UK Rewilding Organisations
Charities, non-profits and companies in the rewilding sector.
A helpful list of every rewilding charity and non-profit operating in the UK, and useful services available to UK rewilders.
List of UK Rewilding Charities & Non-Profits
Beaver Trust
Website:Â beavertrust.org
Type: Education, Coordination, Pressure Group
Registered Charity:Â Yes
Activity:Â Coordinating activities across the UK and lobbying for wider Beaver reintroductions.
Blue Campaign
Website:Â bluecampaignhub.com
Type: Education, Pressure Group
Registered Charity:Â No
Activity:Â Encouraging councils and gardeners to leave grass unmown, promoting passive rewilding.
Cairngorms Connect
Website: cairngormsconnect.org.uk
Type: Coordination
Registered Charity: No
Activity: Coordinating efforts from multiple landowners to rewild 600sqkm of the Scottish Cairngorms.
Citizen Zoo
Website:Â citizenzoo.org
Type: Education, Reintroductions
Registered Non-Profit:Â Yes
Activity:Â Educating the public about the benefits of rewilding and running species reintroductions.
Heal Rewilding
Website:Â healrewilding.org.uk
Type: Rewilding project
Registered Charity:Â Yes
Activity:Â Allow public to ‘sponsor 3x3m plots of land in rewilding projects’.Â
Highlands Rewilding
Website:Â highlandsrewilding.co.uk
Type: Rewilding project
Registered Charity:Â No (Crowdfunded/community interest project)
Activity:Â Enable public to buy a stake in a real, massive rewilding project, underway in Scotland.
Kernow Conservation
Website:Â kernowconservation.org
Type: Coordination, Rewilding Projects
Registered Charity:Â No
Activity:Â Coordinating community rewilding activity in Cornwall, rewilding habitats and reintroductions.
Let’s Rewild
Website:Â letsrewild.org
Type: Coordination
Registered Charity:Â No
Activity:Â Helping rewilding projects to set up crowdfunding campaigns.
Natural World Fund
Website:Â naturalworldfund.com
Type: Rewilding Subscription / Business Offsetting
Registered Charity:Â No
Activity:Â Startup ‘non-profit community interest company’ (not able to verify this)Â with big ambitions to replicate the success of competitor services like Mossy Earth, while keeping operating costs ‘below 15%’.
Restor
Website:Â restor.eco
Type: Education, Coordination
Registered Charity:Â No
Activity: Providing free online tool to help rewilders find out more about their land, e.g. % tree cover.
Rewilding Britain
Website:Â rewildingbritain.org.uk
Type: Pressure group, Coordination
Registered Charity:Â Yes
Activity: Lobbying government to integrate rewilding into future policy, raising awareness of rewilding.
Rewilding Coombeshead
Website:Â rewildingcoombeshead.co.uk
Type: Captive Breeding
Registered Charity:Â No
Activity: Captive breeding of animals for rewilding projects, including Water Voles and Wildcats.
Rewilding Europe
Website:Â rewildingeurope.com
Type: Funding, Breeding, Coordination etc
Registered Charity:Â Yes (Netherlands)
Activity: Organisation which coordinates rewilding activity across Europe, providing funding and animals.
Rewild My Street
Website:Â rewildmystreet.org
Type: Education
Registered Charity:Â No
Activity: Useful information and activities for gardeners wishing to rewild their neighbourhood.
Somerset Wildlands
Website:Â somersetwildlands.org
Type: Rewilding project, Coordination
Registered Charity:Â Yes
Activity: Raising funds to rewild land in the Somerset Levels and coordinate ongoing projects there.
Trees for Life
Website: treesforlife.org.uk
Type: Rewilding project
Registered Charity: Yes
Activity: Reforesting large areas of Scottish Highlands with native trees – established in 1993.
Wildcard
Website: wildcard.land
Type: Pressure group
Registered Charity:Â No
Activity: Putting public pressure on large UK land-owning organisations to encourage rewilding.
Wild East
Website:Â wildeast.co.uk
Type: Coordination, Education
Registered Charity:Â Yes
Activity: Coordinating rewilding projects in East of England and providing useful educational resources.
Wild Ennerdale
Website:Â wildennerdale.co.uk
Type: Coordination
Registered Charity:Â No
Activity: Coordinating efforts from multiple partners to rewild the Ennerdale valley in the Lake District.
Wilder Blean / Kent Wildlife Trust
Website: kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/wilderblean
Type: Rewilding project
Registered Charity: Yes
Activity: Introducing European Bison to Blean Woods in Kent to rewild the site.
Yorkshire Rewilding Network
Website:Â yorkshirerewildingnetwork.org.uk
Type: Coordination, Education
Registered Charity:Â Yes
Activity: Coordinating rewilding projects across Yorkshire and providing useful resources.
Rewilding Services
Ecosulis
Website:Â ecosulis.co.uk
Type: Rewilding consultancy and technology
Service:Â Designing rewilding solutions and providing innovative technology to measure their impact.
Mossy Earth
Website:Â mossy.earth
Type: Rewilding subscription
Activity: Funding the wages of conservationists and the cost of native tree planting for rewilding projects.
Naturemetrics
Website:Â naturemetrics.co.uk
Type: Science service
Service: Testing of biodiversity using eDNA – take a sample of water and find the species that live there.
No Fence
Website: nofence.no
Type: Tech product
Service: GPS collars for cows which prevent them straying outside a set area using sound deterrents.
The Real Wild Estates Company
Website:Â realwildestates.com
Type: Consultancy
Service: Advice for rewilding land purchases, rewilding projects and grant applications.
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