Protecting, Promoting & Regenerating

The Countryside Regeneration Trust protects, promotes, and regenerates our land and all life on it, by bringing people and properties together to make everyone a friend of the countryside.

With farmland wildlife in decline, small farms are struggling to survive, and the future of our wild spaces is in jeopardy, our work has become more important than ever.

The skylark has declined by 50% over the past 40 years across Europe.
The small blue butterfly has declined in the UK by 30% since the 1970s.
Hedgehog numbers have declined by more than half since 2000.

As a result of our regenerative farming and conservation initiatives, yellow hammer populations have increased by 25 % on Lark Rise Farm, Cambridgeshire.

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Be a Friend of the countryside.

Support The CRT

Nature Appeals

Thanks to your generous donations we are able to complete exciting conservation projects on our properties. Our current appeals support some of our big plans , from erecting towers for white storks, to extra food for birds over winter, to volunteer equipment, each one plays a vital role in the regeneration of the countryside.

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Author: Hayley Neal

Be a Friend of the CRT

Being a Friend of the CRT helps us to champion and fund the recovery of native UK farmland wildlife where it most counts - on the ground. From helping to supply our amazing volunteers with habitat management tools to educational walks and talks - join today be part of our success story.

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Author: Hayley Neal

Volunteer with the CRT

Would you like to help wildlife and do your bit to create a landscape bursting with life? To enjoy quiet time connecting with nature to benefit your wellbeing, or to get stuck into exciting conservation projects with a friendly team? To learn new skills or develop existing ones? Whatever motivates you to consider volunteering, we’d love to have you in our team.

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Author: Hayley Neal

Looking for more ways to get involved?

How you can help

Our work in numbers 

In 2022 the Countryside Regeneration Trust has achieved:

3,150+

hours of conservation work carried out by Volunteers

800+

hours of wildlife surveys by Wildlife Monitors

560+

people took part in walks or talks on our sites.

500+

children enjoyed outdoor learning with Mosaic.

Volunteer for the CRT

Would you like to help wildlife and do your bit to create a landscape bursting with life? To enjoy quiet time connecting with nature to benefit your wellbeing, or to get stuck into exciting conservation projects with a friendly team? To learn new skills or develop existing ones? Whatever motivates you to consider volunteering, we’d love to have you in our team.

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Author: Adam Warren

Events

Take a look at our exciting array of wildlife events, some taking place on our farms and others online. Each event is led by a wildlife expert or enthusiast - just click those you are keen on to find out more and book your place today.

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Author: Hayley Neal

Get it from the horse's mouth

  • New tenant at Pierrepont Farm

    The Countryside Regeneration Trust (CRT) is delighted to announce that the new tenant farmer at Pierrepont Farm in Surrey is Kayleigh Robb, an energetic and determined individual with a love of farming and the natural world. Read more

  • How the rain affects farming

    We asked two of the Countryside Regeneration Trust’s farmers, how the exceptionally wet start to the year was affecting their livelihoods. Read more

  • Farewell to farmer Mike

    It is the end of an era at the Countryside Regeneration Trust’s (CRT) Pierrepont Farm with farmer Mike Clear finishing his tenancy on March 31st, 2024. Mike and his family moved onto the farm in 2006 and have seen a lot of change at the Surrey dairy farm during the last 18-years. Read more

  • The right equipment for the job

    Thanks to kind donations, we have been able to buy new tools for our fantastic volunteers at Green Farm and Bere Marsh Farm. Read more