A Rocha is a Christian nature conservation organisation.The name means "The Rock" in Portuguese, as the first initiative was the establishment of a field study centre in Portugal. A Rocha now has teams on 5 continents, each sharing a community emphasis and focusing on science and research, practical conservation and environmental education.
A Rocha UK is a Christian environmental mission working to show God's love for all creation through practical local projects. Motivated by a biblical faith in God as creator, we are part of a growing family of international projects, currently in 16 countries around the world.
BBOWT, The local Wildlife Trust for Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire aims to inspire people to take action for wildlife, to create and manage nature reserves and conserve and enhance wildlife in the wider countryside.
BTCV is an international environmental volunteering organisation helping people to improve and conserve the environment. BTCV inspires people to improve and protect their local environment through practical action in the UK and overseas, and build a sense of community for everyone who lives there.
The Build Malawi Project is a small grass roots project in the north of Malawi that is parented by Action for the Benefit of Children (ABC). This particular project will focus on furthering education for all, regardless of age or gender, by constructing a primary school/ community learning centre. It also will implement a wide range of programmes in education, health and sanitation, women and girl empowerment and the environment.
To encourage, promote and educate on all aspects of butterfly and habitat conservation
CPRE promotes long-term solutions for protecting the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural England, ensuring changes value the natural and built environment through effective local and powerful national campaigning. Our major successes include the formation of the first English National Parks and the Green Belt, all thanks to public donations.
CANtreat improves the treatment environment for cancer patients so that every treatment centre is a positive, welcoming place that fills the patient with all the strength and hope needed to fight their illness.
Central Scotland Forest Trust (CSFT) is an environmental charity. Not only does CSFT plant trees (so far they've planted 13 million!), it improves the environment and inspires people to enjoy and respect it. CSFT is Planting, Improving, Inspiring.
CAT is concerned with the search for globally sustainable, whole and ecologically sound technologies and ways of life. Within this search the role of CAT is to explore and demonstrate a wide range of alternatives, communicating to other people the options for them to achieve positive change in their own lives.
The advancement of education and children and young people in Zambia in the conservation and preservation of the environment and its wildlife. In particular the Trust helps to fund a Wildlife Education Centre which acts as the focal point for educating young children from local schools, helping to fund young children attend local schools and providing educational support for young people.
CleanupUK supports and encourages volunteer litter collecting groups and individuals. We aim to tackle the litter problem by helping everyone to make their neighbourhood a cleaner and more pleasant place to live. We believe that we can all make a real difference by making collecting litter a fun and social activity. Please join the movement!
The Climate Group is an international charity working to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the principal cause of climate change/global warming. It gathers and shares the knowledge of global leaders who have already acted to reduce their emissions, proving that taking action on climate change is not only possible, but is in many cases highly profitable. Your support will enable it to identify and create new leaders, a massive priority if we are to avert dangerous climate change.
Community Chest was founded in 1991 by a local councillor to provide practical help with furniture and household goods to people in her ward. The ward had a high level of unemployment, single parents, low educational achievement and ranked high on the local index of deprived wards.. The project has expanded to meet the needs of people on low incomes within North East Lincolnshire and the surrounding area. This also provided an opportunity for local people to donate surplus goods, knowing they are not only helping others in the local community but also diverting material away from landfill. 2005 saw the launch of our shop Re›Store which has enabled Community Chest to take the next vital step towards growth, support sustainability and assist in reaching and exceeding its charitable objectives.
The Community Foundation connects donors with local causes that make a real difference in Merseyside. Providing grants and support to local communities, helping them focus on building a better, stronger Merseyside for future generations.
It encourages environmental awareness, action and co-operation by individuals, organisations, corporations and government. It devises and manages projects and schemes for environmental improvement and education. It provides information and disseminates news on environmental matters.
Cool Earth is a new UK based charity that is tackling climate change by protecting the world’s most threatened rainforests. With destruction of such forest accounting for one in four emissions of CO2, Cool Earth gives individuals and organisation in the UK the means to act directly to protect this critical global resource.
The Countryside Restoration Trust is a farming and conservation charity dedicated to restoring and protecting the countryside. The Trust demonstrates profitable farming which blends historic wisdom and sustainable modern methods to restore wildlife and maintain rural culture.
Cumbria Wildlife Trust is the only voluntary organisation devoted solely to the conservation of the wildlife and wild places of Cumbria. We stand up for wildlife, create wildlife havens and raise environmental awareness. We care for over 40 reserves, working to protect endangered habitats and species including peatbogs and red-squirrels.
Recently voted by a BBC poll as one of the most effective and popular wildlife charities in Britain, the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) is a small UK-based charity, dedicated to the long-term conservation of critically endangered mammals in the wild and the benefit of the local people who share their environment.DSWF is a small wildlife charity with a big impact. It supports a range of innovative and far reaching projects to protect endangered mammals, such as tigers, elephants and rhinos, throughout Africa and Asia
Dorset Wildlife Trust has a vision for Dorset’s environment to be richer in wildlife for everyone. It manages nature reserves for the good of wildlife, influences people who affect our wildlife, stands up for wildlife against development threats and seeks to inspire people to care about Dorset’s wildlife and to get involved in nature conservation.
Encourages and supports a wide spectrum of development projects in the kingdom of Lesotho
Earthwatch engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment. Through Earthwatch's programmes and partnerships the organisation engages people from diverse countries, cultures and organisations, inspiring them to take responsibility for the environment. Supports objective scientific research which informs decisions on important environmental issues educates and motivates people to change their attitudes and behaviour.
Eco-Schools is a worldwide environmental programme for schools which encourages children to become more environmentally aware and have a positive impact on their own surroundings.
The Eden Trust, an educational charity, was established to build and operate the Eden Project as one of the Landmark Millennium projects to mark the year 2000 in the UK. The core statement of the charitable aims of the Eden Trust is 'to promote public education and research into flora, fauna and other aspects of the natural environment'. The Project communicates its stories in a 'Living theatre of Plants and People' based in a worked-out Cornish clay pit in which nestle two vast greenhouses (Biomes). These Biomes feature plants, crops and landscapes from the humid tropics and warm temperate regions and act as a backdrop to the outdoor temperate landscape (also technically a "Biome") which mirrors our UK environment. Eden uses exhibitions, art, storytelling, workshops, lectures and events to present themes and topcis to the public and to more formal education groups. The aim is to work with the widest possible audience and together learn about the need for environmental care through celebrating what nature gives to us. Some of our projects include Climate Revolution, Mud, Gardens for life, Waste NeutralThe Edge, Tithing College, the Sexy Green Car Show and The Eden Centre for Agronomy, Research and Knowlege. More information on these projects can be found on our website www.edenproject.com.
EIA is a campaigning organisation that investigates and exposes international environmental crime. Its undercover investigators work all over the globe, capturing unique audiovisual evidence and using it to alert the international media and mobilise political will for the protection of wildlife and the environment. EIA’s work takes place in 3 core areas; Species in peril; Forests for the world and Global environment.
As one of the UK's oldest Environmental Protection charities, it has been protecting the planet for over 100 years, bringing together organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors to promote a balanced and innovative approach to solving environmental problems. It is active and influential across three policy areas; air quality and climate change, land and noise pollution.
Set up by four young people in 2000, Envision supports teams of young people aged 16-19 to set up their own projects tackling social and environmental issues in their community. Young people graduate our programmes with new awareness, skills, confidence and a sense that they can make a difference.
The ERM Foundation supports social and environmental projects around the world. It is led by ERM employees who volunteer their time to undertake the majority of fundraising and practical involvement.
Essex YFC is a charity run by young people for young people aged 16 to 26. It holds an annual country show which attracts approx 15,ooo visitors which is run entirely by the members. It carries out lots of community projects annualy and the main aim is for every member to have fun and to develop both personal and practical skills, centered around rural communities.
Essex Wildlife Trust is the leading conservation body in Essex, with over 35,000 members and 485 corporate members. Essex Wildlife Trust have 7 visitor centres, 87 nature reserves, 1 nature park and manage 7,200 acres of land. Over 25,000 adults and children are educated every year. Essex Wildlife Trust is committed to Protecting Wildlife for the Future.
We help disadvantaged communities in Africa to sustainably transform their environment enabling farmers to improve water supplies, food production, health and incomes.
FareShare is the national charity working to relieve food poverty by providing quality food and other support services to organisations working with disadvantaged people in the community.
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation body, founded 100 years ago. Renowned for its science-based approach, FFI has pioneered sustainable conservation work that tackles problems holistically, providing solutions that simultaneously help wildlife, humans and the environment.
The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens exists to support, represent and promote community-managed farms, gardens, allotment sites and school farms. The Federation provides direct support to members across the UK and gives them a voice at national level.
International wildlife charity working with communities around the world to protect endangered species and habitats. The Charity recognises that if conservation programmes are to succeed then the needs of local people are kept in balance with those of endangered species and habitats.
Friends of the Earth Trust works to inspire and educate the public to become more personally involved in improving their local environment. It achieves this by responding to public concern and providing reliable, well informed and researched solutions to environmental problems. Its vision is of a world where everyone's needs are met in a way that values quality of life and safeguards the future of the environment.
Furnistore collects and stores donated furniture and household goods, then passes them on to low income families. This helps the families in setting up a home, encourages reuse and reduces bulk waste going to landfill.
G4G provides equipment and funds for the rangers of Virunga National Park, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who job it is to protect the critically endangered mountain gorilla, in the 'Mikeno' gorilla sector. Militia groups, poachers and charcoal burners provide a very dangerous backdrop for rangers and gorillas. You can help....
Through our Rural Campsite, Urban Green Roof Class Room and an on going healthy food and fitness programme Global Generation brings totether people of different ages, from different walks of life; encouraging them to care for each other, care for our communities and care for the world we live in.
Please note that the GVI-CT is separate from GVI and CANNOT be used as a fundraising tool to attend a GVI Program. Working with local grassroots charities and NGOs in over 30 countries across the globe, the GVI-CT manages and fundraises for numerous long-term programs. These further the works of GVI and their partners and aim to alleviate poverty, illiteracy, environmental degradation and climate change through: education; nutrition; conservation, income generation and capacity building.
Global Witness exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked conflict, and human rights and environmental abuses.
The Good Earth Trust is committed to promoting the role of environmentally-sustainable technologies designed to enable the poorest people, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, to address their most fundamental domestic and community needs. Delivering these key technologies to those who need them most helps to transform the quality of their lives.
The Gorilla Organization works to protect the endangered mountain gorilla in its native habitat. It also works to ensure that local people benefit from their unique natural heritage. The Organization, founded by the late Dian Fossey who lived with the gorillas, is involved in education, conservation and public awareness.
Groundwork Devon and Cornwall help communities to regenerate living spaces throught Caradon, Plymouth, Restormel and Torbay. It covers Business, land, employment, youth, education and community. Its Horticultural Healing Project offers horticulture as a form of therapy to people with mental ill health and/or aquired brain injury.
Groundwork is a regeneration charity working in East London.
It aims to alleviate poverty and suffering around the world caused by natural disaster or as a result of people’s social and economic conditions. It does this through the development of education, health and other social services, the improvement of transport infrastructure, water supplies and other communal facilities and the promotion of self help activities.
Hammersmith Community Gardens Association aims to involve people with nature. This local charity manages Loris and Godolphin Community Gardens, a glasshouse project for volunteers with health needs and a school gardening programme in four local schools. n the summer a play scheme is run for local families.
OPERATION SEAHORSE - Fish can’t vote so they need your help! Our region’s marine environment is one of the most heavily pressurised in the country. These seas are also home to spectacular wildlife yet none of it is fully protected. Operation Seahorse is campaigning to get the marine environment the protection it deserves and to raise money for vital marine conservation work. Please make a donation or start raising money today.