Neil Aldridge
Include a gift in your will
Protect the wild heart of Gwent for generations to come
Together, we can create a landscape rich in wildlife, where nature recovers and people take action to protect it. By leaving a gift in your will, you’ll help secure nature’s future for generations to come.
Once you have provided for your loved ones, leaving a gift in your will to Gwent Wildlife Trust is one of the most powerful ways you can help nature thrive across South East Wales. By taking a few simple steps today, you’ll ensure that your love of wildlife and wild places continues to make a difference long into the future. Every legacy gift, large or small, helps us protect fragile habitats, care for precious species, and inspire future generations to stand up for nature.
Sir David Attenborough © Tom Marshall
“Anyone who cares about wildlife has a marvellous opportunity to do something quite unique, by remembering their local Wildlife Trust in their will.
This generous act is one of the most important things you can do to make sure the species and habitats we love will be there for future generations to enjoy.”
- Sir David Attenborough
How your gift will help
Leave a legacy for the wild places you love.
A gift in your will can help create a landscape rich in wildlife – for nature, for people, for the future.
Help bring nature back to life.
Your legacy can help wildlife flourish again, restoring the balance of nature for generations to come.
Be part of the solution for our planet.
By leaving a gift in your will, you’ll help create real, nature-based answers to the environmental challenges we face.
Inspire others to care for nature.
Your gift can encourage and enable more people to take action – protecting wildlife and wild places for years to come.
Click on the stories below to find out more about how Gifts in Wills have made a difference for Gwent Wildlife Trust.
How Pat Gorvin's legacy is shaping our trust
In 2017, we received an astonishingly generous legacy of over £2.5m from Mrs Pat Gorvin, a member of Gwent Wildlife Trust from the mid-1960s. Mrs Gorvin and her husband supported GWT through thick and thin until their old age. Pat survived her husband and continued to help us. Sadly, Pat passed away in 2016 but left 60% of her estate to us in her will. This has helped us make a tremendous lasting impact on wildlife in Gwent.
Perhaps most significantly, it enabled us to respond quickly when a tremendously valuable opportunity to purchase land nature restoration came up - contributing half of the purchase price for Bridewell Common Nature Reserve on the Gwent Levels. Pat's legacy has also helped us make small expansions to other sites.
It has enabled us to invest in more comprehensive surveying and monitoring of nature reserves to better understand how we can restore wildlife, and given us the means to reach out to more children across Gwent to encourage a lifelong love of wildlife from our centres at Magor Marsh and Ebbw Vale.
It has also enabled us to continue managing wildlife habitats at scale across Gwent, even where funded projects have ended, such as in the Eastern Valleys, whilst seeking new sources of funding to continue and build on our achievements there.
It is only because of acts of generosity, not only huge gifts like Pat Gorvin’s but all the thousands of small contributions that we receive, that we can hope to meet the challenges of the biodiversity crisis at a local level.
Lowri Watkins
Make a Will Online
We’ve partnered with Make a Will Online to give our supporters a safe and straightforward way to make or update their will. You can create your will at https://makeawillonline.co.uk/gwentwildlifetrust, where every document is checked by a fully qualified solicitor. If you have any questions during the process, legal guidance is available.
The service also includes free access to Capacity Vault, a trusted safeguard to help protect your wishes and reduce the risk of future challenges to your will. It’s a simple, secure way to leave a lasting gift to wildlife from the comfort of your own home.
When to see a solicitor in person
If your circumstances are more complex for example, if your estate is above the inheritance tax threshold, includes property overseas, involves trusts, or if you would simply prefer to meet someone face to face - you may wish to speak with your own solicitor.
We also recommend doing this if you have any concerns about capacity, medication, or dementia-related issues. You can find a local solicitor through the Law Society website.
Your Privacy Matters
When you make a will online, some information is shared securely with us, such as your name, year of birth, contact details and any gifts you choose to leave. You can opt in so that we can thank you and keep you informed about how your support helps wildlife. If you’d prefer to make your gift in confidence, you can use this link to Make a Will Online without sharing your details. However, you choose to remember Gwent Wildlife Trust, please know that your generosity will help safeguard the wild beauty of Gwent for years to come.
Details you will need
Full name: Gwent Wildlife Trust
Registered Charity No: 242619
Our address: Gwent Wildlife Trust, Chestnut Suite, Mamhilad House, Mamhilad Park Estate, Mamhilad, Pontypool NP4 0HZ
Telephone: 01600 740600
If you would like to notify Gwent Wildlife Trust of your intention, please email Debbie Stenner on dstenner@gwentwildlife.org or call me on 01600 740600 Ext 2116.