Common blue butterfly (credit: Ian Ward)
About us
Established in 1926, Norfolk Wildlife Trust is the county’s leading conservation charity, proud to have been protecting and restoring Norfolk’s nature for over a century. We care for more than 60 nature reserves rich in reedbeds, heath and woodland that nurture Norfolk’s rarest species; we are working with others across Norfolk to create a landscape that is teeming with life; and we are cultivating a county that is home to healthy communities who have access to nature and are inspired and enabled to help wildlife thrive.
Norfolk Wildlife Trust is part of the national movement of Wildlife Trusts. We are supported by over 41,000 members and work alongside a wide variety of partners, funders and communities who all share our ambitions to create a wilder Norfolk for all.
Our Patron
King Charles III (credit: Hugo Burnand)
We are delighted to have patronage of His Majesty, The King, following the previous patronage of Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 - 2022. As The Prince of Wales, His Majesty has had a long association with Norfolk Wildlife Trust, visiting both NWT Hickling Broad and Cley Marshes nature reserves during his childhood, followed by an official visit to Cley Marshes in 1996. His Majesty has dedicated more than 50 years to championing the UK's response to the nature and climate crises.
Our President
Patrick Barkham (credit: Marcus Garrett)
Patrick Barkham is an award-winning author and Natural History Writer for The Guardian. His books include The Butterfly Isles, Badgerlands, Islander and Wild Child. He has edited an anthology of British and Irish nature writing, The Wild Isles, and his latest book, The Swimmer, is a biography of the writer Roger Deakin. He grew up near Foxley Wood, which remains one of his favourite NWT reserves. He lives in Norfolk with his family.
Our Vice-Presidents
Alice Liddle
Angela Turner
Dr Jeff Price
Dr Ben Garrod
Garth Inman
John Snape
Jon Humphreys
Martin Shaw
Michael Baker
Sue Roe
Our Chief Executive Officer
Eliot Lyne
Eliot Lyne joined NWT in 2021. Before this, he pursued a 15-year career in senior finance and operations roles in many well-known UK Charities such as Scope, Amnesty International UK, Greenpeace UK, Livability and National Children’s Bureau. This culminated in a turnaround role as interim Finance Director and then interim CEO at RNIB.
Eliot holds a BA in Geography and an MSc in Environmental and Energy Studies. He is married with one daughter. He runs, cycles, gardens, and enjoys music in his spare time.
