Can you help us equip the people protecting Kent's wildlife?
Across Kent, our nature reserves provide sanctuary to some of the county’s most precious wildlife and habitats.
With welly boots on and tools in hand, our dedicated staff and volunteers clock in to conserve Kent’s wild green spaces every day.
Investment in core conservation work is approaching an all time low. Rising costs and dwindling funding opportunities are making it increasingly difficult to maintain and replace our most essential equipment, such as brushcutters, loppers and PPE. In the hands of our wardens and volunteers, these most basic of tools keep our countryside in shape.
We are asking for your help to provide the tools our teams need to care for the nature reserves in and near your area.
A gift, whatever the size, can keep our teams in the field with the tools they need, doing what they do best: protecting and restoring nature.
Please help us keep Kent’s wild places thriving.
Brushcutters, loppers, hay rakes and treepoppers...
your support gives us the tools to get the job done!
Here are just a few examples of how our tools help us care for Kent's wild spaces, benefiting both people and wildlife:
Here are just a few examples of how our tools help us care for Kent's wild spaces, benefiting both people and wildlife:
Carefully managing hedgerows to provide essential nesting sites, food for birds and mammals, and vital sources of nectar for pollinators.
Keeping Kent's natural spaces accessible and enjoyable for visitors.
We keep pathways clear and unobstructed, maintain wayfinding posts and rest stops and remove potential hazards, ensuring that everybody has the chance to use nature for exercise, leisure and exploration.
Restoring relic ponds for native amphibians.
Maintaining sunny rides in our woodlands, boosting plant diversity and opening pathways for pollinators.
Managing invasive plants.
Support us
Properly maintaining our tools and equipment costs £45,000 every year. Without these funds, we have less resources to support nature’s recovery. Every donation makes a difference.
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£ 500
can supply x7 pairs of loppers or x10 hay rakes for a volunteer team, equipment used for keeping our reserve paths clear, maintain healthy hedgerows and open sunny rides for pollinators.
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£ 1000
can purchase x2 brushcutters and gear heads, versatile tools that help us to create and maintain diverse habitats and control invasive plants.
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£ 1500
can supply a complete tool kit for a warden and volunteer task group, including loppers, hay rakes, PPE, chainsaw chains, fuel, pruning saws, bow saws, secateurs, brushcutter heads and strimmer blades - essential equipment that we use every single day.
Hardworking Wardens and Valiant Volunteers
Creating a wilder Kent is entirely within reach, but we cannot achieve our vision without our magnificent volunteers.
In 2025 alone, our volunteers contributed 44,000 hours of their time to make Kent a greener place to live.
Caring for Kent's wild places is at the heart of what we do. Our wardens and volunteers work incredibly hard to protect our precious green spaces, and having the right tools helps us do that work safely, efficiently and to the highest standard. When tools become old, damaged or unsuitable for the task, our teams spend more time overcoming practical challenges and less time delivering vital conservation work.Ian Rickards, Area Manager
A county worth protecting
Defined by nationally and globally rare species and habitats, Kent is one of the UK’s most wildlife-rich counties. This remarkable natural heritage makes Kent a truly special place to live. We must afford it the protection it deserves.
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20,000
species live in Kent, nearly 30% of the UK’s total biodiversity.
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3,400
of these species are rare and threatened, including the lizard orchid, shrill carder bee and black-veined moth
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98
Sites of Special Scientific Interest, designated for their unique biological features and importance for British wildlife.
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More ancient woodland
in Kent than any other county in the British Isles
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5%
of the world's remaining chalk grassland, a globally rare habitat, is in Kent
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Kent remains one of the last strongholds of threatened British birds
such as Nightingale and Turtle Dove
