Thank you for seeking advice about bats from the Bat Conservation Trust!

In the UK, bat populations have declined considerably over the last century and bats are still under threat from losing their homes. Sometimes, the work we do to maintain our buildings can be dangerous to bats if they are not carefully planned. Thankfully there is hope!

People like you working in, living in, and managing buildings with bats have a special role to play in protecting bat roosts. Thanks to your compassion and seeking advice from the National Bat Helpline, you became part of the community that takes action to protect local wildlife.

We need your help if we are to continue supporting people to protect bats.

The advice you have received is partly thanks to funds from Natural England and is also supported by a team of trained volunteers. This funding does not cover everything. We urgently need your support to ensure the National Bat Helpline can continue to provide advice. We are a small, dedicated team advising over 11,000 people, organising around 900 roosts visits and helping over 90% of the people who contact us to resolve their query each year. With your help, we can continue to save thousands of bats and their roosts every year by providing this valuable service.

We need your help. Please donate and help us to continue our vital work.

The average donor gives between £20 and £50 and your donation, no matter the size, will enable us to support the people who contact us in the future and save bats.