The funding community for the planet.
Environmental Funders Network works to transform environmental philanthropy in the UK: increasing funding levels, improving effectiveness and supporting people and organisations helping to create a thriving planet.
Who we support
New Givers
New to green giving? We’ll help you get started. Whether you want to start funding environmental initiatives or want to develop your existing giving, we can provide support, make connections and share knowledge and resources on effective approaches to tackling environmental issues.
Funders
We help environmental funders make sure their giving is as effective as possible. Through events, research and networking, you will learn about key issues, approaches and best practices, connect with other funders and better understand the landscape of environmental funding.
Advisors
More and more wealth-holders want to use their resources to take environmental action and be part of solving the environmental crisis. We can help support you and your clients to get started with funding environmental initiatives or develop their existing giving.
Fundraisers
We support fundraisers and environmental groups to be as effective as possible. Through our Green Fundraisers Forum, learning programmes and research, we help those in the environmental sector bring in more funds, strengthen their communications and improve their resilience and wellbeing.
Announcing our new Chair of Trustees
We are delighted to announce Venetia Bell, COO of the Clean Air Fund, as our new, incoming Chair of Trustees.
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Announcing our new Chair of Trustees
We are delighted to announce Venetia Bell, COO of the Clean Air Fund, as our new, incoming Chair of Trustees.
What does it take to grow community? An exploration with Nature Based Neighbourhoods: Growing Strong
EFN members, Wates Family Enterprise Trust and Lund Trust, share details on their new urban greening programme, Nature Based Neighbourhoods: Growing Strong, and how they’ve embedded local communities, sustainability and joy from the start.
Between Scotland and India: reimagining climate leadership through lived experience
Sustainability Consultant and Founder of the Global South Voices Project, Gayatri, reflects on why programmes like the Scotland Leadership Lab matter for leaders that don’t come from traditional environmental backgrounds.
Stepping up: Kate Raworth on backing ideas until their moment to shine
For this Stepping Up event we spoke to Kate Raworth, a leading economist, asking how we can transition our economics and philanthropy to meet today’s realities.
WATCH | Environmental Impact Investing Group (EIIG) learning programme
The Environmental Impact Investing Group (EIIG) supports trusts, foundations and individuals to learn more about environmental impact investing and develop their work in this area. Find all recordings from the learning programe here.
Introducing The Environmental Fundraiser’s Handbook
Discover The Environmental Fundraiser’s Handbook, a brand new video miniseries for green fundraisers about why environmentalism isn’t broken, it’s broke.
WATCH | Taster of the Scotland Field Trip
Enjoy a taster of the Scotland Field Trip for 2026 and why you should join.
WATCH | Lunch & learn: Indigenous-led conservation in Sierra Leone
This session explored the links between culture and conservation, the value of locally-led approaches, and what funders can learn from organisations embedding environmental action within Indigenous communities.
WATCH |GFF: nature’s compass – a regenerative approach to environmental philanthropy
Change in Nature share a tried and tested framework for evolving how we do environmental work when we often feel so disconnected from nature and our creativity.
WATCH | EIIG/SIIG: learning session – blended finance
In this session, jointly hosted by ACF’s Social Impact Investing Group (SIIG) and EFN’s Environmental Impact Investing Group (EIIG), we explored how grants and investments can be combined to unlock greater impact.
From rupture to renewal: innovators believe philanthropy holds the key
Impact strategist and community builder, Chris Large, shares how philanthropists and innovators can stand together and ignite long-term renewal.
WATCH | Environmental Impact Investing Group: Market information session
In this session, we heard from a number of ventures focused on the environment and learned about their business plans and investment needs.
New grants in the UKOTs will support habitats, biodiversity, local communities and much more
Discover how the third round of the UKOTs fund will support conservation work in these remarkable ecosystems across the world.
Ethical fundraising: ensuring your funders align with your values
Fundraising consultant and GFF subgroup leader, Laura Perratt, shares ten tips and principles on balancing your organisation’s values with long-term financial sustainability.
WATCH | EIIG: Trustees and impact investing – practical perspectives
In this session, we explored the key role trustees of Trusts and Foundations play in enabling impact investment.
WATCH | Stepping up: in conversation with Kate Raworth
For this Stepping Up event we spoke to Kate Raworth, Economist, Author & Co-founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab.
Learning as we go: supporting neuroinclusion across the environment sector
Explore what EFN has tried, learnt, and is planning to do to increase the support of neurodivergent people within EFN and across the environment sector.
WATCH | Close to home: understanding climate-linked displacement in the UK
In this session, we heard key insights into how climate change is displacing UK communities and explored the collective responses that are needed now.
Stepping Up: Johan Rockström on planetary boundaries, philanthropy and better funding
Part of our ‘Stepping Up’ series, Liz Gadd delves into insights from Johan Rockström on leadership in philanthropy as we face the environmental and biodiversity crises.
WATCH | GFF: lunch & learn – community sustainability – building resilience, inclusion & impact
This Lunch & Learn session, with Parisa Wright (Greener & Cleaner) explored two free opportunities designed to help projects strengthen their reach, impact and resilience.