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Remember climbing trees, running through meadows, paddling in brooks? Looking for fish, the flash of a kingfisher’s wing, the glimpse of a fox – what will children born today remember?

A gift to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust really is a forever gift ensuring we can keep on looking after and restoring green spaces so future generations can enjoy the great outdoors, just like you did. Every single gift counts and we really appreciate every single penny. Leaving just a small percentage of your estate to us can make a huge difference to our care of Yorkshire’s wild places.

Mrs Stella Richmond

Despite living in Nottinghamshire Stella Richmond was a member of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust for many years. “She, along with my late father, spent many happy holidays walking in Yorkshire,” explained Mrs Richmond’s daughter, Susan. “My mother was observant and had a wide knowledge of wildlife.”


It was these walking holidays in Yorkshire that first led Mrs Richmond to join the Trust as a member back in 1974 and her love of wildlife that led her to name Yorkshire Wildlife Trust  as a beneficiary in her Will, leaving the Trust a gift of £2,500. “She really enjoyed news of conservation work undertaken by the Trust.”


Thanks to Mrs Richmond’s generosity Yorkshire Wildlife Trust can

continue to conserve, preserve and protect the landscape she enjoyed so much, ensuring future generations will get as much pleasure and happiness from the natural world as she did.

Dr Eva Crackles

A life long nature lover, Dr Eva Crackles was an active member of local naturalist societies including Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. A renowned botanist, Dr Crackles received an MBA in recognition of her services to conservation and her book, Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire, is still considered a seminal work by botanists today.

Dr Crackles wanted to ensure that the landscape she loved would continue to be preserved and protected into the future and so she left a legacy to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, asking us to keep conserving land in the East Riding. Thanks to Dr Crackles’ generosity we have bought Snakeholme Pastures near Driffield. Located next to the West Beck, one of the best chalk stream habitats in the country, Snakeholme Pastures gives the Trust a fantastic opportunity to create wetland habitats around the river. Species likely to be seen on the habitat include water voles, otters, barn owls, kingfishers and brown trout.