The Richard Jefferies Society was established in 1950 and has members in all parts of the world. It is a registered charity (no. 1042838) managed by an Executive Council of volunteers.
The Objects of the Society are:
o To promote interest in, and respect for the life and works of Richard Jefferies. o To hold meetings of its members and others, at which lectures may be given bearing on the life, work and times of Richard Jefferies.
o To maintain a collection of and help make available to members copies of the works of Richard Jefferies and associated literature.
o To monitor and protect as far as possible the buildings and countryside associated with Richard Jefferies.
o To provide members with news and information about Richard Jefferies by means of a newsletter and journal.
Newsletters, with information about the writer, events, publications and services are circulated to members twice a year along with an annual report. In addition they receive a copy of the Society's Journal containing hitherto unpublished writing by Jefferies, new articles, research and book reviews. The Society has a special concern for such places as the writer's birthplace at Coate, Coate Water, Liddington Hill, and the memorial stone on Burderop Down, all in Wiltshire. Other places of pilgrimage are at Surbiton, Sydenham and Eltham near London, and at Brighton, Crowborough and at his final home at Goring by Sea, Sussex where he died at the age of 38. Richard Jefferies' grave is in Broadwater cemetery at Worthing.
A Bursary is available for projects that promote a new understanding of the writings of Jefferies.
The Society awards a yearly literary prize for excellence in nature writing in association with the White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough.
