Plant your Money ... We’ll Help it Grow!

Have your donation to Gwent Wildlife Trust multiplied by up to ten times in the GWT MATCH FUND.

Gwent Wildlife Trust needs to raise £15,000 to carry out crucial work. We have three Landfill Communities Fund applications pending which total over £105,000 and we need to raise £15,000 in order to unlock these funds. These applications will allow us to carry out valuable conservation, education and habitat works. In these increasingly difficult economic times, it is essential that the protection and conservation of Gwent’s wildlife do not lose out. Thanks to the generosity of some of our members, we have already raised nearly £6,000 towards this important appeal.

But we need your help: please DONATE NOW

For Wildlife

The habitats and wildlife of Gwent are facing greater dangers than ever before. Sadly, pressures on our already fragile environment will only increase in years to come. Your donation will help protect over 360 hectares of sensitive, species-rich grassland, ancient woodlands and marshes. It will help us conserve delicate ecosystems and threatened species such as dormice and water vole.

For People

Gwent Wildlife Trust is committed to introducing the environment to a new generation. We need to continue to provide facilities and experienced staff at our Magor Marsh Centre and the Environmental Resource Centre (Ebbw Vale). We need to continue to engage and train volunteers throughout the county and to make sure the beauty of Gwent is available to everyone.

You can also donate to the GWT MATCH FUND by:

• Calling us now on 01600 740600 to pay by debit or credit card

• Sending us a cheque made payable to GWT

• Texting WILD13  £1 or £2 or £3 or £4 or £5 or £10 to 70070.  If you wish to give more to the GWT Match Fund then please use one of the other donation methods.

Projects we could help include Pentwyn Farm will to expand the area of flower-rich hay meadow we manage.  This project is an intensive programme of field boundary management across the reserve which will involve coppicing, thinning wooded areas, and reinstating old hedgerows. Magor Marsh is our most popular reserve with over 7000 annual visitors and is one of our busy education centres.  We need to replace sections of old boardwalk on our circular trail, preferably with stone paths.  Our volunteer groups will be helping us with this ambitious project.

We have extended our stunning Solutia Meadows reserve.  The new land supports grassland with a wide spectrum of plant species such as southern marsh orchid and grass vetchling.  The project will clear the overgrown reens and control the scrub along reen margins.  This will help sunlight reach the water surfaces and benefit the rare aquatic invertebrates for which the Gwent Levels are renowned. Please help us TODAY by making a donation to the GWT MATCH FUND and watch your money grow.

You can also donate to the GWT MATCH FUND by:

• Calling us now on 01600 740600 to pay by debit or credit card

• Sending us a cheque made payable to GWT

• Texting WILD13  £1 or £2 or £3 or £4 or £5 or £10 to 70070.  If you wish to give more to the GWT Match Fund then please use one of the other donation methods.