Tag: National Trust

Lurch from drought to deluge sees another mixed year for UK wildlife as National Trust thanks supporters who’ve helped hundreds of projects

Stuart Mitchell

With 2024 declared the world’s hottest year on record earlier this month, ferocious storms bookended a very wet and mild year in the UK, prompting fresh fears for climate change’s impacts on wildlife. With 2024 declared the world’s hottest year on record earlier this month, ferocious storms bookended a very wet and mild year in the UK, prompting fresh fears for climate change’s impacts on wildlife. 2024 got off to a wildly wet start with Storm Henk battering the nation, causing flooding, destruction and power cuts in early January.  Two…

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National Trust revealed as the most prominent brand within the UK’s charity sector for 2024

Stuart Mitchell

According to a new report, the National Trust is the most prominent brand within the UK charity sector for 2024. Salience Search Marketing’s annual sector report uncovers the industry’s leaders based on their online prominence and visibility.    The report analysed 11 crucial performance indicators, including year-on-year visibility, search volume trends, and brand awareness, for charity brands, to reveal the industry’s most successful names. The full report is available to view here. Most Prominent Charity Brand  The report identifies the most prominent names in the charity industry based on consumer familiarity…

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National Trust members vote in support of offering a 50% plant-based menu across Trust cafés

Stuart Mitchell

National Trust members have taken part in the Trust’s 129th Annual General Meeting (AGM) recently, which was held in Newcastle Civic Centre and online. Members shared their views and voted on three resolutions, including whether to offer a minimum 50% plant-based menu across the Trust’s 300 food and beverage outlets. Other resolutions covered the Trust’s response to the climate and ecological emergency, and the Climate and Nature Bill, which has recently been brought forward as a Private Members’ Bill. Resolutions are proposed, seconded and supported by National Trust members. A…

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Mind bog-gling new study reveals Marsden Moor stores over a million tonnes of carbon

Stuart Mitchell

To mark World Bog Day in  July, peatland experts working together with the National Trust at Marsden Moor in West Yorkshire have found that the moor’s peat stores at least one million tonnes of carbon, further evidence that peatlands can play a crucial role in tackling climate change. Best known as a popular spot for tourists and walkers in West Yorkshire, and sandwiched between the conurbations of Leeds and Manchester, this 2,300-hectare moorland (5,683 acres) has provided weekend fresh air for generations of mill and office workers. Now there is…

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Andy Sturgeon-designed Mediterranean Garden boosts climate resilience and biodiversity as Beningbrough Hall continues its revival

Stuart Mitchell

A new Mediterranean Garden, designed for a changing climate by award-winning garden designer Andy Sturgeon, has been unveiled at the National Trust’s Beningbrough Hall near York. Since 2016, Andy has been working with the Trust on a long-term project to improve and in some cases reinvent the 8-acre garden, and the Mediterranean Garden is the largest phase of his garden vision to open to date. Formerly an underused grassed area, the garden now features over 4,000 herbaceous perennials, grasses, trees and shrubs from Mediterranean climate zones around the world, from…

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