Sussex Bat Group, Vincent Wildlife Trust and others are working hard to safeguard the greater horseshoe bat species by purchasing and restoring a roost site in Sussex. But we need your help. To be successful, we must raise £350,000 over two years. As well as monies from the Sussex Bat Groups own reserves, we've received the very generous help of our local bat groups, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire, plus additional, fantastic support from PTES, group members, local ecology companies and Southwood Foundation. Altogether, so far, we have already raised just slightly in excess of £60k. This was our target for the deposit on the building so we can now prepare to exchange contracts. We now have five months to raise the balance of £140k and we are launching a major fundraising campaign in conjunction. Once the purchase is completed, we then hope to progress to raise further funds for the necessary restoration and improvement of the roost building. This is estimated to be in the region of £150K.