Cumbria Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust

The Wildlife Trusts partnership

The Wildlife Trusts is an organisation made up of 47 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom plus the Isle of Man and Alderney.The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after around 2,300 nature reserves covering more than 90,000 hectares...

 covering the county of Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is a registered charity and was established in 1962. It is a member of The Wildlife Trusts.

Aims

It aims to broaden the awareness and knowledge of the wildlife in Cumbria. To this end they have a lot of education programmes, suitable for all ages, for visitors, and welcome the involvement of volunteers.
The trust also campaigns both regionally and nationally on a range of wildlife issues.

Trust Officers

President:

• Lord Inglewood

Vice Presidents:

• M Albon
• K M Atkinson
• S P Bonner
• M Burkett
• Dr H M T Frankland
• Dr G Halliday
• D Le Cren
• S Johnson
• D Jeffray

Board of trustees

Treasurer:

• John Farmer

Company Secretary:

• David Hill

Chair:

• Anne Powell

Chairman of Conservation Group:

• Martin Holdgate

Chairman of Development Group:

• Mike Langley

Individual Members:

• Robin Cornah
• Susan Garnett
• Barbara O'Connor
• David Sharrod
• Margaret Sutcliffe
• Judith Wallen

External links

• Cumbria Wildlife Trust website