Establish and Maintain Nature Reserves and Educate in Natural History and Nature Conservation
Establish and Maintain Nature Reserves and Educate in Natural History and Nature Conservation
By making a bequest to YACWAG, you’re helping to secure a richer environment for nature in our community – not just for today, but for generations to come.
If you have any questions or would like to talk to someone confidentially about leaving a legacy, please get in touch at [email protected]
Together, we can continue protecting local wildlife and wild spaces for the future.
Leaving a gift in your Will is one of the most meaningful ways to support YACWAG’s vital work protecting local wildlife and habitats. It’s a powerful way to ensure that YACWAG will be able to continue to provide safe havens for nature around Yatton and Congresbury.
By remembering YACWAG in your Will, you’re helping us to:
Protect wildlife habitats in the Yatton and Congresbury area
Support declining species and biodiversity
Provide community education and engagement in nature
Inspire young people to connect with wildlife
Every gift, no matter the size, can make a real difference.
Leaving a bequest is simple. You can:
They can guide you through the process and include YACWAG as a beneficiary in your Will. You will need to provide our full name and charity number:
Yatton & Congresbury Wildlife Action Group
Registered Charity Number: 1076362
Registered Address: Rose Farm, Streamcross, Claverham, BS49 4QD
There are different ways to leave a gift:
Your solicitor will help you choose the option that works best for your wishes.
If you are considering leaving land to YACWAG in your will, please consider leaving money to pay for the legal costs of transfer.
You don’t have to tell us, but if you do choose to leave a gift in your Will, we’d love to thank you personally and keep you updated on the difference your future gift will make.
Also, do let us know if you wish to remain anonymous, or if you would be happy for your gift to be publicly acknowledged.
Already Have a Will?
If you already have a Will, your solicitor can help you add a simple amendment called a codicil to include YACWAG.
Our first bequest was for £10,000 from a person who enjoyed walking on the Strawberry Line. At the time this covered five years of work by contractors on the Strawberry Line and funded restoration and creation of wetland habitat on the margins.
Two recent bequests came from a married couple who left money to YACWAG specifically to improve biodiversity in Yatton. They have funded half the cost of purchasing land to double the size of Kenn Moor Reserve.
A larger bequest led to a chain reaction. We were able to purchase a field (Paddocks) adjacent to our existing Cobthorn field in Congresbury. This field is being improved for nature by tree-planting to create optimal bat habitat and it is also generating income to spend on more land.
The Maslen wills particularly mentioned Cadbury Hill and the gifts enabled YACWAG to help North Somerset Council with the management costs of improving biodiversity on a neglected part of the nature reserve.
In January 2017, YACWAG became the owners of a small parcel of land off Claverham Close which was a Local Wildlife Site. In 2005 the field was bought by the nearby residents as they wanted to retain the green space near their houses. North Somerset Council’s ecologist was impressed with the special limestone-loving flowers on the field and declared it a Local Wildlife Site. Also the boundary hedges of the field are ancient and exceptionally rich in wildlife. The field was divided into seven parts denoting the divided ownership, although most of the boundaries are not formally marked. One of the plots in the centre was bought by Harry Hailes, an elderly man with no close relatives. When he died Harry bequeathed some money and his part of the field to YACWAG so it could be preserved in perpetuity. It contains a beautiful English oak. In December 2020, a new oak tree was planted on the edge of Harry’s Plot in a line with the two existing oak trees. This tree and its guard were sponsored in memory of Mrs Bobby MacArthur and her lifelong friend, Joan Rees.
