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Dunwich Heath appeal races towards £500,000 target as recovery work begins to take shape

The National Trust says its emergency appeal for Dunwich Heath has reached nearly three quarters of its £500,000 target, with donations funding safety work, surveys and habitat recovery.

By The TEA Editorial Desk · 28 August 2026

Dunwich Heath in Suffolk following the 2026 wildfire Image: National Trust / source coverageOriginal source

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An emergency appeal to help Dunwich Heath recover from July’s wildfire has reached nearly three quarters of its £500,000 target.

The National Trust launched the fundraiser on 1 August after fire damaged a large area of the internationally important Suffolk heathland. Donations will help make the site safe, fund ecological surveys and support natural regrowth and active restoration where needed.

Any money raised beyond the target will support other National Trust landscapes affected by fires this year, including sites in Northern Ireland, Wales, the Peak District and the Isle of Wight.

The fire itself was devastating. The hopeful part is what happens next: thousands of people putting money behind the slow, unglamorous work of helping a landscape become wild again.