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Conservation Partnerships & Programmes

Opticron is committed to promoting wildlife and nature observation and conservation in all the countries it serves. Programmes vary from direct sponsorship and support of events, projects and publications, to individual donations of equipment for volunteers involved in particular programmes.

See below for more information on our partnerships with The BTO, The Wildlife Trusts, ORCA, Butterfly Conservation, WDC Shorewatch, A Focus On Nature and The Great Bustard Group.

Social Media Ambassadors

Starting in late 2020, we added a Social Media Ambassador programme to our Partnerships & Programmes activity. In return for the loan and/or donation of Opticron equipment, the people on this scheme help us reach a wider social media audience and provide us with new and interesting content for our social channels.

Sponsorships & Donations

Opticron receives and acts on dozens of requests for sponsorships each year from individuals looking for kit for themselves or their club, as well as requests for support from organisations looking for funds to help them in their charitable work in the wider community. The Sponsorships & Donations entries below show some examples of recent sponsorships and product donations, grouped by year.

How To Get Involved

If you or your organisation are interested in working in partnership with Opticron, are looking for sponsorship or wish to apply for a donation of equipment please email us for more information.

Please note: Where we have a specialist retail partner that is local to you, in the first instance we will invite that partner to respond to requests for support.

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  • Social Media Ambassadors

     Date Added 01/03/2021

    Ben Armstrong Ben joined our Ambassador scheme in April 2022. "Hi, I'm Ben Armstrong, I am a 16 year-old A level student currently based in West Yorkshire. I love all nature but especially birds, I remember the little things when I...

    Read More

  • 2021 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 04/01/2021

    To support fund raising at the UK & Ireland Regional Student Chapter (UKIRSC) of the Society for Marine Mammalogy 15th annual conference, we supplied a Marine 3 7x50 binocular for use as a raffle prize at the event. "The conference took...

    Read More

  • 2020 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 08/01/2020

    Once again we are supporting Archery UK magazine's quarterly reader's Star Letter competition. We will be offering binoculars, scopes and other accessories suitable for field and target archers. For more information about the magazine, click...

    Read More

  • 2019 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 01/01/2019

    Donation of Adventurer II WP 15-45x60 spotting scope and Savanna R PC 10x33 binoculars to Thomas Susca, who has been a recurve archer since the age of 8.He has been competing at regional and national level since 2016 and has won a number of local...

    Read More

  • The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA)

     Date Added 03/07/2018

    The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) is a non profit scientific association that promotes the study and conservation of birds in Portugal. It was founded in 1993 in response to a desire by a large number of professionals...

    Read More

  • WDC Shorewatch

     Date Added 01/06/2018

    WDC Shorewatch is a network of trained volunteers monitoring the presence and absence of whales and dolphins at selected sites around the Scottish coastline, in order to raise awareness and capture vital data crucial to the long term future of these...

    Read More

  • British Trust For Ornithology

     Date Added 01/06/2018

    Opticron has a long standing working relationship with the BTO both formally through the Trusts Business Partnership Programme and more informally with many of its staff and volunteers who own, use and occasionally break their equipment! A long...

    Read More

  • ORCA

     Date Added 01/06/2018

    ORCA is one of Europe’s leading whale & dolphin conservation charities dedicated to studying and protecting whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK and European waters. Opticron is supporting the organisations team of volunteers with free...

    Read More

  • Butterfly Conservation

     Date Added 01/06/2018

    For several years Opticron has been a Corporate Member of Butterfly Conservation. The charity works across the UK to try to reduce and hopefully reverse the decline in the numbers of threatened moth and butterfly species. We have provided...

    Read More

  • The Wildlife Trusts

     Date Added 01/06/2018

    Opticron works closely with many regional Trusts to promote our joint interest in wildlife observation and conservation. This support includes: running optics field days on reserves generating funds through sales sponsorship of events and...

    Read More

  • 2018 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 01/01/2018

    Sponsorship of Pocket Pals, an app that aims to encourage young people to "look up" from their tablet and phone screens and engage with nature. More information at www.pocketpalsapp.com. "Pocket Pals is an upcoming app that...

    Read More

  • 2017 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 01/01/2017

    Donation of DBA Oasis 8x21 binoculars as a raffle prize for the Ewaso Lions project. "Ewaso Lions is a non-profit wildlife conservation organisation based in northern Kenya. We are dedicated to conserving Kenya’s lions and other large...

    Read More

  • 2016 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 01/01/2016

    Donation of Discovery WP PC 8x42 binoculars as a raffle prize for The Seabird Group Conference 2016.   Supported purchase of HR 66 GA ED /45 scope with SDL v2 zoom eyepiece for Ryan Burrell, GIS and Biometrics Assistant at Game & Wildlife...

    Read More

  • 2015 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 01/01/2015

    IS 70 R and Discovery 10x50 supplied at a discounted price to Natures Valley Trust, Western Cape, South Africa. The Nature’s Valley Trust is a small community driven NPO working at the cutting edge of integrated conservation in South...

    Read More

  • 2014 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 01/01/2014

    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 -...

    Read More

  • 2013 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 01/01/2013

    This is Juma, a freelance guide in Kenya, to whom we donated a pair of Trailfinder II 8x42 binoculars at the end of 2013. Leif Dehlin, a Swedish tourist, came to us and asked if we could help Juma with a decent hardwearing pair of optics he could...

    Read More

  • A Focus On Nature

     Date Added 17/08/2012

    Launched in Summer 2012, A Focus On Nature is a non profit unincorporated association set-up by a small group of people including Opticron staff. It’s tasked with providing a central resource where young people interested in nature and...

    Read More

  • 2012 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 01/01/2012

    These are the individuals and organisations that benefited from either a donation or supported purchase of equipment in 2012: Great Britain Target Rifle Team David Tideswell, author of 'Garden Bird Guide' Coastal Conservation...

    Read More

  • 2011 Sponsorships and Donations

     Date Added 01/01/2011

    These are the individuals and organisations that benefited from either a donation or supported purchase of equipment in 2011: Ornithological Society of the Middle East, OSME - https://www.osme.org The Hawk & Owl Trust -...

    Read More

  • Great Bustard Group

     Date Added 16/06/2010

    The Great Bustard Group (GBG) was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of reintroducing the Great Bustard to the UK. In 2003, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued a 10-year trial-licence to release Great Bustards in...

    Read More

  • Social Media Ambassadors

    Date Added 01/03/2021

    Ben Armstrong Ben joined our Ambassador scheme in April 2022. "Hi, I'm Ben Armstrong, I am a 16 year-old A level student currently based in West Yorkshire. I love all nature but especially birds, I remember the little things when I...

    Read More

  • 2021 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 04/01/2021

    To support fund raising at the UK & Ireland Regional Student Chapter (UKIRSC) of the Society for Marine Mammalogy 15th annual conference, we supplied a Marine 3 7x50 binocular for use as a raffle prize at the event. "The conference took...

    Read More

  • 2020 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 08/01/2020

    Once again we are supporting Archery UK magazine's quarterly reader's Star Letter competition. We will be offering binoculars, scopes and other accessories suitable for field and target archers. For more information about the magazine, click...

    Read More

  • 2019 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 01/01/2019

    Donation of Adventurer II WP 15-45x60 spotting scope and Savanna R PC 10x33 binoculars to Thomas Susca, who has been a recurve archer since the age of 8.He has been competing at regional and national level since 2016 and has won a number of local...

    Read More

  • The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA)

    Date Added 03/07/2018

    The Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) is a non profit scientific association that promotes the study and conservation of birds in Portugal. It was founded in 1993 in response to a desire by a large number of professionals...

    Read More

  • WDC Shorewatch

    Date Added 01/06/2018

    WDC Shorewatch is a network of trained volunteers monitoring the presence and absence of whales and dolphins at selected sites around the Scottish coastline, in order to raise awareness and capture vital data crucial to the long term future of these...

    Read More

  • British Trust For Ornithology

    Date Added 01/06/2018

    Opticron has a long standing working relationship with the BTO both formally through the Trusts Business Partnership Programme and more informally with many of its staff and volunteers who own, use and occasionally break their equipment! A long...

    Read More

  • ORCA

    Date Added 01/06/2018

    ORCA is one of Europe’s leading whale & dolphin conservation charities dedicated to studying and protecting whales, dolphins and porpoises in UK and European waters. Opticron is supporting the organisations team of volunteers with free...

    Read More

  • Butterfly Conservation

    Date Added 01/06/2018

    For several years Opticron has been a Corporate Member of Butterfly Conservation. The charity works across the UK to try to reduce and hopefully reverse the decline in the numbers of threatened moth and butterfly species. We have provided...

    Read More

  • The Wildlife Trusts

    Date Added 01/06/2018

    Opticron works closely with many regional Trusts to promote our joint interest in wildlife observation and conservation. This support includes: running optics field days on reserves generating funds through sales sponsorship of events and...

    Read More

  • 2018 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 01/01/2018

    Sponsorship of Pocket Pals, an app that aims to encourage young people to "look up" from their tablet and phone screens and engage with nature. More information at www.pocketpalsapp.com. "Pocket Pals is an upcoming app that...

    Read More

  • 2017 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 01/01/2017

    Donation of DBA Oasis 8x21 binoculars as a raffle prize for the Ewaso Lions project. "Ewaso Lions is a non-profit wildlife conservation organisation based in northern Kenya. We are dedicated to conserving Kenya’s lions and other large...

    Read More

  • 2016 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 01/01/2016

    Donation of Discovery WP PC 8x42 binoculars as a raffle prize for The Seabird Group Conference 2016.   Supported purchase of HR 66 GA ED /45 scope with SDL v2 zoom eyepiece for Ryan Burrell, GIS and Biometrics Assistant at Game & Wildlife...

    Read More

  • 2015 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 01/01/2015

    IS 70 R and Discovery 10x50 supplied at a discounted price to Natures Valley Trust, Western Cape, South Africa. The Nature’s Valley Trust is a small community driven NPO working at the cutting edge of integrated conservation in South...

    Read More

  • 2014 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 01/01/2014

    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 -...

    Read More

  • 2013 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 01/01/2013

    This is Juma, a freelance guide in Kenya, to whom we donated a pair of Trailfinder II 8x42 binoculars at the end of 2013. Leif Dehlin, a Swedish tourist, came to us and asked if we could help Juma with a decent hardwearing pair of optics he could...

    Read More

  • A Focus On Nature

    Date Added 17/08/2012

    Launched in Summer 2012, A Focus On Nature is a non profit unincorporated association set-up by a small group of people including Opticron staff. It’s tasked with providing a central resource where young people interested in nature and...

    Read More

  • 2012 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 01/01/2012

    These are the individuals and organisations that benefited from either a donation or supported purchase of equipment in 2012: Great Britain Target Rifle Team David Tideswell, author of 'Garden Bird Guide' Coastal Conservation...

    Read More

  • 2011 Sponsorships and Donations

    Date Added 01/01/2011

    These are the individuals and organisations that benefited from either a donation or supported purchase of equipment in 2011: Ornithological Society of the Middle East, OSME - https://www.osme.org The Hawk & Owl Trust -...

    Read More

  • Great Bustard Group

    Date Added 16/06/2010

    The Great Bustard Group (GBG) was set up in 1998 to explore the possibility of reintroducing the Great Bustard to the UK. In 2003, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued a 10-year trial-licence to release Great Bustards in...

    Read More

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