Support Our Work
Your donation helps protect, restore, and celebrate the River Wear and its tributaries. By supporting Wear Rivers Trust, you’re helping safeguard wildlife, improve water quality, and ensure our rivers can be enjoyed by future generations.
Become a volunteer
Sign up as a volunteer to help us continue to care for the River Wear and its tributaries by giving your time and skills. Volunteering with Wear Rivers Trust supports practical conservation, habitat restoration, and community engagement across the Wear catchment.
Volunteer opportunities include:
Practical river and habitat conservation
Surveys and monitoring
Community events and education
Training and skills development
Volunteers of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome.
Donations
Make a one-off donation to help us continue to care for the River Wear and its tributaries. Your support helps improve habitats, clean up waterways, run volunteer days, and connect with local communities.
To donate offline
Please send cheques to:
Wear Rivers Trust
Suite 6a, Kingfisher House
St. Johns Road, Meadowfield Industrial Estate,
Durham, England,
DH7 8TZ
Your support helps improve habitats, clean up waterways, run volunteer days, and connect with local communities.
Fundraising Opportunities
Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for Wear Rivers Trust with easyfundraising?
There are over 8,000 retailers on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis & Partners, ASOS, Booking.com and M&S – and it won’t cost you a penny extra to help us raise funds.
All you need to do is:
1.Go to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/wear-rivers-trust/ and join for free.
2.Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.
3.After you’ve checked out, the retailer will make a donation to Wear Rivers Trust at no extra cost to you whatsoever!
There are no catches or hidden charges and Wear Rivers Trust will be most grateful for your donations. Thank you for your support.
