Information for members

To say thank you and to keep you updated with how your membership donation makes a difference, wildlife success stories and events we will send you our  Wild Avon magazine twice a year. 

Your magazine now comes in an envelope made from 100% recycled materials, it is recyclable and the window is made from natural materials, so you can put it in your home compost binor in your council food waste bin.

You can read our annual reports and backdated issues of  Wild Avon  magazine on our publications page by clicking the button below.

If you would like to receive your  Wild Avon  magazine by email rather than post, please complete this form .

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Thank you if you shared your thoughts with us through the 2021 Membership Survey.
We received 934 responses with over 250of you increasing your regular membershipdonation. Collectively, you are donating an extra £6,714 a year for Avon’s wildlife
through your membership donations. Thank you so much for your generosity.

Your feedback is invaluable, and your comments are helping us to improve what we do for wildlife and our members. We received a positive response with 88% of you rating your experience as a member as either excellent or good. However, we realise we can do better. That’s why we’ve read through your comments and made some improvements. We’re already making changes:

• Including a map in each edition of your magazine so you know where each of our reserves are
• Introducing a digital version of the magazine as well as a postal option
• Introducing quarterly member talks which we hope to have more details of very soon

However, improving your membership is just half the story. It was interesting to see
which of our projects you had heard of and which areas you felt we should prioritise infuture work. We will work through these as an organisation to learn from what you’ve
got to say. Priority areas include:

• Making our nature reserves more accessible with improved signage, facilities and walking routes as well as hosting guided nature walks
• Having better communication with our volunteers

You are warmly invited to our 2023 AGM taking place on Wednesday 8th November at The Foundation in Bristol, St. George's Road BS1 5BE.at 6:00pm. 

For more information about this years AGM, click the button below: 

Avon Wildlife Trust Annual AGM 2023 

Our 2022 AGM took place at The Royal Hotel in Weston-super-Mare on 10 November.

Together we enjoyed learning about what our volunteers, supporters and staff have achieved over the past year. It was great to hear about the innovations that are helping us manage our reserves for the benefit of wildlife, as well as those projects which are looking at nature's recovery at a landscape scale. It felt particularly special to watch the North Somerset Rewilding Champions’ work to engage communities in local conservation efforts while we were gathered in Weston-super-Mare.

Present members and proxy votes agreed to:

• Approve the minutes of the 2021 AGM
• Accept the 2021-2022 annual accounts
• Re-elect Kate Leahy, Ped Asgarian and Ross Fairley as Elected Trustees
• Elect Lara Burch and Martin Lyne as new Trustees to our Board

We also took a moment to thank our outgoing Trustees, Chris Curling and Malcolm Shepherd, for everything they've done for Avon Wildlife Trust. The knowledge and experience they've brought to the Board has been invaluable, and we know this won't be the last we see of them!

Read our Annual Report and Financia Accounts for 2021 - 2022 here

See below for recordings of previous member talks and check back for details of upcoming talks.

North Somerset Rewilding Champions - Jamie Kingscott

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Wilder Waterways - Bernie D'Arcy - Wednesday 9 March 2022, 18:00-19:30

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My Wild City - Alex Dommett - Wednesday 15 June 2022, 18:00-19:30

Watch the recording

Team Wilder - Sophie Bancroft - Monday 26 September 2022

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Every gift, large or small, is helping wildlife to survive and thrive across Avon. If you wanted to help even more by increasing your membership donation, please follow the link below. 

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To convert your membership to pay by Direct Debit, please complete our online Direct Debit form. Follow the link below to choose which membership type you are on and complete the relevant form.

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We have different membership types available including: 

• Individual/Child - for one person from £3 a month, receiving either our Wild Avon magazine twice a year for adults or our Wildlife Watch magazine four times a year for children.
• Joint - for two people from £4 a month.
• Family - for two adults and up to four children from £5 a month.

As each membership type has different information requirements, please contact us directly to convert your membership, using the contact details at the bottom of the page.

If you have lost your membership card, we can send you a new one in the post. 

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We can now send your  Wild Avon  magazine by email, instead of postal if you so wish. All you have to do is complete this form by clicking the button below.

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If you pay your membership donation by Direct Debit and need to update your bank details to a new account, you can do so by filling out the form through the button below. 

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