How we are Funded
Cambridge Past, Present & Future is a local independent charity that receives no government or council funds. We are supported entirely by our members, patrons and supporters as well as volunteers, trustees, corporate supporters, regular donors and benefactors.
We have more than 2,500 Members & Patrons who pay an annual donation to support our work. These are individual members of the public and local groups who share our cause. We are ambitious to double this number of Members & Patrons in the coming years.
Our work is valued and supported by members of our Patron’s Club, a group of very special major donors, people giving gifts in memory, leaving legacy gifts as well as corporate partners and Trusts and Foundations.
To find out more about how to support our work we offer many ways to give. We are very grateful to the following organisations who are current supporters or who have supported specific projects or events in recent years:
The Impact of our Supporters.
600 Acres
of green space protected
7 Historic Sites
cared for across Cambridge
98 Years
safeguarding nature & heritage
2,500 People
already standing with us
“The open green spaces of Cambridge need protection… Cambridge Past, Present & Future is doing its best to look after them. Do help, do join!”
Sir David Attenborough
Our Supporters Include
Our Supporters Include
- Aviva Community Fund
- BA Better World Community Fund
- Birketts
- Britford Bridge Trust
- Cambridge Water – Pebble Fund
- Carter Jonas
- Cambridge City Council
- Cambridge South Rotary
- Cambridge Stove Installations
- Cambridge Water PEBBLE Fund
- Chapman Charitable Trust
- CLA Charitable Trust
- Co-op Community Fund
- D&J LLoyd Trust
- Green Recovery Challenge Fund
- Historic England
- Illumina
- John Lewis Give a Little Love
- Marshalls
- Mick George
- Natural Cambridgeshire
- Natural England
- National Lottery Heritage Fund
- National Lottery Climate Action Fund
- National Philanthropic Trust
- PECT
- PEM Charitable Trust
- PPL PRS
- Rotary Club of Cambridge South
- Rutherfords Punting
- Save our Wild Isles Community Fund
- South Cambridge District Coubcil Zero Carbon Communities Fund
- South Cambridgeshire Council
- SPAB Mills Section
- The Big Give
- The Pilgrim Trust
- The Sir Michael and Lady Marshall Grassroots Charity Fund
- various University of Cambridge Colleges
- Weston Communicating Climate Programme
Who do We Work With?
We partner with a wide-range of organisations in the greater Cambridge area, these include:
- Natural England
- Historic England
- Environment Agency
- Cambridge City Council
- South Cambridgeshire Council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- Parish Councils
- Federation of Cambridge Resident’s Association (FECRA)
- Resident’s Associations
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Local Nature Partnership
- Wildlife Trust
- National Trust
- Magog Trust
- Friends of Roman Road & Fleam Dyke
- Cambridge Conservation Forum
- Cambridge Bat Group
- Countryside Restoration Trust
- Cambridge Natural History Society
- Cam Valley Forum
- Cam and Ely Ouse (CamEO) Catchment Partnership
- Cambridge Cycle Campaign
- Smarter Cambridge Transport
- Cambridge Connect
- Cambridge Ahead
- Rambler’s Association
- University of Cambridge
- Anglia Ruskin University
- Headway
- Church of England (Christ the Redeemer)
- Cambridge Young Archaeology Club
- As well as many smaller local community and campaign groups.
Cambridge Past, Present & Future is Cambridge’s independent charity that cares for its heritage and green spaces. Our country parks and reserves at Wandlebury and Coton, stewardship of Grantchester Meadows and the Orchard Tea Garden, the windmill at Bourn, the watermill at Hinxton and the Leper Chapel in Cambridge city are enjoyed and supported by their local communities and more than 100 volunteers every year.
Our warden team and office staff work hard to protect and conserve our woodland, meadows, fields and hedges, to open up the green spaces and historic sites to as many people as possible through events and education and to enrich the land we look after for nature. Our charity also scrutinises and influences planning applications throughout Greater Cambridge to make sure that development is as sustainable as possible.
The charity does not receive any statutory funding so we are solely reliant on donations, memberships, grants and gifts to fund all the work we do every year.
Regular giving means that the predictable and reliable income it creates makes forward planning easier and therefore increases the effectiveness with which we can operate. A regular gift, of any size makes a huge difference to nature and heritage in Cambridge.
Give when it suits you – set up your regular monthly or annual donation here.