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Photo: Common carder bee, (Bombus pascuorum) by Dave Clarke How can Making a difference Membership cards
Members will now receive a
membership card with their number
you help the
and renewal date when renewing
their membership. We are also
working with retailers to develop
bumblebees?
incentives and discounts for our
members, so keep an eye on
future Buzzwords. Members can

some of our Business members
London Marathon runner Tom Wright,
By Claire Wales, Individual Fundraising Manager
through the ‘Member Portal’ on
raised £3,000 for the Trust and mental already access discounts from
the website. If you require a log-in,
health charity Mind!
The Trust is supported by many wonderful individuals and businesses. We receive please contact: membership@
income through very varied and, in some cases, incredibly inventive ways. Everyone Tom said “A huge and wholehearted bumblebeeconservation.org The
who donates their time and money to the Trust is an ambassador for our bumblebees, thank you to everyone who supported me portal is updated regularly with
and we are extremely grateful. leading up to the event. You all helped features and offers.
me get up and go out on those wet and
The funds received, are used to underpin the work we do; they provide the foundation windy days, when I really didn’t want
and strong base on which the Trust can grow and keep on growing. We rely greatly to go for a run! It has been an absolute
on the donations we receive from membership and the boundless enthusiasm of our honour to fly the flag for the bees! It has
fundraisers. As a thank you, I wanted to share a few stories from some of our fundraisers.
been a great experience and something
Spread the word Run for the bees I will truly never forget. I look forward to
the next adventure!

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Erin Molyneux held a stall at her school to Lydia, Rosie and Donna ran the Vitality
raise awareness for the bees and raised London 10km for the Trust in May and When you purchase from our new Bee collection, you’ll
£85. raised £667, smashing their target! be supporting our partnership with Bumblebee Conservation
Trust in a mission to protect British bees.
Erin enjoyed it so much she held another Lydia said “Here we are, running the
event this July! Erin’s mum said “It’s Vitality London 10k as the ‘FIFTY
been a pleasure collecting money for the BEES’ team. We ran with some of the
bumblebees. We have all learnt so much best people on the planet, including my
about them and have enjoyed fundraising daughter by my side, proudly fundraising
as a family activity.” for the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
It was a challenge, but it was worth it for
8 the bees and all our future generations.” 9