Environment & Climate Education & Young People Free 2023
Essex Wildlife Trust

Impact Report 2023

Essex Wildlife Trust is the county's leading conservation charity, managing 93 nature reserves and running Nature Discovery Centres across Essex. In 2023, the Trust welcomed over 1 million visitors to its centres, worked with 40,000 children and families through education programmes, generated 50,000 citizen science wildlife observations, and retained a membership base of 40,000 supporters — all while advancing ambitious targets to have 30% of Essex land and sea actively managed for nature by 2030.

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📋About

1,900 volunteers supported conservation work across 93 nature reserves

📊Key Metrics

1 million+ visitors welcomed to Nature Discovery Centres in 2023 Key Metric 1
40,000 children and families engaged through Wilder Learning education programmes Key Metric 2
50,000+ citizen science wildlife observations recorded in 2023 Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • 93% of Nature Discovery Centre visitors rated their experience 5/5
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📍Geography

East of England

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