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Environment & Climate

Climate, nature, and environmental sustainability initiatives.

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2026 Enhanced
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5,999 active volunteers contributed 776,242 hours in 2025/26
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137 winter maintenance projects across 45 canals; 109 lock gates replaced
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101,640 children participated in Explorers/STEM outdoor learning, including 67,896 water-safety participants
Over 80% of the network kept fully open despite drought.
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The Eco-Schools programme reached over 1.4 million pupils, with 2,162 schools awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag in 2024/25
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326,000 volunteers pledged to the Great British Spring Clean, picking up 425,626 bags of rubbish, supported by 288 local authorities and parish councils
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2,227 Green Flag Awards given to parks and green spaces in the UK; 151 beaches given a Blue Flag and/or Seaside Award
98.3% of educators felt the Eco-Schools programme significantly supports young people's development of 'green skills'
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First known breeding success of spoonbills in the Norfolk Broads in around 400 years, recorded at Hickling Broads and Marshes
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Over 60 nature reserves managed across Norfolk, with land owned or managed for wildlife exceeding 5,000 hectares
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1,500 volunteers helped protect wildlife across the county during the year
New urban nature reserve co-designed with the local community, expanding accessible green space in Norfolk
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61,819 native oysters deployed across UK restoration projects in 2024/25
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15,064 people participated in the Beachwatch beach clean programme, submitting 1,256 litter surveys — the highest in the programme's 31-year history
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17,613 young people engaged through in-person or online youth programme sessions
£11.5 billion Ofwat investment package secured for storm overflow cuts in England and Wales following sustained MCS advocacy
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191,000 cats and kittens helped — 525 a day (2023: 184,000); 29,000 cats rehomed; 168,000 cats neutered including 13,000 feral cats; 93,000 cats microchipped
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£96.9 million total income (2023: £89.3 million); £108.5 million net assets; £50.1 million legacy income; 9,800 volunteers (2023: 9,200)
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430 cat owners helped to flee domestic abuse with 750 cats given temporary foster homes (Lifeline) — up from 229 in 2023; 5.9 million...
Mandatory microchipping for cats in England came into force June 2024 — direct result of years of Cats Protection campaigning; Pet Abduction Act came into force August 2024 making cat theft a specific criminal offence; Cat Manifesto sent to every election candidate with 111 newly elected MPs having responded
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32,000 people participated in learning activities; 65,000 volunteer hours contributed; 250,000 biodiversity-boosting plants and bulbs planted; 24,000 snowdrops planted by Royal Parks Half Marathon...
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94% of public rated their visit as good or excellent; 5 consecutive years all 8 parks awarded Green Flag; 160,000+ members making 300,000+ visits;...
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1,000 free plants donated to local charities, community groups and schools; 200 old noticeboards and maps replaced; 12,500 enquiries handled by visitor support team;...
Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Garden at Regent's Park received planning permission and is progressing — opening Spring 2026; Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground renewal received planning permission — opening Spring 2026; Greenwich Park flagship restoration project completed — new meadows, shrubs, community facilities
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Nearly 16,000 tonnes of food redistributed — equivalent to 38 million meals — to over 1,200 community organisations across London
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London's largest food redistribution charity, operating from four depots and Felix's Kitchen, rescuing surplus food from the food industry and delivering it to community...
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Rescuing and redistributing surplus food, preparing meals in Felix's Kitchen, launching Felix's Multibank for non-food items, farm rescue, and policy work to drive systemic...
18% more food redistributed than 2023; over 13,000 volunteers welcomed; 145 new community organisations added to delivery routes
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More than 162,000 people used data platforms during the year
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18,000 registered ENCORE users, up from 12,000 a year earlier
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Trase tracks 16,000 companies; Forest IQ and Forest IQ Pro cover 3,000 companies
Trase data supported partner pressure leading Royal Golden Eagle to announce it would cease sourcing from a deforestation-linked mill.