Make Your Mark

Donating a gate can be a nice way to mark a special event such as an anniversary or an important birthday, or to remember a special person.

At the same time, you’ll be helping to improve access and safety for the thousands of walkers that enjoy the Chilterns every year.

By creating a Pier Plaque you are helping preserve Clevedon Pier for generations.

Plaques can be for any occasion – an engagement, a marriage, a birthday, “in remembrance”, or indeed any special event that you want to acknowledge.

Are you looking to leave a lasting memory in a world heritage site?

The Lake District National Park maintain more than 3,100km of paths and bridleways. By making a donation today you can help us look after this spectacular place now and in the future.

Where appropriate, small, discreet plaques (to our standard design) can be placed on ‘furniture’ items on our Rights of Way, and a commemorative certificate of thanks, dedication or celebration is available on request, for any donation received.

A donated seat is the perfect way to celebrate a loved one, commemorate a milestone or even as a wedding gift. This can include a plaque to record your cherished moments.

With benches and seats located all over the park we have many locations to choose from.

Benches and picnic tables in our country parks, sportsgrounds and other open spaces around the borough can be sponsored by the public.

Prices include the bench or table, plaque, installation and engraving. Exact costs can vary depending on the manufacturer’s quoted price at the time of delivery.

If you enjoy walking in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and would like to support the hard work that goes into maintaining this world-class landscape, you can now help by donating to our Sponsor a Gate scheme.

Each sponsored gate will include a personalised plaque, giving you the option to dedicate a gate in memory of a loved one, as a gift to someone special, through your company or even in your own name.

The National Botanic Garden of Wales is a special place, where you can reconnect with nature and enjoy a tranquil respite from everyday life.

For a gift of £950 (tree £600), you can sponsor a bench for 10 years at the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Each memorial bench includes a plaque for your personal message and a certificate of remembrance.

Celebrate an important moment or commemorate the life of a loved one at Kew Gardens or Wakehurst with a range of special gifts.

As a charity, your gift helps us create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably.

Dedicate a native broadleaf tree today from only £10 and help create new woodlands in and around the Yorkshire Dales.

An opportunity to gift a bench in one of Leicester's Parks and Green Spaces.

Do you or a loved one have fond memories of a Park in Leicester? Sponsoring a bench is a way of commemorating a precious memory or occasion.

The Peak District National Park has over 1,300 miles of rights of way enjoyed by millions of visitors. Add in sunshine, wind, rain and snow and you can see why our footpaths and bridleways are in constant need of improvements and maintenance.

Whether you’re donating in memory of someone or in celebration of a special occasion, we can include a simple engraved plaque on your chosen item.

The NHS Forest is a project coordinated by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare.

Funded by charitable trusts and corporate and individual sponsorship, the project’s central aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of patients, staff and communities by increasing access to green space on or near to NHS land.

For a gift of £3,000 you can sponsor a new bench for 10 years in any of our regional gardens at Benmore, Dawyck and Logan. (Edinburgh £5,000)

Your generous support will enable the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to continue our vital community engagement, education, plant science and horticulture work.

For lovers of walking and the countryside, a commemorative footpath gate is an opportunity to set up a memorial that will provide practical ease of access to fellow walkers for years to come.

In particular by identifying suitable stretches of footpath to be wholly converted to gates, we are improving access to the countryside for those people who cannot easily negotiate stiles.

An organisation of volunteer workers in the heart of Sussex who build and maintain stiles and other wooden structures on public rights-of-way.

Whether you’re looking for a unique gift for a walker in Mid Sussex, a memorial to a loved one, a promotional opportunity for a local business or club, or would just like to give back to the community.

Donate a Gate, allows you to sponsor a gate or stile on Exmoor for a contribution of £250 to our CareMoor for Exmoor scheme.

For every contribution we will add a simple engraved aged bronze plaque in a discreet place (such as the inside edge of the gate post) on your chosen gate or stile.

The minimum donation for tree sponsorship is £300.00 increasing to £10,000 for one of our very mature and well established trees. The sponsor is able to have a plaque placed at the foot of a tree with a small inscription.

The cost of a bench is £2,500 which is guaranteed for 10 years. You are able to have a plaque of up to 10 words fixed to the back of the bench.

A park bench provides a pleasant place to sit, relax and enjoy the surroundings.
Sponsoring a bench in one of Haringey’s parks can be a way to:

• Commemorate a loved one
• Celebrate a special occasion such as a wedding or anniversary 

There are over 600 seats and benches across the Borough which are maintained by the Streetscene team.

The Council operates a scheme for people or organisations to donate a new seat or adopt an existing one to commemorate a loved one.

You can make a difference by buying a bench to celebrate a special occasion or a loved one.

This includes an oval plaque, delivery, installation and VAT

Remember a loved one, or mark a special occasion with a permanent plaque on a bench looking at Concorde.

These benches are the perfect place to reflect on happy memories, a passion for aviation shared, or an inspiring career whilst admiring Concorde Alpha Foxtrot.