Give in memory

Thank you for thinking of donating to the Sussex Wildlife Trust in memory of a loved one. Many people choose to remember someone they love by donating in memory to their favourite cause. Your generosity and support is hugely appreciated and your gift will help secure a better future for wildlife in Sussex as a lasting tribute.

Please get in touch

The options here are simple suggestions. If you would like to discuss them, or anything else relating to donations in memory, please contact Gemma Pratt – email gemmapratt@sussexwt.org.uk or phone 01273 497566

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Make an In Memory donation

Thank you for thinking of donating to the Sussex Wildlife Trust in memory of a loved one. Your generosity and support is hugely appreciated and your gift will help secure a better future for wildlife in Sussex as a lasting tribute.

£25 £50 £100

Create an In Memory page

You may wish to ask your friends and family to make a charitable donation instead of buying flowers. You can do this online, by creating a JustGiving page to collect donations.

visit www.justgiving.com/sussexwildlifetrust
click the ‘Fundraise for Us’ button
sign-in or create a Just Giving account
select ‘Remembering someone‘ on the ‘What are you doing‘ page
complete the page details and share the page link

Create your JustGiving page

Funeral collection services

Funeral Directors are often happy to arrange a collection ‘in lieu of flowers’ which they will then send on to us.

A number of Funeral Directors have also partnered with online tribute platforms such as Much Loved, where loved ones can share photos and messages, and donations to Sussex Wildlife Trust can be made.

Please speak to your Funeral Director if you are interested in arranging such a tribute page.

Cheque donations

Please make cheques payable to ‘Sussex Wildlife Trust’ and include a note to let us know who the gift is in memory of.

Please send cheques for the attention of Gemma Pratt to:

Sussex Wildlife Trust
First Floor
The Keep
Woollards Way
Brighton
BN1 9BP

Some of the plaques in late afternoon winter light 2025

Memorial plaques

Commemorative bird plaques

We are rarely able to place benches on our land or plant trees in memory, but are often asked of other ways to commemorate loved ones on our nature reserves.

We have now established memorial areas at Woods Mill and Rye Harbour Nature Reserves where we offer commemorative bird shaped plaques.

Woods Mill Nature Reserve

Our Woods Mill memorial bird hide is located in a quiet and peaceful spot at the heart of the reserve. For in-memory gifts of £400 or more we offer small wooden plaques in the shape of birds, inscribed with the name and dates of the person being remembered. There are a number of bird silhouettes to choose from, which over time have formed a flock on the internal wall of the hide.

*Please note* the bird hide at Woods Mill is currently closed. We are looking to replace it, and for all the existing memorial plaques to be reinstalled on a new wall.

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve is a special place for so many people and we have now created a memorial area just outside the Discovery Centre, adjacent to the outdoor seating area. For in-memory donations of £500 or more we offer Lapwing shaped stainless steel plaques inscribed with a personalised inscription.