These are the individuals and organisations that benefited from either a donation or supported purchase of equipment in 2012:
Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust - supplied 8 pairs of discounted Marine II 7x50 BIF.GA/IC for marine survey use - www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk
Ulster Wildlife photographic competition - donated WT Oregon LE 8x32 as a prize via Black & Lizars, Belfast - www.ulsterwildlife.org
Spurn Migration Festival via Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - donated WT Oregon LE 8x32 as a raffle prize - www.ywt.org.uk
The Biggest Twitch - donated two pairs of Verano BGA HD binoculars for use during guided birding tours - www.thebiggesttwitch.com
John Stubbs MBE, world archery champion and Beijing Paralympic gold medallist - donation of IS 60 scope for use in training for and at Rio 2016 Olympic Games - www.archerygb.org
Golden Grove School, Pembroke - Spottingscope and tripod for school woodland area.
Birding For All - Raffle prize, Birdfair 2014- www.birdingforall.com
ORCA - Competition prize, Birdfair 2014 - www.orcaweb.org.uk
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust & Harrison Foods - Raffle prize, Birdfair 2014
Discounted price provided for an IS 60 ED scope kit for use by young cadets at Nottinghamshire Army Cadet Force - https://armycadets.com/county/nottinghamshire-acf/
Wader Quest - Founder Corporate Sponsor and Membership recruitment prize at Birdfair 2014- www.waderquest.org
The Mammal Society, prize for photography competition at Annual Conference - www.mammal.org.uk
Cumbria Wildlife Trust, raffle prize for spring event - www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk
RSPB Scotland, auction prize for Scottish Birdfair - www.rspb.org.uk/scotland
Bristol Natural History Consortium - 15 pairs of binoculars for outreach work - www.bnhc.org.uk
International Seabird Conference - www.seabirdgroup.org.uk
Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Living Seas Northwest Project - www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk
The Essex Birdwatching Society - www.ebws.org.uk