ANNUAL REPORT 2020

‘The elders were wise. They knew that man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; they knew that lack of respect for growing, living things, soon led to lack of respect for humans, too.’ Chief Luther Standing Bear, Sicangu and Oglala Chief

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2020 WAS A CRUCIBLE for the Trust. The in pursuit of its charitable objectives in Cover photo: The River challenges of a global pandemic affected all future years. Trustees were delighted to see Affric runs through autumnal woodland our personal and work lives. Many of our more than 1,000 of our Members consult along Glen Affric staff team were furloughed for long periods. on proposed new articles for the Trust – a by James Shooter/ Volunteering activities were postponed, healthy interest in the future governance of scotlandbigpicture.com events cancelled, and projects on the land the charity. Work to protect wild land from in our care delayed. Closures to schools inappropriate windfarms grew during the meant the number of Awards our year, while a new land carbon tax proposal partners could deliver reduced. from the Trust – helping protect wild places Yet 2020 also represented a point of while combatting the climate crisis and significant opportunity and space for addressing biodiversity loss – is garnering innovation. Our first online AGM attracted widespread interest among influential Members from around the world. A groups. ACKNOWLEDGING £100,000 investment supported the A huge thank you to everyone who SUPPORT FROM: ambitions of the Langholm community in helps the Trust advocate for wild places. the Scottish Borders to bring a wild place Your support has been as strong as ever into community ownership. A new Trust and means we once again report a positive eNewsletter Wild Inside brought a little bit financial year. Finally, a note of thanks to of wildness and joy to households across my fellow Trustees. Many have contributed the UK during lockdown, introducing more hours than ever in support of the thousands more people to our work. charity in this most unusual year of Society’s interest in connecting with wild challenge and opportunity. places peaked as never before. We saw record numbers of visits to the land in our ANNUAL REPORT care as lockdowns eased. SPONSORED BY Kept indoors for much of the year, the staff team increased its focus on improving the systems and processes that underpin our ways of working. New HR and financial Dave Gibson systems don’t warrant headlines, but they Chair A full list of Trust supporters will help the Trust be even more effective John Muir Trust are on the back page.

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THIS PAST YEAR has been unlike any we the Scottish Government is about to propose TRUSTEES have ever known. We have suffered pain, significant reform. We are not complacent. Gair Brisbane, Alan Dobie, John Finney, loss, restrictions, turmoil. The crisis, however, We understand whatever the details of any David Gibson, Jim has also helped instil us with a new sense announcement, there will still be much work Gibson, Philip Graves, of perspective. In normal times, it’s easy to do to make sure that any new legislation Emily Henderson, to be derailed into polarised thinking that is fit for purpose. We are moving in the right Patricia Jordan, Chris Loynes, Xander McDade, drains time and energy, while neglecting direction. Raymond Simpson, opportunities to pull together with others to Finally, on behalf of the Trust Jane Smallman, Chris make a real difference. Management Team, I want to welcome new Townsend, Andrew During 2020, we have set out to forge new staff who have joined the Trust in the past Whitfield links and strengthen existing relationships. year: Emily Button, Jenny Holmes, Clara Risi, JOHN MUIR TRUST Some are still at an early stage, but it’s Cecilie Dohm, Lani Dines, Julie Gough and MANAGEMENT TEAM heartening to report constructive discussions Kevin Cumming. I also want to pay tribute to David Balharry, Chief Executive; Mike Daniels, with a diverse range of organisations across those few who have moved on. In particular, Head of Policy and the public, private and voluntary sectors. a heartfelt thanks on behalf of the whole of Land Management; From the Scottish Crofting Federation the Trust to two long-standing veterans who Kevin Lelland, Head of Development and to NatureScot; from the Scottish Land contributed immensely to our work over the Communications; Commission to the UK Climate Change years: Sandy Maxwell, who worked tirelessly Emma Reed, Head of Committee; from Community Land for many years with our volunteer work Engagement; Kerry Ross, to Wild Land Ltd; from the Just Transition parties; and Mel Nicoll who spearheaded our Director of Finance and Resources. Commission to the Scottish Climate campaigning work to protect wild places.

Assembly; from Scottish Environment LINK The John Muir Trust is a to the UK Wildlife and Country Link, we have Scottish charitable company limited by guarantee. (Charity engaged far and wide, always looking for No. SC002061, Company No. common ground where we may be able to SC081620). Registered office: Tower House, Station Road, work together. Pitlochry PH16 5AN. Tel: One outstanding example of a 01796 470080. collaborative approach is the campaign to protect our land from the destructive impact David Balharry of increasing deer numbers. As we go to Chief Executive press, we are hearing reports suggesting that John Muir Trust

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DESPITE RESTRICTIONS and surface. In the summer, we bagged Working with lockdowns, more people than ever 240 sacks of rocks and aggregates, others to enhance, are enjoying exploring the outdoors. which took a helicopter 11 hours to However, footfall and rainfall can place them strategically all along the repair and rewild turn paths into deep scars blemishing damaged sections on the mountain the places we love to visit. path. ecosystems and In 2020 local contractors helped Meanwhile in Glen Nevis, we maintain, repair and rebuild spent 36 days maintaining and landscapes kilometres of footpaths, from the repairing the Steall Gorge path, while Lake District to , and from in the Lake District our two local Perthshire to Skye. In total the Trust contractors fixed a major new short invested nearly a quarter of a million cut developing which threatened to pounds in this vital work during the deteriorate rapidly. year - all raised with the generosity On Skye we fixed a narrow and of Members, supporters, trusts and steep section of the coastal foundations. path. Meanwhile local students The need for this huge effort signed up for a four-day course in became even more apparent with the Torrin where they worked on the surge in hillwalkers in the summer as Strath Beag path building water bars, the first lockdown eased. Our people a drain, steps and pitching. counter at Schiehallion recorded A further 30 workdays saw us double the usual number of visitors tackling areas of braiding and water in July. Fortunately, we were able to damage on the Bla Bheinn path. On carry out urgent repairs to the new the Glen , Druim Hain, low level, accessible Foss Loop walk, and Loch Coruisk paths drains were where flash flooding in February cleared, sections of stone pitching had gouged out part of the path were added, surfacing topped up, and washed off a section of the top ditches dug, cross drains built and

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Our volunteer heroes Repair Before the first lockdown, 26 volunteers helped and rewild with beach cleans at Polin (removing 18 bags of We will repair and rewild suitable rubbish) and Oldshoremore (39 bags). areas of land by enriching biodiversity From mid-March onwards we were forced to and working collaboratively with others to achieve landscape-scale suspend our regular conservation work parties. restoration of natural processes (for However, once the first lockdown eased, we example, the expansion of native were able to re-start working with smaller woodlands). groups of our regular local volunteers at Ben This natural transformation has Nevis, Glenlude and Quinag. the potential to deliver multiple Following an exceptionally busy ‘tourist’ public benefits, including revitalised season on Ben Nevis, volunteers helped us rural communities, reduced carbon emissions, improved soil fertility, with litter-picking and clearing drains on the stronger flood defences, and deeper main path up the Ben. Their final summit work connections between people and party in October cleared 13 bags of litter and an place. abandoned tent. Help us repair and rewild wild places Volunteers returned to Glenlude in September by enabling us to: to start preparing the newly felled conifer n Increase the number of wild places plantation for native woodland planting that are managed sustainably and – helped for a week by a low-impact, but progressively, using the Trust’s highly impressive, pair of working horses. rigorous Wild Land Management While at Quinag local volunteers helped Standards as key measures. with the footpath repair work on the ascent n Implement a sensitive upland path to Sail Gharbh to prevent further erosion repair programme, in response and consolidate the path. Late in the year to increased erosion on popular volunteering was again suspended as routes. restrictions were re-imposed. n Encourage natural regeneration of woodlands, planting native trees where necessary. re-landscaping carried out. community buyout, led by the On Quinag we repaired and Langholm Initiative, managed to n Introduce landscape-scale upgraded a 70-metre section of very secure over 5,000 acres paving the initiatives with landowners and badly eroded path on the final ascent way for the creation of a huge new communities, positioning the Trust at the forefront of conservation in to Sail Gharbh. The work involved an nature reserve. the future. airlift of 30 tonnes of stone from the Work continued on restoring opposite face. the land we manage. At Glenlude Huge numbers of visitors headed and Skye the team is transforming to Sandwood once lockdown conifer plantations into native restrictions were eased in July. broadleaved woodland and on Skye This placed extra strain on the we have made a start on a significant main track to Sandwood Bay, so a peatland restoration project beside comprehensive maintenance run the Bla Bheinn car park – removing saw us clearing all drains and ditches non-native conifers from fragile and rebuilding two damaged water peatland and restoring the blanket bars. bog. Meanwhile, our aim to rewild by In the Lakes, the team has enriching biodiversity and working been reintroducing and boosting with others to achieve landscape- populations of Alpine plants and scale restoration was boosted by montane willow grown by the local several new collaborations. The community around Glenridding Yearn Stane team are working Common. The Trust has taken an with the local community and extension to its lease for a year to landowners to plant trees and restore allow further discussions on the the Clyde Muirsheil Regional Park’s long-term future management of Davey and Megan (pictured here) from badly degraded peatlands and the land to take place with the Lake Arran Footpaths and Forestry worked increase its biodiversity. District National Park Authority, the across our footpath network on Skye.

The south of Scotland’s largest local community and the Trust. LOGAN DAVEY PHOTO:

5 Protecting and conserving PHOTO: MORRIS MACLEOD PHOTO: Speaking up for the AS INTEREST IN natural solutions independent Deer Working Group’s to climate change grows, we joined report, which called for root and benefits of wildness forces with other organisations branch reform of deer management to influence the priorities of all laws and systems. and collaborating relevant policy makers. As well as As well as considering the findings Scottish Environment LINK - we of the deer report, the Trust also with others to are delighted to be a member of welcomed the Scottish Government’s prevent the loss of Wales Environment Link and the long-awaited response to UK-wide Wildlife and Countryside the Werritty Review into the wild places Link which will enable us to increase management of driven grouse. The our influence at the Senedd and Scottish Government has agreed for Westminster as well as Holyrood. the need to licence grouse shooting, We also worked hard as a member increase protection for mountain of alliances including Alliance hares, and increase regulation on for Scotland’s Rainforest and the burning peatlands. Montane Scrub Action Group. We continued to submit In 2020 our joint report Managing responses to a range of national Deer for Climate, Communities and and local government consultations Conservation set out 10 benefits of – including the proposed a modernised deer management Environmental Land Management system. Its publication supported Scheme which has the potential to the findings of the long-awaited make nature recovery in England an

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Protect and conserve We will protect and conserve wild places across the UK, seeking to reduce the twin threats of inappropriate development and damaging land management practices. Since the John Muir Trust was founded, our wild world has diminished drastically. Tens of thousands of species are lost every year as a result of human activity. Habitats are destroyed for development and agriculture, and climate change is threatening our global ecosystem. We want to protect and sustain wildness with people and nature at the heart of that process. Help us protect and conserve wild places by enabling us to: n Influence the priorities of all UK Governments, administrations and agencies to embed wild land/ wildness-related objectives into their policies and programmes. n Persuade decision-makers of the need to protect our wild land and wild places from damaging land management practices and inappropriate development. n Seek new ways to manage wild land through acquisition or partnership. n Better manage and engage with visitors across all the properties and places in our care. everyday part of land management. scrutinising future National Planning We also responded to the Scottish policy in Wales. We asked them to Government’s consultation on exempt wild land from the target ranger services and its National zones for new large-scale renewable Planning Framework (NPF4). As part energy development. of its early public engagement the The pressure on our finite wild Scottish Government asked what land resource was as high as ever we think Scotland will be like in during the year. We monitored 2050 and what changes are needed dozens of proposals potentially to get us there. The Trust submitted impacting on wild land during its full response in April and backed the year. We met with developers LINK’s call for the establishment of a to discuss wild land impacts of national Nature Network in order to potential windfarms and attended manage land use for “the long-term a public local inquiry into the public interest”, namely working 39-turbine development proposed towards a healthier planet and a for Glenshero. We responded to Trust welcomes Scottish Government society that lives within its means. enquiries and concerns about fish pledge to fast-track a new licensing Recognising the importance of farms, a camp site and further wind scheme to protect wildlife and Wild Land Areas within Scottish farms. habitats on driven grouse moors. It also promises to regulate the practice National Planning to safeguard areas, of muirburn and enforce a ban on we wrote to the Welsh Parliament peatland burning.

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THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC engage diverse audiences is one of its Working with others had a significant impact on the many strengths, with 30 per cent of to inspire people to organisations we work with to engage participants engaging in the Award John Muir Award participants. We from an ‘inclusion’ background. We connect with, enjoy saw a 75 per cent UK-wide drop in continued to support a strong gender participation from 2019. However, balance in engagement with a 51 per and care for wild despite the constraints of lockdowns, cent male, 49 per cent female split. travel restrictions and reduced Over 90 per cent of participants were places. educational provision nationwide, under the age of 25. the John Muir Award proved to be Throughout the year, we a flexible, adaptable, robust (and supported Award activity and much needed) tool to support delivered online events that could educators, families and communities be enjoyed safely and within to inspire positive health and government guidelines. We wellbeing, continue vital educational focused on providing high quality input and to provide a vehicle to take training, development and support action for nature. by producing and delivering 38 During 2020, we supported 356 mostly online training courses and organisations to engage 11,454 professional development webinars. Award participants to connect with These supported 1,155 educators, wild places and the John Muir Trust. leaders and families to make safe The Award’s ability to support and and meaningful steps towards

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Inspire and connect We want to inspire people by encouraging them to connect with, enjoy and care for wild places and wild nature and to get involved in managing and repairing natural systems. Help us inspire and connect with people by enabling us to: n Confidently position the Trust as an expert voice on the benefits of wild places. n Be a relevant and inclusive organisation working in broad partnerships and building the diversity and size of our support. n Maintain John Muir Award activity across the UK, and engage with a wide range of people (especially disadvantaged) and inspire them to understand and care for wild places. n Grow public support for wild places, including in communities who live within or close to wild land areas. n Influence decision-makers, nationally and locally to recognise that wild places can contribute to social, economic, educational, health and environmental progress.

connecting, enjoying and caring for Mountain Literature Festival’s Open wild places. Mountain event – held online in The pandemic caused us to 2020. The event gives voice to those change many of our usual methods under-represented in mountain and of engaging with our Members and outdoor literature, including black growing wider support for wild writers, writers from ethnic, cultural places in 2020. We organised our and religious minorities, disabled first online AGM and launched the writers, LGBTQ+ writers and low- Wild Inside eNewsletter, reaching income writers. largely new audiences by sharing At the end of the year, with all inspiring nature activities and joyful our usual events and gatherings wild stories to help connect people suspended, our Wild Space visitor with nature during lockdown. The centre in Pitlochry closed and staff benefits offered by wild places also working from home, we held a well- informed a new short film – The attended and thought-provoking Mountains are Calling – which asked series of four online discussions six walkers, runners and climbers to on the theme of Our Wild Future. recall a special day in the hills and Over 400 people heard a diverse Unable to re-join the classroom as share fond memories of what makes group of experts, activists and artists lockdown eased, this Glencoe based family was just one example among wild places so vital and important for discuss some of the key debates in many who completed a John Muir them. conservation, diversity, access and Award during 2020.

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9 Financial report

I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT the The JMT Trading Company The budget for 2020 showed income accounts for 2020 and to record made a profit of £5k (2019: £16k of £3m against expenditure of our appreciation to Kerry Ross and loss) which comprised trading £3.7m. This compared with the her colleagues for their work in income of £55k (2019: £100k) offset actual 2020 result of £3.4m income producing them against very tight by merchandising costs and the and £2.5m expenditure. The 2021 deadlines. recharge of certain salary costs from budget includes an additional The 2020 budget prudently the Trust. Timber harvesting income £438k of woodland work, peatland anticipated a deficit of £417k but has declined by £10k in the year and restoration work of £138k, and the we are delighted to report that the Wild Space sales have declined by Trust’s contribution to the Langholm out-turn was a surplus of £1,067k. £35k in the year due to mandatory initiative of £100k. Staff costs are The most significant reason for this closure related to the pandemic. budgeted to increase by £200k as we is a significant improvement in our We have ended 2020 with general recognise the full year impact of 2019 legacy income of £1,325k above reserves of just over £2.7m. This is recruitment and also invest in some budget, net gains on investments of significantly higher than the Trust’s staffing areas. £142k, the impact of Covid-19 such policy of holding general reserves The Trust’s budget was approved that £400k of 2020 costs will now be of between £1.2m and £1.8m and is in early December 2020 while the incurred in 2021 and a downturn in due to the following reasons: country remained hopeful that the charitable trust income of £342k, also turn of the year would see a dramatic due to the pandemic. n The impact of the Covid-19 change in the impact of Covid-19. As Total income in 2020 was £3.4m pandemic on an individual’s it is, at the time of writing this report, compared to £3m in 2019. The propensity to donate is uncertain. the country remains gripped by the significant constituents of 2020’s The Trustees believe it is prudent pandemic and so whilst the Board income are: to hold additional reserves at remains confident that a strong this time acknowledging that performance can still be achieved in n A grant of £82k (2019: £86k) from there could be a prolonged and 2021, they are certainly very aware NatureScot to support our John significant impact on the Trust’s of the impact that the pandemic and Muir Award in Scotland. ability to raise funds. resulting restrictions can have on the Trust’s ability to generate income n Legacy income of £1,625k n The increased unrestricted and incur expenditure. (2019: £728k) from 28 (2019: 33) legacies and unrealised gains More than ever during these individuals. (aggregate £1,482k) contribute unprecedented times, we are grateful by far the largest portion of the for the support that our Members n Membership subscriptions of increase above reserves policy and supporters have shown the £359k (2019: £347k). level. Indeed, removing the Trust. We remain aware that legacy unrealised gains and reducing income continues to be a significant n £67k received in the year for an the legacies down to budget level constituent of our income and employment and training scheme would take the general reserves are developing additional ways to partnership with the ALA Green back in line with the reserves support the Trust’s activities by Charitable Trust (2019: £264k). policy. £490k of the legacies total diversifying our income streams. This has been received in 2021 but has been more difficult in 2020 with n Donations of £551k (2019: £408k) taken back into 2020 under the the absence of face-to-face meetings including a £150k donation from SORP accounting estimates rules. and gatherings but remains a priority one individual towards our work Trust wide. on Skye and an unrestricted n The Trustees have designated donation from Simon and Anne £554k of reserves towards strategic Thompson. projects in 2021. The Trustees and the Executive are working towards Total expenditure in 2020 was £2.5m, the next corporate strategy matching that of 2019. £2.2m of that (commencing 2022) which will expenditure (including allocated identify further strategic projects overheads) (2019: £2.1m) is spent which will utilise more of these Jim Gibson directly on our charitable activities. general funds. Finance Committee Convenor

10 JOHN MUIR TRUST Annual Report 2020 Fig 1: Total income Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities incorporating n Legacies Income and Expenditure Account (extract) n Subscriptions and other for the year ended 31 December 2020 donations 2020 2019 n Income from charitable activities £’000 £’000 n Other income (including INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM: fundraising, investment income, Donations and legacies 3,014 2,311 merchandise and rents) 4.5m Charitable activities 318 498 Other trading activities 84 132 4.0m Investments 67 86 3.5m Other 8 13

3.0m Total income 3,491 3,040

2.5m EXPENDITURE ON: 2.0m Raising funds 384 431

1.5m Charitable activities: Land 1,136 999 1m Awareness 884 936 0.5m Policy 162 116

0 Total expenditure 2,566 2,482 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Net gains on investments 142 453 Fig 2: Charitable expenditure Net income 1,067 1,011 n Awareness Fund balances brought forward 9,356 8,345 n Policy Fund balances carried forward 10,423 9,356 n Land 2.5m Consolidated Balance Sheet (extract) as at 31 December 2020 2.0m 2020 2019 £’000 £’000 1.5m Tangible assets 493 505 Heritage properties 2,573 2,573 1.0m Investments 4,698 3,274 Current assets 2,985 3,177 0.5m Current liabilities (326) (173) Total net assets 10,423 9,356 0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Unrestricted funds Fig 3: Reserves General reserves 2,734 2,536 (excluding fixed assets and Designated reserves 1,772 1,323 heritage properties) Heritage properties 2,573 2,573 7,079 6,432 n General reserves n Designated funds – land n Designated funds – projects Restricted funds 3,344 2,924 n Restricted – policy Total funds 10,423 9,356 n Restricted – awareness n Restricted – land management n Restricted – land (purchase only)

18.2% 37.9% This information is a summary of the Statement of Financial Activities and Balance Sheet 20.5% derived from the group financial statements, which received an unqualified audit report from Johnston Carmichael LLP and were approved by the Board on 22 March 2021. It may not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs of the 6.9% 8.8% charity. 0.8% 6.9% The group’s statutory financial statements are available free of charge on the Trust’s website Note: Land management includes donations (www.johnmuirtrust.org) or by writing to the Director of Finance and Resources, John Muir which could be used for either/both Trust, Tower House, Station Road, Pitlochry PH16 SAN. The group financial statements have management or acquisition. been submitted to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.

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Thank you The support from our Members, our friends, our Lucie Allsop Memorial Fund Thank you also to all other March Brown Charitable Trust companies who provide support community fundraisers and from our donors is Mintaka Trust with donations, payroll giving and invaluable. We cannot name each individual, but a Natural Resources Wales in-kind work on our behalf. heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you. NatureScot North Highland Initiative PARTNER ORGANISATIONS Pillar Charitable Trust AND SUPPORTERS LEGACIES Carol Pudsey Powells of Michaelstone Y Fedw Atlantic Woodland Alliance, Prof Sir Alan Rushton Battersby Tim Raffle Historic Trust Cairngorms National Park James Forbes Bowman Barry Rose Richard Budenberg Charitable Authority, Coigach & Jean Bowman Callum Sword Trust Living Landscape Partnership, William Gordon Brownlow Andrew Telfer Richard Fraser Charitable Trust Connect Communications, Wilfred Charnley Simon & Anne Thompson Scottish Government Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Dundee Joan Mary Clarke Maude Tiso Stella Symons Charitable Trust City Council, East Ayrshire Peter Esslemont Sally Westmacott Stichting Polar Lights Council, Field Studies Council Alan Edward Alford Gent John Young Stichting Teuntje Anna (TA Fund) Scotland, Fort William Mountain Andrew Henry Lennie Hamilton Susan H Guy Charitable Trust Festival, Foundation for Common Arthur Ramsden Jennings CHARITABLE TRUSTS, T D Paton Trust Land, Heart of Scotland Forest John Clwyd Jones FOUNDATIONS AND GRANTS Tay Charitable Trust Partnership, John Muir Birthplace Pamela Jean Kinnear AEB Charitable Trust Thistledown Trust Trust, Keswick Mountain Festival, Winifred J R Lawrie ALA Green Charitable Trust Thornend Charitable Trust Knoydart Foundation, Lake Catherine Bayne MacLeod Alan and Karen Grieve Charitable Woodland Trust Scotland District National Park Authority, Margaret McVee Trust The Langholm Initiative, Loch Florence Naples Mitchell Alan Powell Trust CORPORATE MEMBERS Lomond and the Trossachs Alexander John Murray Alix Stevenson Trust PEAK PARTNERS National Park Authority, London Alison Pickford Anderson Burgess Charitable Mountain Equipment, Tiso Wildlife Trust, LWimages, Munro Janet Robertson Trust Society, Nevis Partnership, North Catherine Hamilton Smith Anthony Walker Charitable Trust GOLD MEMBERS Harris Trust, The Outward Bound Kenneth Stacey Architectural Heritage Fund Ben Lomond Gin, Bookspeed, Trust, Peebles Outdoor Film Stephanie Wolfe Murray Britford Bridge Trust Glasgow Vein Clinic, Original Festival, Scottish Environment John Duncan Wymer Canopus Trust Mountain Marathon, ST&G’s LINK, Scottish Landscape Carman Family Foundation Marvellous Maps, Walk Highlands Photographer of the Year, PARTNERS Chris Brasher Trust Scottish Wildcat Action, Telford Richard Allan Cruden Foundation SILVER MEMBERS & Wrekin Local Authority, Urdd Goff Cantley Daniell Trust About Argyll Walking Holidays, Gobaith Cymru, Urras Oighreachd John & Gillian Capstick Dr Elizabeth Calder Memorial Ben Nevis Distillery, King’s Manor Ghabhsainn, Vertebrate Peter Charlton & Val Crookes Trust Hotel, UMS UK Ltd, Wandel Publishing, Wales Environment John Crombie Education Services Trust Vakantie Link, West Harris Trust, Wild Land Roger Everett Emerton-Christie Charity Ltd, Wild Land Research Institute, Sir Charles Fraser Esmée Fairbairn Foundation BRONZE MEMBERS Wildlife & Countryside Link, Yearn Tony Gladstone Frognal Trust Avendris, Big Domain, Cottages Stane Project Evelyn Grant Gannochy Trust and Castles, En-Vision (UK), Clare Harris Generation Foundation holidaycottages.co.uk, Hot Aches Nigel Hawkins Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust Productions, Mickledore Walking Nicola Howarth Gunter Charitable Trust Holidays, Mini Mountain Marathon, Nick Martin Highland Council SBM Consultancy, Scotch Whisky Gordon McInnes J & J R Wilson Trust Experience, The Cube Concept, Denis Mollison Lizandy Charitable Trust The Green Greyhound