In memory donations
Remember someone special by giving a donation to wildlife in their memory.
Celebrate a loved one’s life by helping wildlife
Donating in memory of someone special is a wonderful way to honour them and their love for wildlife.
Maybe they loved nature, animals or our native wildlife; or perhaps they cared deeply about the threats to endangered species around the world. Perhaps your loved one enjoyed walking in the countryside, or was passionate about saving our woodlands and orchards.
Only you know what meant the most to them and how best to remember them and celebrate their life.
Ways to remember your loved one
Funeral or memorial collection
Collecting donations at a funeral or memorial service allows friends and family to support a cause close to their heart. Your funeral director can arrange this for you and send your donations to us, or you might prefer to do this yourself. If sending us a cheque directly, please make the cheque payable to ‘People’s Trust for Endangered Species’, and send it to:
In Memory Gifts
People’s Trust for Endangered Species
3 Cloisters House
8 Battersea Park Road
London SW8 4BG
Please include your name and address so we can confirm we have received the funds safely and we can thank you for your generosity. Please do not send cash in the post. If placing a notice in the press, include: “Donations to People’s Trust for Endangered Species” along with our address.
You can also donate online. Please also email us to let us know that your gift is in memory of a loved one so we can thank you.
Create a Justgiving in memory page
If you’re collecting donations from friends and family, you can set up a Justgiving page, choosing PTES as your chosen charity. You are then given the option to say that you are fundraising in memory of someone, and name them for your fundraiser. Justgiving will collect the donations and pass them on to PTES. Visit JustGiving to create your online tribute.
Martyn’s story
Martyn Hemingway’s family and friends gave PTES a donation in his memory. Susan Hemingway told us that, “Martyn absolutely loved British wildlife. He would keep our bird feeders topped up and loved taking part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch where we were fortunate enough to report sightings of goldfinches, green finches and long tailed tits among the more common starlings, sparrows, blue tits, great tits, coal tits, doves and pigeons. We were lucky enough, just once, to have a lesser spotted woodpecker in the garden and a few years ago we also had two goldcrests visit when they nested in our neighbour’s garden. He was particularly excited when a family of long tailed tits took up residence in a bush right outside our utility room window. More recently, birds of prey became a more common sight in the area and Martyn loved trying to spot them. We enjoyed listening to the blackbirds last thing at night as the sun set and the world quietened down. He also made sure the feeders were well stocked so that cheeky squirrels could enjoy the spoils as well.
He also enjoyed the Big Butterfly Count but, despite planting butterfly friendly bushes and flowers, we never seemed to get the large variety we had for birdwatch.
One evening Martyn discovered a hedgehog wandering around the garden and quickly set about building a “Hedgehog Hotel” for it! Completely waterproof and predator proof, he stuffed it full of leaves and other bedding material. He found the perfect spot for it in a quiet area of the garden – and it wasn’t long before Viv the hedgehog found it and made herself at home! She would come out nightly for a wander around the garden and we would listen to her snuffling along and finding her way to the bowl of food he left for her each night.
And talking of feeding wild animals, each night he would make up a dish of fox food – biscuits, dog food and any appropriate leftovers – take it into the garden, whistling for the foxes as he went. Many nights he had barely got back into the house before a fox was peering over the garden wall checking that it was safe to come in. A female fox brought her four cubs into the garden one year and Martyn delighted in watching them chase each other and play together whilst mum tried to shepherd them to the food bowl. The trouble was, they would regularly pinch the food bowl so Martyn simply bought a heavier one and left a polite message for the foxes – if only they were able to read it.
He would regularly “Bee Kind” and, if he saw a bee stuck in the house or struggling in the garden, he would rescue it and make sure it had the energy to fly off again.
Given his love of British wildlife, it was an easy choice to select PTES to be the family’s nominated charity following Martyn’s sad death in June 2025. We are delighted that we raised £1,040 in Martyn’s memory – and I think he would be chuffed to bits that donations in his memory will be helping a cause so dear to his heart”.