Corporate membership

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) hunting UK © Andy Rouse/2020VISION

Joining our corporate community

Joining Dorset Wildlife Trust as a Corporate Member is not only a fantastic way to support local wildlife, but great for your business too! Inspire and engage your staff, customers and stakeholders by showing your company is committed to helping local wildlife, protecting the environment and fighting for nature's recovery in your local area.

Our corporate supporters

Of course, the biggest benefit of corporate membership is to support the work of Dorset Wildlife Trust in protecting Dorset’s wildlife and wild places but there are lots more reasons to join us.

Benefits for your staff

Connecting with nature has a positive impact on our wellbeing and corporate membership enables you to offer benefits such as half-price membership for your staff so that they can explore and enjoy our visitor centres and nature reserves including Brownsea free of charge. Not to mention volunteering opportunities, guided walks, wildlife talks, discounted animal adoption schemes and engagement activities. With the Wildlife Partner membership package, your staff have the unique opportunity to take part in an annual Corporate Volunteer Team Day.

A commercial advantage

Discounted advertising in Dorset Wildlife Trust’s membership magazine, Dorset Wildlife (27,500 members in Dorset and constantly growing)
Hyperlinks to your website
Use of Dorset Wildlife Trust's logo
Discounted meeting room hire at our centres
Sponsorship opportunities including our hugely popular wildlife webcams, nature reserves and public events.
Collaboration on key Dorset conservation projects with the associated PR benefits.

Access to conservation advice

Joining as a Wildlife Partner gives you the option to choose between a day's worth of our expert conservation team's time to help you fulfil your corporate social responsibility policy for local projects, key to Dorset’s conservation and communities. Or a Corporate Volunteer Team Day as outlined below. We can also provide expert conservation advice for mitigation for development planning and for management of your own grounds or land

Corporate Volunteering Day

As a Wildlife Partner, you are entitled to either a day's worth of expert conservation advice, or an annual Corporate Volunteer Team Day. Taking everyone out of the workplace for the day to work together on one of our stunning nature reserves offers the perfect way to bring your staff together to build the team and their sense of wellbeing and achievement. Each day is bespoke so you can choose the reserve, the date and the tasks to suit your staff – we’ll provide all the equipment, expert leadership and supervision and make sure that the team have a great day out!

Companies across Dorset are enjoying the benefits of corporate membership – we offer a choice of two packages to suit your needs, as well as a range of sponsorship options.

Wildlife Supporter Membership £250+VAT per year

Discounted advertising in Dorset Wildlife, our membership magazine.
Regular corporate membership e-newsletter.
Invitations to Corporate Community events.
Use of the Dorset Wildlife Trust logo.
Dorset Wildlife Trust web listing hyperlinked to your website.
Half price Dorset Wildlife Trust membership for your staff.
Certificate recognising your support.
All Dorset Wildlife Trust publications: Dorset Wildlife, Reserves and Event Guides.

Wildlife Partner membership £1,000+VAT per year

All benefits of Wildlife Supporter membership plus:

One press release in first year of membership.
One FREE Corporate Volunteer Team Day per year, or one FREE day of expert conservation advice, including mitigation for development planning and management of your own grounds or land.
Sponsorship opportunities on nature reserves, key projects, events, where applicable.
Discounted meeting room hire at Dorset Wildlife Trust centres. 
Opportunities to partner in key Dorset conservation projects.

Corporate membership of Dorset Wildlife Trust enables local businesses and their staff to play an active role in securing a healthy natural environment for everyone.

Brian Bleese
Chief Executive, Dorset Wildlife Trust