Marsh Charitable Trust

Marsh Charitable Trust Annual Review 2023-2024📖 We are excited to present this year's MCT Annual Review; an overview of the Trust's activities. The Trust's Annual Review showcases our Awards Scheme that is run in partnership with a range of organisation to recognise those who dedicate their time to important causes. The review also recognises a selection of organisations that we have supported through our Grants Programme over the last year. You can read the MCT's Annual Review through our website: /about/ This year's front cover shows St James the Great, Aslackby, whose volunteers won the Marsh Church and Community Volunteer Award for England in partnership with the National Churches Trust. As a result of their efforts, the church has become the centre of community life in the village, and they bring their different experiences and skills to a range of projects and activities. Photo credit: Ruth Towell and National Churches Trust

DEADLINE SOON 🌋 To nominate for our 2026 @pssa_sculpture Excellence in Public Fountains and Water Features, and for the Excellence in the Conservation of a Public Sculpture or Fountain 👉What is the main criteria? - the public sculpture or fountain must be permanent, fully accessible to the public and installed between January 1st 2025 and December 22nd 2025 👉Where do I nominate? - fill in the quick and easy form on our website which asks for title, artist and location /awards/ 👉When is the Shortlist and Winners announcement? - our Shortlist is announced in October and the Award Ceremony is in November 👉When is the deadline for nominations? - nominations close at midnight on 31st May #pssamarshawards #publicsculpture #conservation #fountains

We are excited to be celebrating @officalzsl ’s 200th anniversary this year, as well as our own personal partnership with them of 35 years! Our Awards with ZSL also recognise young people from A-level projects to post graduate students. In 2007, the Thomas Henry Huxley Award and Marsh Prize was introduced to recognises a postgraduate research student whose thesis has made a significant contribution to a particular scientific field. Our inaugural winner for this Award was Tim Hawes. Tim explored the processes that enable certain arthropods to inhabit the exceedingly cold ecosystems of terrestrial Antarctica. In 2017, we celebrate 10 years of the Award. Our winner was Shana Caro, winning this Award for her thesis entitled ‘Social and environmental factors in the evolution of signalling’, focusing on signalling between parents and offspring. In 2008, the Prince Phillip Award and Marsh prize was introduced to recognises excellence and contribution to science, whilst encouraging students to see biology as a relevant and exciting field of study. Anthony Yong Kheng Cordero Ng was the first winner of this Award for his project that tested he extent of resistance to heavy metal pollution by mosquitoes in Malaysia. In 2018, our 10th anniversary of the Award, Mhairi McCann won for her project on the impact of novel agrochemicals on the activity of the marine intertidal amphipod Echinogammarus marinus. The Charles Darwin Award and Marsh Prize was introduced in 2009 and recognises the best zoological project by an undergraduate student attending a university in Great Britain or Northern Ireland. Our first winner was Haihan Tan, recognised for the project ‘Novel roles of nuclear receptors in cell fate decisions of neural stem cells and differentiated progeny in Drosophila’, certain types of what are commonly called fruit flies. Katherine Assersohn won the Award in our 10th year for project ‘Inbreeding and prenatal maternal investment have no detectable influence on sperm numbers in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)’. #HappyBirthdayZSL #ZSLAt200 #CreatingChange #TrainingConservationists

We are excited to be celebrating @officialzsl 200th anniversary this year, as well as our own personal partnership with them of 35 years! In 2005, the MCT and ZSL introduced the Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation recognises an individual for their contributions of fundamental science to the conservation of marine and freshwater ecosystems. The inaugural winner of this Award was Professor Ian Boyd. Ian was Professor of Natural History at the University of St Andrews and Director of the Natural Environment Research Council Sea Mammal Unit, one of the foremost research institutions on marine mammals. Our 10th year winner for this Award was Professor Paul Thompson, a distinguished marine conservation scientist, with a research focus on how environmental change and human disturbance affect seabird and marine mammal populations. In 2025, we celebrated 20 years of this Award, and recognised Nicholas Graham, combining groundbreaking research with measurable global impact on conservation and human wellbeing. His research has consistently transformed our understanding of coral reef ecosystems.

We are excited to be celebrating @officialzsl 200th anniversary this year, as well as our own personal partnership with them of 35 years! ZSL has achieved so much over the last two centuries and we are so pleased that they have been able to work with us to recognise the individuals that have contributed to the education and conservation of animals worldwide and their habitats. Our Awards partnership began in 1991 with the Marsh Award for Conservation Biology and recognises an individual for their contributions of fundamental science to the conservation of animal species and habitats. Our very first winner was Professor Robert M May for his contributions to many institutions and research into how populations are structured and respond to change, particularly with respect to infectious diseases and biodiversity., and the structure and dynamics of ecosystems, with particular emphasis on their response to disturbance, natural or human-created. Our 10th anniversary of this Award highlights the work of Dr E J Milner-Gulland for her work relating to the interaction between the population dynamics of exploited species and the incentives experienced by the people who hunt them. Our 20th anniversary of this Award recognised Jane Hill, for her elegant research combines fieldwork, analysis of historical records and climate modelling to show how habitat degradation and climate change affect insect distribution and abundance. In 2021, our 30th anniversary, we recognised Professor Rose Woodroffe, an exceptional zoologist with wide-ranging interests in carnivore behaviour, conservation, human-wildlife conflicts and disease. #HappyBirthdayZSL #ZSLAt200 #CreatingChange #TrainingConservationists

Today, we are celebrating #EarthDay! Today highlights the importance of our planet and the conservation of its ecosystems on all continents and oceans. We hold relationships with a number of incredible organisations that work tirelessly to care for, and protect, our natural world. The MCT supports organisations through our Grants Programme, and Marsh Awards Scheme. We are pleased to support organisations, volunteers and professionals and hope our support helps to raise further awareness of their work. #EarthDay - Awards Schemes Through this, we now run Awards Schemes with over 40 partner organisation, with over 100 Awards. A number of our Award partners focus on the conservation of the natural world - swipe to read about our partners! #EarthDay - Grants Programmes The MCT has a number of both long-standing and new relationships with organisations through our Grants Scheme. These organisations play a vital role in helping to protect our world and the MCT are pleased to able to supports these causes year on year. /grants/ To find out more about Earth Day and how you can contribute to their great work, visit their website: / And if you’d like to read more about the organisations we support to work to conserve and protect our planet, visit our website: /

Over the next few months we will be spotlighting the work of our @marshawards winners. Our first spotlight is @jpaskah , who won one of the Marsh Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts Engagement (UK) in 2025. Paskaline Maiyo is a Kenyan-born visual artist based in the United Kingdom whose practice is rooted in meaningful public engagement and community collaboration. Since relocating to the UK to pursue a Master’s degree in Fine Art, she has developed a socially engaged practice that connects African heritage with contemporary conversations around climate justice, mental wellbeing, identity, and belonging. She collaborates with grassroots organisations, educators, policymakers, and fellow creatives to create accessible art that lives in public environments and civic spaces. Her practice spans murals, public installations, publications, workshops, performance, and educational resource development, positioning art as a tool for dialogue, representation, and collective reflection. . Alongside her public practice (@cheb_arts_ ) , Paskaline remains committed to mentorship, particularly supporting young people and emerging creatives to recognise that their talent and stories can open doors into spaces they may not have imagined possible. The Marsh Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts Engagement celebrate the hard work and dedication of colleagues working within visual arts participation and engagement. Visit our website to find out more about Paskaline's work.

🎉Celebrating The Marsh Awards winners of 2026!🌼 Each year, the Marsh Charitable Trust and BGCI celebrate outstanding contributions to plant conservation and education through the Marsh Awards. 🧑‍🏫 Marsh Award for Education in Botanic Gardens Congratulations to Eve Armstrong from Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, United Kingdom! Over the last three years Eve has built up an extensive Scotland-wide outreach programme and has engaged 6,510 pupils in-person over 291 sessions. Pupils have loved Eve’s approach and session content. 🌱 Marsh Award for International Plant Conservation Congratulations to Amy Downie from Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia! Amy is redefining the boundaries of plant conservation through her pioneering practice of Escarpment Horticulture—a unique blend of abseiling, specialist horticulture and conservation science. @yourbgci #PlantConservation #BotanicEducator #BGCI [post credit BGCI]

The Marsh Awards for Excellence in Visual Arts Engagement, run in partnership with @engagevisualart , celebrate the hard work and dedication of colleagues working within visual arts participation and engagement. The annual awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of those working in learning, participation and engagement within visual arts contexts in the UK and internationally. It celebrates the work of individuals and groups working in freelance, salaried and voluntary roles, who have brought the benefits of engaging in the arts to communities in 2025. We were delighted to celebrate the Marsh Awards through a ceremony at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool, recognising: • Annie Bedford, Baltic Mill • Emma Butchart, Compton Verney • Mollie Howells, Towner Eastbourne • Rachel Hutchison The Corner Shop Collective and Affect Studio • Paskaline Maiyo, Cheb Arts • Seth Pimlott, Chisenhale Gallery • The Community and Learning team at Kettle’s Yard: Karen Thomas, Charlie Bryan, Laetitia Pilgrim, Holly Morrison, Imogen Alexander, and Helen Creber. • Inclusion team at MK Gallery: Sophie Bennett and Rosie May We are excited to share with you the achievements and contributions of each of this year’s winners through /happenings/marsh-awards/marsh-awards-2025/ Here you can also view individual videos of each of our winners to find out more about the work that they have contributed to visual arts. The MCT have been partnered with Engage since 2011, have recognised over 70 individuals and groups. To read more about our relationship and our past winners please visit the MCT’s website: /partner/engage/

The Marsh Awards with Heritage Crafts highlight the achievements of those using heritage crafts and promoting the importance of this fundamental part of our living heritage. 📅 Deadline: Friday 21 August 2026 (at 5pm) We will be celebrating this year's Awards at a high-profile Winners’ Reception in November 2026 🎉 ➡️ Nominate someone (or yourself) today at .uk/our-awards Read more about our partnership with @heritagecrafts and our incredible past winners through our website: /partner/heritage-crafts/

This year, the MCT is delighted to mark a number of Award partnership anniversaries, including some that began in 1991. We are truly thankful for the organisations whose commitment helps us celebrate volunteers, professionals, and young people. /marsh-award-anniversaries-2026/ Our longest Awards Scheme partnership is with @officialzsl , and this year we are thrilled to be celebrating 35 remarkable years of Award giving together. For 30 years, we have also run Schemes with @BritishEcolSoc , @KentWildlife , and @rbstrarebreeds . Please read our Anniversary blog post for more amazing partnerships! 📸 Pictured is Professor Dr Georgina Mace, winner of the Marsh Award for Conservation Biology in 1993, with Sir Martin Holdgate (ZSL President)

Find us in Liverpool today! Earlier this afternoon, our friends at @openeyegallery hosted the latest Marsh Awards ceremony. @marshawards 2025 celebrated the incredible arts practice that UK individuals and organisations have worked on over the last 12 months. Congratulations to our awardees: Annie, @balticgateshead ; Emma, @compton_verney ; @jpaskah , @cheb_arts_ ; Seth, @chisenhalegallery ; Rachel, @thecornershopcollective ; @kettlesyard Community & Learning team; Rosie and @sophierobynbennett , @mk_gallery ; @mollieowls , @townergallery . We thank everyone for coming to the ceremony and celebrating the awardees. Find out more about this year's winners in our website (link in bio.)