Fundraise for Wildwood
THIS SUMMER! Join Team Wildwood at the Dirty Rotten Scramble!
Wildwood Trust is proud to be the Lead Sponsor of the Dirty Rotten Scramble, one of the South East’s most challenging and entertaining mud and trail running events.
This year, we’re inviting you to take part as a member of the Wildwood Trust Team and turn every muddy mile into meaningful conservation impact.
Ready to raise vital funds for wildlife?
Why fundraise for Wildwood?
Help protect endangered British wildlife by funding our conservation projects, protecting and reintroducing species like bison, beavers and water vole that are extinct or threatened in the wild.
Your support helps us implement innovative rewilding programs, care for the animals in our wildlife parks, and educate the public, ensuring nature thrives for future generations.
Choosing what, when, and where
Fundraise your way and let your creativity run wild!
This is your chance to take on a personal mission, big or small, to raise vital funds for work in conservation.
Whether you host a bake sale or take on a sponsored walk every effort counts.
Kickstart your imagination with our list of fundraising ideas in our fundraising pack.
Join the race on 20/06/2026 at Dirty Rotten Scramble!
How to get started
Once you've chosen your brilliant fundraising idea, let us know about it!
Contact the fundraising team at Wildwood and we'll support you with our expertise all the way as you plan your activity.
You'll need to spread the word about your fantastic fundraiser to recruit sponsors, and don't forget to say a big thank you for every donation given!
Download our free fundraising pack and we will send you all the information you need to make your fundraiser a success.
Your fundraising makes a difference!
£50 could provide a week’s food for one of our wildcat kittens, bred to be released
£100 buys enrichment for our bears, keeping them happy and active.
£500 could cover the cost of crucial veterinary treatment for a rescued beaver, before we can release them back into the wild
£1,000 could buy the specialist equipment needed to track released choughs
£2,000 could help cover the cost of transporting bison to be released as ecosystem engineers
Get inspired by our amazing community of fundraisers!
We're so inspired by everyone who shares in our mission and fundraises for Wildwood! We're sharing some of their stories below.
From everyone at Wildwood we want to say a massive thank you not just to Arman, Chloe, and Roger but to everyone who has supported us through fundraising. Your dedication really does make a difference.
Arman and Chloe celebrated their birthdays with Wildwood!
Arman and Chloe raised £70 for Wildwood, by completing an impressive 10km sponsored walk to celebrate Chloe's 21st birthday.
"My friends and I went to Wildwood for the first time ever, the previous year, a night tour to celebrate my 20th birthday.
We absolutely loved the place, the animals and the conservation projects happening.
We wanted to show our support to the charity by visiting on our days off from university. Then we saw the fundraiser to Walk On The Wildside, and as my friend Chloe is an avid hiker, we figured it would be a great way to celebrate her 21st birthday."
Roger reads a story a day — all to support Wildwood!
For many years now, Roger Dilley has been reading a fun, free story every weekday online at 1pm! What started in lockdown every day to lift spirits is now a five-year streak of daily reads, with a regular Wildwood donation link shared at each reading.
"I first became aware of Wildwood Kent many years ago when it was first reported that you would be campaigning to rescue and rehome two bears. The story touched my heart. Over the years, I have watched those two thin, emaciated, troubled souls become the wonderful, happy, well cared for bears we now know as Scruff and Fluff.
And then there are the wolves; Odin and Nuna produced a litter of cubs. There was a raffle run for who the lucky person to draw back the gates, and we won it! The day you allowed Helen and me behind the scenes for me to open the gates to allow the wolves into their new enclosure will be one I shall treasure for the rest of my life. I can never thank you enough.
Those are just two of the many 'moments' that make Wildwood Kent so special for me. Was it any wonder that when I began Roger's Readings back in the early days of lockdown to cheer folk up in the dark days of COVID, that Wildwood Trust would be the charity I chose to support? I continue to do the daily shows on Facebook to this day and there is always a link to the online DONATION page."
As a member of the Fundraising Regulator, Wildwood Trust has made a public promise to adhere to best practice, honesty, transparency, clarity, and accountability in all fundraising activity, enabling you to support us with confidence. We will ensure that all of our fundraising activities are legal, open, honest and respectful.
