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DIVERSE CITY
Celebrating ecological and social diversity in our capital
LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST
ANNUAL REVIEW 2008–2009
PROTECTING LONDON’S
WILDLIFE FOR THE FUTURE
DIVERSE CITY
Celebrating ecological and social diversity in our capital
Welcome to London Wildlife Trust’s Annual Review
2008–2009. This report celebrates the ecological and
social diversity of our great city and highlights what the
Trust has achieved in the last 12 months. From protecting
and maintaining London’s diverse habitats and species,
to making London’s green spaces accessible to all and
finding strength from working with a wide range of
partners. This report takes you on a journey through
diverse London and reveals what a year in the life of the
growing and ambitious London Wildlife Trust looks like.
London Wildlife Trust is the
only charity dedicated solely to
protecting the capital’s wildlife
and wild spaces, engaging
London’s diverse communities
through access to our nature
reserves, campaigning,
volunteering and education.
CENTRE FOR
WILDLIFE GARDENING
photo © Helen Babbs
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
TEAM 2008–2009
Carlo Laurenzi OBE,
Chief Executive
Emily Brennan, Director of
Biodiversity Conservation
Jenny Howard, Director of
Finance and Administration
Sarah Wilshaw, Director of
Fundraising and Marketing
CONTENTS
Foreword
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Comment
3
Diverse Habitats and Species 4
Diverse Communities
8
Diverse Partnerships
12
Accounts
16
Supporters
17
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
Walthamstow Reservoirs Project
page 10
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
Happy Flowers Project
page 11
DIVERSE HABITATS
Chalking up London’s Downs
page 6
DIVERSE PARTNERSHIPS
Voluntary Groups
page 14
DIVERSE PARTNERSHIPS
Garden Research Project
page 14
DIVERSE SPECIES
Water for Wildlife Project
page 7
STEPHANIE HILBOURNE
photo © Chris Taylor
FOREWORD
COMMENT
London is one of the greenest cities
in the world, with huge ecological
and social diversity.
2008–2009 has been a period of real
growth and the range of our current
activity is truly impressive.
Our capital can do much to lead the way and act as an exemplar of
wildlife and climate friendly living. London Wildlife Trust is at the heart
of this and has an important part to play in opening up green spaces
to as many people as possible, and encouraging green approaches to
development. The Trust is doing much to re-connect people with their
natural environment.
The wide ranging work of The Wildlife Trusts is driven by local people
and lots of them. What makes our organisation unique and powerful
is the huge number of people who are involved with the movement.
With 791,000 members across the UK, we are the largest voluntary
organisation dedicated to conserving the full range of the UK’s habitats
and species. The ecological diversity of our landscape owes much to
the diverse range of people working to protect and preserve it. We are
keen for as many people as possible to enjoy the UK’s wilder places.
Climate change continues to be the biggest environmental threat
we face and Wildlife Trusts around the UK are working hard to
deliver our vision of ‘A Living Landscape’ – connecting and restoring
ecosystems on a massive scale to allow wildlife to move and adapt
to our changing climate.
Each Wildlife Trust has a leading role to play in both developing
this vision and in building the public support that can allow local
communities to drive their own responses. Urban areas and urban
people have a vital role to play in achieving ‘A Living Landscape’
for the UK.
The national ‘Living Landscapes’ concept has created an overall vision
for London Wildlife Trust’s conservation work and, in particular, our
strategy around river restoration. Our People and Wildlife work is
engaging more of London’s diverse communities than ever with our
city’s green spaces. For example, volunteering and work with young
people has grown significantly, as have the number of health-related
projects across the capital.
Our ongoing commitment to working at a local level has seen the
establishment of four area teams in Camden, Hackney, Richmond
and Southwark. Our key, staffed sites in these boroughs are now
acting as hubs for all kinds of borough wide activity and we’re seeing
more people than ever connecting with local London Wildlife Trust staff.
Volunteering continues to be a key part of what we do. Voluntary
groups play an important role in managing land for wildlife across
Greater London, while volunteers based at our hub sites help us
deliver both conservation and community engagement work. Our
graduate volunteering scheme based at Camley Street Natural Park
is as popular as ever and is providing London with a stream of new,
highly motivated conservationists.
Externally, 2008–2009 has been a period of change. The 3rd of May
2008 saw Boris Johnson beat Ken Livingstone to become the first
Conservative Mayor of London, while in January 2009 the UK officially
entered a period of recession.
London Wildlife Trust has continued to work hard to engage and
influence politicians and policy makers, seeking ways to help shape
their thinking when it comes to the natural environment. While the
Trust has felt the impact of the recession, with a drop in financial
support from companies and donations from individuals, we’ve also
managed to raise more funds than ever before to spend on our
innovative conservation projects.
We are currently mapping out our strategic priorities for the five
year period 2010–2015, a process that has revealed that the Trust
is as ambitious and forward thinking as ever.
Our thanks go out to all our hard-working volunteers for the time
they donate and for the positive impact they make in their local areas.
Thanks, too, to everyone who donated time, money and other resources
to our work across London. And, of course, thanks to staff and trustees
for making it all happen.
The diversity of both our work
and the people we work with
means this year has been one
full of innovative conservation
and community projects. Keep
up to date with our work at:
www.wildlondon.org.uk
Stephanie Hilborne, Chief Executive, The Wildlife Trusts
There are 47 local Wildlife Trusts
dedicated to conserving the full
range of the UK’s habitats and
species whether they be in the
countryside, in cities or at sea.
Keep up to date with The Wildlife
Trusts’ work at:
www.wildlifetrusts.org
CARLO AND JUSTIN
photo © Tomasz Piech
Dr Justin Dillon, Chair
Carlo Laurenzi OBE, Chief Executive
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DIVERSE HABITATS AND SPECIES
London has an incredible diversity of wildlife and wild places,
together forming a vital network of green spaces says Emily
Brennan, Director of Biodiversity Conservation.
London Wildlife Trust is a strong advocate of The
Wildlife Trusts’ national ‘Living Landscape’ vision of
areas that are rich in wildlife, able to adapt to climate
change, support sustainable local economies and
provide high quality, accessible green space for all.
Landscape level conservation
We have identified priority ‘Living Landscape’ areas
of work for London. These areas are: the Crane,
Colne, Wandle and Lee Valleys; Chalking up London’s
Downs; The Great North Wood; Totteridge Meadows;
Erith, Crayford and Dartford Marshes; and London’s
gardens. We’ve secured substantial funding towards
delivering our ‘Living Landscape’ projects, including
money to start our Crane Valley project and our
Garden for a Living London campaign.
We’ve also been developing our knowledge and
expertise on climate change. Our Climate Change
Park project has been investigating the feasibility
of establishing a park entirely focused on climate
change issues in London. This could be a real place
or it could be a ‘virtual park’ that works as an online
education and communication tool.
Managing reserves
As managers of over 50 nature reserves in London,
we’ve been working hard to increase the capacity
and quality of our land management. We created a
new Land Team in early 2009 and developed a new
Reserves Retention and Acquisition Strategy to
strengthen and refine the Trust’s portfolio of reserves.
We’ve made real progress on managing habitats
at some of our reserves this year. For example, we
established grazing on our chalk grassland sites and
carried out habitat improvements at Denham Lock
Wood. Camley Street Natural Park and the Centre
for Wildlife Gardening were awarded Green Flag
and Green Pennant awards respectively, making
them some of the best green spaces in the country.
The wider landscape
We’ve also worked with a range of landowners to
deliver conservation enhancements in the wider
landscape. For example we worked with the National
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Trust to deliver water vole habitat work at Morden
Hall Park, Sutton, in preparation for the reintroduction
of water vole in 2012.
Our Design for Biodiversity project worked
closely with developers at Barking Riverside to
ensure that biodiversity was enhanced and improved
at this enormous Thames Gateway development. We
continued to lead The Wildlife Trusts’ work on the
2012 Olympic Games, influencing key organisations
and developing projects in order to ensure a
sustainable legacy.
Action on biodiversity
The Trust continued to be a key coordinator and
deliverer of Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) work in
the capital. We re-launched the London BAP groups
for private gardens, wasteland and stag beetle, and
continued to successfully lead the London Water
Vole Species Action Plan group.
Water for wildlife
This year we’ve developed our expertise in river
restoration, recognising that London’s rivers and
streams form a vital ‘blue ribbon’ network through
the capital. We were a key partner in the launch of
the London Rivers Action Plan. We incorporated
our flagship Water Vole Project into a Water for
Wildlife Project, which gives us much more flexibility.
Campaigning and research
We launched our Garden for a Living London
campaign at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
2008, where we won a bronze medal for our Future
Garden. We supported successful proposals to
introduce new legislation discouraging the paving
over of front gardens and also lobbied for the
creation of a new Marine Bill, which should receive
Royal Assent in autumn 2009.
CAMLEY STREET
NATURAL PARK
photo © Anna Guzzo
DRAGONFLY EMERGING
photo © Hugh Clark
CHALKING UP LONDON’S DOWNS
Ian Rappel, Conservation Land Manager
To see why London’s chalk grasslands are comparable
with the biodiversity of rainforests you have to lie
down at ant-level.
The meadow teems with invertebrates – ants,
butterflies and skippers, crickets and spiders, and
the wonderful lumbering giants that are Roman
snails. The intricacies of the wildflowers and grasses
are only truly perceptible at this level too – the surreal
complexity of the orchids and twayblades, and the
delicate scaffolding of the quaking grass.
Chalk grassland’s biodiversity is entirely
dependent upon human interaction. Reflecting this
central requirement, this year the Trust has sought
to implement conservation grazing to manage the
pockets of rare chalk grassland that are under
our stewardship.
Through our ongoing partnership with the Old
Surrey Downs Project, we’ve been able to establish
conservation grazing at Hutchinson’s Bank and make
Saltbox Hill ready for the same.
At West Kent Golf Course we’ve started a
process of chalk grassland restoration along the
terrace where the Darwin family once picnicked
– feeding into a World Heritage Status bid to
create ‘Darwin’s Landscape Laboratory’.
Water voles once thrived
along the River Wandle. But,
by the 1980s, the destruction
and degradation of suitable
habitat, pollution and voracious
predation from the American
mink had caused the water vole
to disappear from the area.
OUR TEAM OF
CONSERVATION GRAZERS
photo © Helen Babbs
CRANE VALLEY PROJECT
Renata Kowalik, Conservation Programmes Manager
The Crane Valley is a complex river corridor with a
mix of urban and semi-natural landscapes. This year
we secured major funding from Biffaward for our
‘Living Landscape’ work here. We can now employ a
conservation officer who will ensure that major habitat
and species conservation is carried out across three
priority sites – Roxbourne Park and Rough, Yeading
Brook Fields and Meadows and Crane Park.
HIMALAYAN BALSAM
TASK FORCE
photo © Maria Longley
London Wildlife Trust’s nature reserves within
the valley provide an important habitat network.
The Land Team were able to complete all planned
management actions for Ten Acre Wood, which
will ensure the meadow is maintained and scrub
prevented from encroaching.
Gutteridge Wood was subject to a major new
gas pipeline that was due to cut through the wood.
As well as securing monetary compensation, the
Land Team also secured essential tree works for
the wood and worked closely with the pipeline
contractors to ensure the surrounding habitat
is restored.
Further downriver at Crane Park Island, local
volunteers have been tackling invasive Himalayan
balsam, and the financial year ended on a high note
when the public voted for Crane Park to receive
funding as one of the Mayor of London’s new
Priority Parks.
WATER VOLE ON THE WANDLE
photo © Andrew Parkinson
WATER FOR WILDLIFE PROJECT
Claire Shahbazian, Project Officer
This year, in partnership with local landowners
and other organisations, London Wildlife Trust has
worked hard to improve the quality of the habitat
along the River Wandle and now many areas offer
excellent potential for the water vole. A reintroduction
is planned and much preparatory work is under way.
One of this year’s water vole projects was carried
out at Morden Hall Park, an historic parkland owned
by the National Trust, which features meadows,
wetlands and a network of waterways. Funded by
Viridor Credits and Carillion’s Natural Habitats Fund,
proven bio-engineering techniques were used to
improve the riverine habitat.
Corporate volunteers from Carillion took part in
a workday in October, thinning the tree canopy to
increase light levels and planting suitable wetland
species into the re-profiled riverbanks.
The team was split into two groups: the first team
helped to clear scrub to increase light levels on the
side channel and the second team planted wild and
wet plug plants into the freshly made river berm. In
the afternoon everyone teamed together to plant over
600 plants. Our hard work was rewarded six months
later – this spring, the site was looking fantastic in its
coat of new greenery.
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
Leah McNally, People and Wildlife Manager, explores
the cultural and social diversity of our city, which helps
determine the focus of much of our work.
This year we produced our first ever People and
Wildlife Strategy, setting out the future direction
of all of our people-centred work across London
in the areas of community engagement, education,
youth work and volunteering.
Restructuring to meet Londoners’ needs
Our staffed nature reserves or ‘hubs’ (Camley Street
Natural Park, Centre for Wildlife Gardening, Crane
Park Island and East Reservoir Community Garden)
are now part of the People and Wildlife department.
This move has successfully strengthened our
engagement work.
Our new outward facing hub approach means we
can start to meet the changing needs of Londoners.
The People and Wildlife team has developed unique
projects, bringing the Trust to the forefront of
environmental community engagement.
Community engagement
In planning new projects, we’ve taken a bottom-up
approach and carried out important ‘action research’
projects to ensure that traditionally under-represented
groups can influence the way we work and the
services we deliver.
Our project at Walthamstow Reservoirs highlighted
many of the environmental injustices faced by people
across London, particularly those living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas of our city.
Our community engagement work at East Reservoir
Community Garden in Hackney has been a huge
success this year. We’ve worked with schools and
groups from Muslim, Afro-Caribbean, Turkish and
Orthodox Jewish communities.
WE LOVE WALTHAMSTOW
RESERVOIRS
photo © Hannah Townsend
Education and youth work
Successful partnerships have allowed us to develop
new areas of work, including education and youth
work. Examples include working with partners on
Natural Play, Healthy Lifestyles and Outdoor Skills
projects. We’ve delivered three youth projects
that have engaged young people, including young
offenders, in environmental land management
and conservation.
The Trust is also a partner in a Natural Estates
project – a partnership with social landlords that
aims to improve the biodiversity value of housing
land for wildlife and people.
Our long-running projects have continued to
blossom. Education work with primary schools,
our Happy Flower project for adults with learning
disabilities, our Budding Together project for people
living with mental health difficulties and our Barking
and Dagenham volunteering project have all enjoyed
a successful year.
Volunteering
Our active volunteer force has enabled us to carry
out a huge range of successful tasks and projects.
Volunteers enable the Trust to reach out to more
Londoners and improve and conserve much more
of the capital’s green spaces.
We have set up a Volunteering and Community
Advisory Group, which will help Londoners to
strategically influence the Trust’s current and future
projects. This will help us to achieve our key aim
of engaging people with wildlife and the natural
environment, particularly those living in economic
and social deprivation.
PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE
FRIENDLY ESTATES
photo © Natural Estates
WALTHAMSTOW RESERVOIRS PROJECT
HAPPY FLOWERS PROJECT
Mark Pearson, Project Officer
Ashley White, Project Officer
The Walthamstow Reservoirs nestle in the boroughs
of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
Our project’s aim was to engage the local community
with the reservoirs and their wildlife. Most important
was to find out what would encourage people to use
and enjoy the site in the future. When we started
almost nobody had visited the site before and many
didn’t even know it existed.
By forging links with schools, faith groups, elder
groups, youth clubs, community centres and various
other community groups, we were able to find out why
local people felt excluded from such an exceptional
and enthralling wild space on their doorstep.
Various methods were used to encourage and
sustain interest in the project, and activities were
adapted to suit the participants. Youth groups and
secondary schools were at their most enthusiastic
when learning about birds and their behaviour. While
primary school children responded best to activities
like assemblies, competitions and site visits. We also
made a documentary with the help of local people,
allowing those involved to literally voice their opinions.
For 15 years, adults with learning disabilities from
Southwark have helped to manage the Centre for
Wildlife Gardening and participated in a range of
gardening activities – digging over our flower beds,
sowing and tending a range of vegetables, herbs
and flowers, and harvesting crops.
The Happy Flowers also receive training in
animal ID and man their Happy Flower stall, which
sells craft items they have made. Group members
are true to their name and working with them is
extremely rewarding. Several are very keen
gardeners, and one in particular has a sharp eye
for spotting birds and butterflies.
We begin the day with a leisurely cup of tea and
a chat, usually about what we’ve been up to over the
weekend. If the weather is nice we’re all keen to get
busy outside in the garden, which looks especially
fantastic during spring and summer.
When the weather is bad we still have lots of
indoor activities to occupy us, usually arts and crafts,
but we may also play some games like animal bingo.
We round off the day by writing in our diaries,
summing up all the things we’ve seen and done
over the course of the day.
ADVENTURES BY TELESCOPE
photo © Hannah Townsend
The response to the whole project was
overwhelmingly positive. The majority of participants
became enthusiastic about being so close to such
a special place.
Of particular concern from our
perspective is a lack of accessible
green space available to some
communities, and thus the
opportunity to develop a real
connection with nature and
a sense of wellbeing.
HAPPY FLOWERS TEAM
photo © Ashley White
EAST RESERVOIR COMMUNITY GARDEN
Hannah Townsend, Volunteer Education Officer
GARDENING AT THE
EAST RESERVOIR
photo © Juan Pablo Rodriguez
INTERGENERATIONAL
VOLUNTEERING IN HACKNEY
photo © David Mooney
In April 2008 East Reservoir Community Garden in
Hackney looked less like a nature reserve and more
like a large patch of mud. Over the last year it’s been
transformed into a secret garden and become home
to an incredible range of wildlife. It’s the people,
however, who make this site so special.
Children of many different cultures, backgrounds
and aptitudes attend education sessions and enjoy
experiencing nature close to their homes and schools.
After school clubs and play schemes have encouraged
children to take ownership of their local environment.
Vegetable growing at the site was started in
February by a Turkish women’s group from a nearby
estate. In April they were joined by the Healthy
Spaces Club, a gardening group established
in conjunction with Well London in response
to a community consultation on the Woodberry
Down estate.
Most of the practical work at East Reservoir
is undertaken by local volunteers, who share an
amazing diversity of skills, from gardening and
construction to translation, wildlife identification
and cookery. Working with local communities
has helped make the first year at East Reservoir
a success and the site is starting to become
a true community garden.
DIVERSE PARTNERSHIPS
We’ve strengthened and developed partnerships with a
wide range of organisations and individuals for the benefit
of people and wildlife.
Financial support and partnership work allows the
Trust to carry out crucial conservation work and offer
unique experiences to a wide range of Londoners.
important source of unrestricted funds for London
Wildlife Trust and we are grateful to such members
for their support.
Government organisations
Natural England advised us on our conservation
land management work and became a core member
of our Conservation Advisory Group, which advises
on and helps to guide our strategic conservation
work. Natural England also continued to contribute
to our Design for Biodiversity project, as well as
providing valuable funding for a number of other
projects. We strengthened existing relationships
with the Environment Agency, the Greater London
Authority and the London Development Agency,
and consolidated relationships with several
London boroughs.
Community
An exciting new project this year has been Natural
Estates – a partnership project with nine social
landlords. We also partnered with London Play,
who funded a hybrid bird hide play structure at East
Reservoir Community Garden, along with other
natural play improvements to the site.
The site also developed strong links with Al Falah
School in Hackney, who went on to win a prize at the
London School Environment Awards, and also with
the North Hackney Muslim Housing Association, with
our Turkish ladies’ gardening group. We also regularly
provided sessions for Age Concern this year.
NGOs
Greenspace Information for Greater London (GiGL)
continued to be a key partner and we further
developed our relationship through the Wildlink
Project and the Garden Research Project, as well
as helping to guide and support their work by being
an active member of the GiGL Steering Group.
The Trust continued to be a key partner in
the London Biodiversity Partnership. And we
strengthened our work with a wide range of other
NGO conservation partners including adjacent
Wildlife Trusts, The National Trust, Groundwork,
Butterfly Conservation, The Old Surrey Downs
Partnership, Friends of the River Crane Environment,
The Wandle Trust, the London Natural History
Society and community gardening trusts.
Youth work
In Barking and Dagenham we continued to partner
with the Park Ranger Service, as well as with the
Barking and Dagenham Youth Offending Service.
Through our bushcraft projects, we also partnered
with the Newham Youth Offending Service and with
the Viva Veolia youth rangers project.
The corporate sector
Trust staff successfully delivered a range of
corporate volunteer workdays on nature reserves,
and corporate sponsorship was secured for several
important projects, including our Hampton Court
show garden. We strengthened relationships with
a number of corporate partners, such as BAA and
Thames Water, through our ‘Living Landscape’
schemes. Corporate membership was also an
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Health
At the Centre for Wildlife Gardening, our very
successful partnership with The Camden Society
and Southwark Council has continued on the Happy
Flowers project, with a scheme for adults with
learning disabilities. While at Camley Street Natural
Park, our Budding Together volunteering project for
people living with mental health issues has flourished.
Thanks to funding from the Camden and Islington
Primary Care Trust, we’ve also been able to deliver
a Healthy Lifestyles project from the site.
Voluntary groups
London Wildlife Trust’s voluntary groups have worked
hard in their boroughs this year delivering vital
practical conservation on our reserves and engaging
a diverse range of local people with our work.
THE FUTURE GARDEN
AT HAMPTON COURT
photo © Chris Wood
GARDEN RESEARCH PROJECT
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP
Chloe Smith, Project Officer
Sarah Wilshaw, Director of Fundraising and Marketing
There’s relatively little empirical evidence about
the value of London’s private garden space. In
recognition of this shared need for research, the
London Wildlife Trust, the Royal Society of Wildlife
Trusts, the Greater London Authority (GLA) and
Green space Information for Greater London (GiGL)
joined together to develop and deliver the Garden
Research Project.
The project involves the investigation of London’s
gardens by examining aerial photography of Greater
London. This includes a comparative study of change
in garden composition over a period of eight to ten
years, and the development of a Geographical
Information System (GIS) model of garden information.
Each partner has provided different expertise and
support. GiGL has been able to provide the most
current green space information, technical expertise
and experience of working with complex data and GIS.
Funding partner the GLA has provided important
information about garden developments, enabling
the project to study the impacts of private housing
developments on gardens. It’s anticipated that results
will support policy decisions in the future.
London Wildlife Trust has been able to provide
the project with ecological knowledge to underpin
design, and later interpretation, of the research.
Information generated by the project will support
the Trust’s Garden for a Living London campaign
and inform national ‘Living Landscapes’ work.
Our relationship with Veolia Environmental Services
has developed over the years and is now thriving,
covering a broad range of activities. We’ve enjoyed
and appreciated Veolia’s active involvement, from
financial support to gifts in kind.
Veolia has supported our volunteering project
based at Camley Street Natural Park, which has
produced skilled and experienced individuals who
have gone on to get jobs in the conservation sector.
Veolia staff have also participated in a hands on
way through conservation workdays. From habitat
creation to painting the visitor centre at Camley
Street, Veolia employees have left a great legacy
at our most central site.
One of the many highlights of our relationship
was our partnership on the award winning Garden
in a Skip in 2007, which demonstrated sustainable
gardening practices in an eye catching way. Our
ongoing relationship has not only been good for both
London Wildlife Trust and Veolia, it has also had very
tangible conservation and community benefits.
CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS
IN ACTION
photo © Celia Hammond
37% of London is designated
green space and there are over
three million gardens. All this
space has enormous potential for
both people and wildlife. Working
together we can achieve so much
more for our city and its many
diverse communities.
INVESTIGATING
LONDON’S GARDENS
photo © Helen Babbs
VOLUNTARY GROUPS
Helen Wallis, Outreach Volunteering Officer
London Wildlife Trust was founded by local activists
fighting to protect London’s wild spaces and they
continue to play an important role in delivering
the Trust’s conservation work. We currently have
voluntary groups in 12 boroughs and they enable
us to extend our work at a local level.
For example, this year Barnet Borough Group
has been particularly active in campaigning to
protect London’s wildlife. The group has worked
with local developers to ensure that new projects
benefit wildlife and has objected to developments
that threaten wildlife habitats, such as building on
London’s greenbelt. It has also worked in partnership
with the police to pursue cases of wildlife crime in
the borough.
The group has organised many public events and
practical conservation sessions, secured funding
for essential habitat management of Barnet’s nature
reserves and played an active role in engaging and
educating the public on wildlife issues. Like all our
voluntary groups, our Barnet group has made a real
difference to local people and local wildlife in their
borough this year.
COMMA BUTTERFLY
IN KING’S CROSS
photo © Eugenio Penalvo
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ACCOUNTS
SUPPORTERS
For the financial year 2008–2009
Thank you for supporting us
Income
Expenditure
Fundraising
and publicity
Other
Donations,
legacies and
membership
Administration
and governance
Charitable
activities
Charitable
activities
Charitable activities
£1,669,937
Donations, legacies and membership £616,286
Other
£230,627
Charitable activities
Fundraising and publicity
Administration and governance
Total
Total
£2,516,850
£2,115,783
£295,444
£28,834
£2,440,061
We achieved an income of more than £2.5 million in 2008–2009, thanks to public donations, the support
of many organisations and the generosity of our members.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
PUBLIC BENEFIT
London Wildlife Trust’s charitable
aims include a commitment to
act for the public good, following
principles that include not charging
people for entry to Trust reserves
and an aspiration to offer a broad
range of services in every
London borough.
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The Board of Trustees is the
governing body responsible for
overseeing the activities of London
Wildlife Trust. Trustees, who are
elected members, oversee the
strategic direction of the Trust.
Dr Justin Dillon, Chair
Mathew Frith, Vice Chair
Dianne Murphy, Secretary
Tom Rowe, Treasurer
Toby Ackroyd
Richard Barnes
Jeremy Cotton (resigned Nov ‘08)
Mike Fitt OBE
Dr Stephen Frank
Mike Fry
Terence Jagger
Catherine Max
Melanie Oxley
Matthew Pendleton
Alan Rick
Donald Ritchie
Emma Wilson
MEMBERS
The support of our members in
2008–2009 has been critical to the
success of London Wildlife Trust.
Our membership continues to grow
and we thank all our members for
their ongoing support.
LEGACIES
Doris Irons
Drusilla Macleod
Brenda Woodliff
Joan Masters
VOLUNTEERS
London Wildlife Trust volunteers
have helped the Trust deliver
education, community and
conservation projects across
London, as well as contributing
to the Trust’s promotional work.
ORGANISATIONS
We are grateful to the following
organisations that supported the
Trust during 2008–09.
Charitable Trusts and NonGovernment Organisations
Camden Society
Capital Volunteering
The City Bridge Trust
Cheruby Trust
David Uri Charitable Trust
D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The Dyers’ Company
Charitable Trust
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Frognal Trust
Grange Farm Centre Trust
Groundwork
Hackney Homes
Horniman Museum
The JJ Charitable Trust
Lea Rivers Trust
London Play
Manor House Development Trust
The Mark Leonard Charitable Trust
The Mercers Charitable Trust
Miss RCR Angel Charitable Trust
The Peter De Haan Charitable Trust
Regeneration Team
Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
The Rufford Maurice
Laing Foundation
v, the youth volunteering charity
The Wild Flower Society
Woodberry Down
Dewey Le Boeuf LLP
Diageo
EDF Energy plc
Enviros
Ethos Recycling plc
The Guardian
HSBC
Kelkoo
Kings Cross EGY | BAM
Construction Ltd
Reed Elsevier (REED Cares)
Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Thomson
The White House
Veolia Environmental Services plc
Vine House Farm
Lottery Distributors
Big Lottery Fund
Heritage Lottery Fund
Statutory Sector and
Other Public Bodies
Association of London
Government / London Councils
Camden and Islington PCT
Corporation of London
Defra
Defra Horticultural Society
East London Business Alliance
Environment Agency
Forestry Commission
Greater London Authority
The Lee Valley Regional
Park Authority
London Boroughs of:
Barking and Dagenham, Barnet,
Croydon, Ealing, Hackney,
Hounslow, Camden, Hillingdon,
Redbridge, Richmond upon
Thames, Southwark, Sutton,
Waltham Forest and Westminster
London Development Agency
Natural England
Landfill Communities Fund
Aggregates Industries
(Breathing Places Fund)
Aggregates Levy
Biffaward
SITA Trust
Veolia Environment Trust
WREF
Corporate Supporters
Abbey
American Express
Argent Group plc
AXA Rosenberg
BAA
Bank of America
Capital Group
Carillion plc
Chubb
Crossrail
“London Wildlife Trust has managed to raise more funds than ever
before to spend on innovative conservation projects. The range of
our current activity is truly impressive.”
Carlo Laurenzi OBE, Chief Executive
“London has an incredible diversity of wildlife and wild places,
together forming a vital network of green spaces. London Wildlife
Trust has a vision of areas that are rich in wildlife, able to adapt to
climate change, support sustainable local economies and provide
high quality, accessible green space for all.”
Emily Brennan, Director of Biodiversity Conservation
“The cultural and social diversity of our city is truly inspiring and
helps determine the focus of much of London Wildlife Trust’s work.
This year we produced our first ever People and Wildlife Strategy,
setting out the future direction of all of our people-centred work
across London.”
Leah McNally, People and Wildlife Manager
London Wildlife Trust
Skyline House
200 Union Street
London
SE1 0LX
020 7261 0447
[email protected]
www.wildlondon.org.uk
Registered charity no. 283895
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