Water vole by Paul Thrush
The Trust is extremely thankful for the continued vital support from our members, donors, volunteers, local groups and all our other partners for their support in 2015-16
Legacies
We are very grateful for the generous legacies we received during the course of the year from:
Christina Rosemary Carter
Ann Coates
Margaret Elizabeth North
Anthony James Taylor
Volunteers
We are extremely appreciative for the support of the hundreds of volunteers who enable the Trust to carry out its work. Volunteers are not named individually in our Annual Review report as there are so many people involved; our thanks goes to each and every volunteer for their varied and ongoing support, without whom the Trust could not function.
Special thanks goes to our Local Groups (Harrow, Mid Herts and North Herts) who make significant contribution to engaging members and the general public through their activities. Special congratulations go to Mick Hart, our Volunteer of the Year, and runners up Mike Brazier, Andrew Harris, Ed Hutchins, Brian Parkhouse and Bernard Spatz.
The Trust also recognises the tremondous contribution our local Friends groups make to our ongoing work, including:
Friends of Mimram
Friends of Minet Country Park
Friends of Northaw Great Wood
Friends of Stocker's Lake
Friends of Colne Valley Park
Friends of Tring Reservoirs
Corporate support
We were pleased to receive the following ongoing support for our corporate members:
Platinum
Bourne Leisure Group
UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd
Gold
Affinity Water Johnson Matthey Plc
Thames Water Utilities Ltd
GlaxoSmithKline
Islandbridge Properties Limited
Silver
Cemex UK
Tarmac
Bronze
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI)
We have received further support from our corporate partners through participation in our Working for Wildlife Days, including Affinity Water, Amgen UK, Carillion, GlaxoSmithKline, Mace, Nestle Waters, UK Power Networks and Vinci.
In addition to this we received support via the national agreement with Vine House Farm for bird food sold, from Wildlife Travel Ltd for wildlife holidays booked by individuals living in Herts and Middlesex, and support for our annual Apple Day event at Tewin Orchard from Sainsburys.
Grants and individual donations
External income from grants and individual donations have been particularly important in enabling improvement works on our nature reserves, along with other projects. HMWT are very grateful for the generosity of all our funders which include:
Affinity Water
Alan Evans Memorial Trust
Bedford Memorial Trust
Biffa Award
Big Lottery Fund - Awards for All
Brian Leslie Racher 2004 Charitable Trust
CAGE - Waterford Heath
Carillion Natural Habitats Fund
CEMEX Community Fund
Chapman Charitable Trust
Chilterns Conservation Board
Christopher Laing Foundation
Dacorum Borough Council
East Herts District Council
Environment Agency
Friends of Tewin
Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council Locality Budget Scheme (Cllr Crofton, Cllr Gordon, Cllr Reay, Cllr Walkington)
Hillingdon Borough Council
John Davis
John Spedan Lewis Foundation
Johnson Matthey
Kate Aylett
Ken Moody
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Miss S M G Ross Trust
Natural England
North Herts District Council
Robert Kiln Trust
Rotary Club of Hertford
Rural Payments Agency
Spear Charitable Trust
St. Albans City & District Council
Tarmac
Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund
The Richard Cowley Trust
Tring Rural Parish Council
Vandervell Foundation
Vaughan Williams
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council