It’s easy to feel siloed as a fundraiser working on a particular issue or subject area. So how do we break out of our siloes and connect with the bigger picture without getting lost in complexity?
In episode two, we explore what it means to see your work as part of a wider movement, to understand where environmental issues intersect with other issues and to have a sense of where the funding is flowing.
Our speakers and key messages
- Patricia Cremona, Research Manager, Environmental Funders Network. Patricia has been one of the driving forces behind our flagship report series: Where the Green Grants Went. She shares a birds eye view of where UK environmental philanthropic funding is going and highlights trends that can help fundraisers spot gaps and opportunities.
- Jess Boyd, Philanthropy & Partnerships Manager, Environmental Investigation Agency. Working within an organization that works on a global scale, Jess brings important insights on fundraising for issues that deeply intersect with social justice, how to tell complex stories that resonate and how fundraising might look different in the future if we focus on communities-centred approaches.
- Elizabeth Salter-Green, Founder -Director, CHEM Trust. Chemicals, toxics and pollution remain a key driver of environmental change and hugely impact human health and the health of our ecosystems and wildlife. Elizabeth shares her experience of fundraising and working on this important but highly technical area and how she’s successfully connected this complex topic to the bigger picture for funders.
- Andy Raingold & Chloe Revill, Co-Founders & Directors, Change in Nature. Andy and Chloe work with people and groups to help them bring nature into their everyday work. Their short nature connection exercise aims to ground us in today’s theme of understanding the bigger picture and how you might want to integrate some of the learnings into our work.
- Your host is Natasha Ratter, Environmental Groups Lead at EFN. Natasha co-ordinates EFN’s work to strengthen the effectiveness of the environmental charity sector and facilitates the Green Fundraiser’s Forum and worked extensively as a fundraiser prior to joining EFN.
Our speakers and key messages
Below we are a list of resources mentioned in this episode that can help you in understanding the bigger picture:
- Where the Green Grants Went 9 by EFN – our flagship research provides an overview of environmental giving in the year 2021/22 by UK foundations and lotteries.
- Environmental Funding by European Foundations – Volume 7 by Philea – this report is the most comprehensive report to date on environmental philanthropy in Europe.
- Future Stewards Ambassador programme by EIA – a new community of ambassadors helping us to protect the natural world.