09/27/2017

U.K.’s National Trust Hits Membership Milestone

The organization now represents 5 million members

One of the United Kingdom’s most prominent nonprofit conservation organizations just hit a major milestone. And it’s one that reflects broad support for its mission.

This week, according to the BBC, the National Trust hit 5 million members, a dramatic leap from the 278,000 members it had when it first started tracking membership numbers in 1970. It’s even more dramatic in light of the fact that the group only had 4 million members just six years ago. (It only hit 1 million members in 1981, 86 years after its 1895 founding.)

In a news release, National Trust Chairman Tim Parker emphasized that the group’s success reflected a broader surge of interest in conservation.

Please click here to read the complete article on Associations Now.