Supporters’ stories:
WWT supporters never stop coming up with brilliant ways to
raise money for their favourite charity.
From baking cakes to running a
marathon, abseiling off buildings
and holding a sponsored
swimathon, our supporters have
lots of fun raising lots of funds
to keep our conservation work
going. What will you think of?
BBC TV’s Mike Dilger
took on
his own Big 9 Challenge to visit
all nine WWT Wetland Centres
in nine days. “It was tough,” he
says “but hugely rewarding to
know that I was helping to save
wetlands and the wildlife they
support while getting to see
some truly incredible wildlife
spectacles.’’
Alan
was so inspired by WWT’s
work that he took on a running
challenge that most would shy
away from. Dressed as a flamingo,
he hit the streets near
each of our nine WWT Wetland
Centres and raised over £500 in
sponsorship money!
Chris and Adela,
who got married
at our London Wetland Centre,
asked their guests to donate
to WWT instead of giving them
wedding presents. They raised
over £3,000. “We chose to raise
money for swans,” says Adela
“because they mate for life, which
we felt would be a good omen!”
Megan,
who is 10, was inspired
to fundraise for WWT after visiting
our Welney Wetland Centre.
“Mum bought me an adorable
spoon-billed sandpiper toy. I
called her Sandy,” says Megan.
“I found out they are very rare
so I decided to make and sell
chocolate spoons and cake, to
help save them from extinction!”
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