Raise money
Buy land
Rewild it
Heal Rewilding is a registered charity working to help nature recovery, climate action and wellbeing.
We are raising money to buy land and rewild it – giving land back to nature, forever. We are taking direct action to tackle the climate and ecological crises and reconnect people with nature, which we’ll achieve through the rebuilding of wildlife populations, community involvement and storytelling.
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We launched in March 2020 as the UK’s first charity dedicated to being a rewilding landowner and acquired our 460-acre foundation site, Heal Somerset, in December 2022. Our goal is a Heal site in every English county, with our second site planned in the north. Sites will also bring economic benefit to communities, creating new jobs and attracting investment into the locality.
Why is this needed?
The UK is among the most nature-depleted countries in the world, with significantly reduced biodiversity.
Healthy, biodiverse ecosystems help regulate water flow, store carbon and maintain soil structure, all of which increase resilience to climate extremes like flooding and heatwaves. When biodiversity declines, soils lose organic matter and stability, reducing their ability to absorb water and support crops – ultimately weakening both climate adaptation and food production. While these challenges are often considered separately, improving the health of nature can address multiple environmental issues simultaneously.
We believe there is hope for nature recovery. For us, rewilding represents that hope.
Our unique approach
Everything we do begins with fundraising – without this, we cannot exist. We’ve created different ways for people to donate, including sponsoring a 3x3m square of land which enables us to bring it back to life through rewilding. We provide the sponsor with a What3Words address so that they can visit, see how their square is transforming, and form a connection with the land.
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We manage the land following established rewilding principles and aim to be an exemplar site. Our approach to ecological interventions is rooted in a nature-led ethos – we believe in giving land back to nature and allowing natural processes to lead recovery. Any interventions we instigate are to aid the recovery of fully functioning natural processes that have been severely disrupted by human activity.
Building a legacy
To ensure that we remain an inclusive and relevant organisation for the next generation, we established the Heal Future Advisory Panel, a national collective of individuals aged 18 – 25. This panel is critical in providing the youth perspective, and helps to provide new ideas for how Heal can help people of all ages and backgrounds to connect with nature.
Community and inclusion
We believe that rewilding should benefit both people and planet, and are dedicated to ensuring that the work we do involves and benefits our communities. It is a human right that everyone should be able to access natural spaces – but for many people this is a privilege. Our aim is to identify and overcome both visible and invisible challenges to spending time in nature, and through doing so, improve people’s health and wellbeing.
