Leave a Legacy
Wild Salmon Crisis
The wild Atlantic salmon population in Great Britain is now endangered.
A lasting legacy for wild Atlantic salmon
Including the Atlantic Salmon Trust in your will is a significant and lasting way to support our work to restore wild Atlantic salmon and their environment. The world is constantly evolving, and so too are the pressures affecting wild salmon and sea trout. With your legacy we can be ready to meet those future challenges head-on.
Legacy funding helps us to…
Develop
Continue to design, develop and deliver the most ambitious and innovative salmon research projects in the UK.
Expand
Grow our network of Watershed Connections partnerships, taking evidence-led management action to help salmon at a landscape level – the level that can truly make a difference.
Communicate
Spread our message and raise awareness of the salmon crisis to wider audiences through traditional media, digital media and events.
Engage
Continue to engage at a high level with governments, regulators and international bodies.
Partner
Bring together the greatest salmon minds in the world through conferences, workshops, and meetings.
How to remember us in your will
There are several ways to leave a gift in your will. These could include:
- A share of your estate.
- A fixed sum.
- A particular item for sale in our fundraising auction.
If you need more information about remembering the Atlantic Salmon Trust in your will, we’d love to hear from you. Contact us at info@atlanticsalmontrust.org
One legacy. A new generation of expertise.
The Giles Wilson Fellowship: Supporting future salmon saviours
Legacy giving can have an impact far beyond a single project. It can invest in people, build expertise and help develop the next generation of conservationists who will carry this work forward.
Through funding made possible by the Giles Wilson Fellowship, Maaike Vrancken spent two years with us as a Research Assistant, gaining experience across science, research and practical conservation. Maaike had a direct impact on the delivery of our catchment restoration projects, helped develop a tool to assess annual adult salmon returns from sonar data, presented research at fisheries conferences, and worked in the field tagging juvenile salmon to better understand their migration and survival. Maaike’s contribution has also been recognised beyond the Trust, as a finalist in the 2026 Schöffel Countryside Awards Rising Star category.
As Maaike’s time in the fellowship programme comes to an end, she leaves us to study for a PhD in juvenile shad ecology and migration in relation to barrier removal efforts, developing knowledge and expertise that can contribute to the wider protection and recovery of freshwater fish populations and rivers. We wish her all the very best for the future.
Giles’s legacy has helped launch a career dedicated to protecting our rivers and the remarkable species that depend on them. The impact of that legacy will be felt long into the future.