Double your donation to Archers Green this week
A £500,000 fundraising appeal by Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust to buy and manage Archers Green is being given a major boost by the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge – a match funding campaign where donations are doubled.
In September The Trust announced that it had an unmissable opportunity to buy and protect Archers Green, a designated Local Wildlife Site, and the vulnerable habitats it contains. The 20-acre site sits in a priority area for conservation action, within the Mimram Valley and supports some of our most iconic, yet threatened wildlife, such as Water Vole, Skylark and Harebell.
Home to lowland meadows, wet woodland, marsh and chalk stream, Archers Green is flanked by the River Mimram, one of just 240 chalk streams in the entire world. These unique river systems are so rare, and support some of our most endangered species – they are the UK’s equivalent to tropical rainforests. Without purchasing and safeguarding Archers Green, its future and the wonderful wildlife it’s home to could be at risk.
The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge provides the Trust with a much-needed opportunity to boost to their fundraising to secure this important site. Launching on Giving Tuesday and for one week only, from 29 November to 6 December, donations to the Archers Green Appeal will be matched up to a total of £10,000, meaning that those giving will see their money doubled.
