildlife and Climate: Impact Report April 2024–December 2025

The Wildlife Trusts is a federation of 47 independent charities across the UK and Crown Dependencies, caring for over 2,600 nature reserves and managing 10,120km of watercourses and 112,000 hectares of land. In 2024/25 the movement engaged more than 231,000 children and young people from over 2,400 schools and facilitated 7,300 corporate volunteering days, supported by 945,000 members, 33,000 volunteers and 4,100 staff. Key milestones included the Nextdoor Nature programme reaching over 1,600 communities — eight times the original target — and responding to more than 4,400 planning applications to protect wildlife.

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Nature reserve management and habitat restoration; species reintroduction including beavers, pine martens and osprey; marine conservation and blue carbon research; green social prescribing partnerships with the NHS; Nextdoor Nature community engagement programme; planning advocacy; youth education and volunteering Custom geography from upload: UK

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Over 2,600 nature reserves managed, with 10,120km of watercourses and 112,000 hectares of land under Wildlife Trust management
Key Metric 2 945,000 members and 33,000 volunteers supporting 47 Wildlife Trusts, with 7,300 corporate volunteering days facilitated
Key Metric 3 More than 231,000 children and young people engaged from over 2,400 schools, colleges, universities and youth groups

Key Outcomes

  • Nextdoor Nature programme reached more than 1,600 communities — eight times the original target of 200 — with 95% of participants reporting greater collaborative working between residents and local organisations
  • More than 4,400 planning applications responded to across the UK to protect wildlife and wild places from inappropriate development
  • Puffin population on Alderney tripled over 20 years to 330 active nests in 2024; moth thought extinct in England since 1952 rediscovered at Kent Wildlife Trust reserve

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