Members, Volunteers and Supporters may wish to help us achieve our priorities by:-

  • Promoting the view that red squirrel conservation is predominately about grey squirrel control.
     
  • Promptly report sightings of grey squirrels to group contacts.
     
  • Promptly report sighting of sickly red squirrels.
     
  • Report grey kills by you or others in or outside of the group with location.
     
  • Recruitment of new members.
     
  • Encourage donations.
     
  • Fund raising - coffee mornings, garden open days, selling raffle tickets etc. etc.
     
  • Sponsorship - to help with cash or “in-kind” work.
     
  • Host or find a home for one of our charity collection boxes.
     
  • Raise awareness locally – schools, organisations, parish councils / magazines etc. & talks to groups.
     
  • And anything else you can think of!

Please join us and become a member

Membership only costs £10.00 for individual or £20.00 for a family

Why do we need money?

  • Buy traps and feed for grey control.
     
  • Buy feeders and feed for monitoring reds.
     
  • Fund blood sampling for research into SQPV.
     
  • Educational and promotional material.
     
  • Travel expenses for volunteers (mostly refused!).
     
  • Ongoing awareness campaigns.

Please note that because we are volunteers our administration costs are minimal.

Your Membership

Because virtually every penny raised is spent on our protection of the reds, membership benefits are limited, however members of the group do receive:

  • Invitations to any special events.
     
  • An invitation to our Annual General Meeting.
     
  • Periodic newsletter updates on our activities (by email to save costs where possible).

We have made available for download the Membership Application/Donation Form and our Donation Standing Order Form

Download the membership and donation forms

They are all in PDF format and require ®Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them.( if you don’t have ®Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download it here )


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