Environment & Climate

Oxfam does not take US government funding — maintaining independence as an advocate for humanitarians on the ground regardless of Washington politics; response to USAID dismantlement: 'Through it all, we have been undeterred from our mission'

26 new meadows created across 35 landowner sites; 97% of conservation trainees secured employment; Brownsea Island welcomed 31,370 people to managed area; Sopley Common dry scrapes yielded 77 heath tiger beetles including one in a brand new scrape

RSPCA Paw Print Gold Awards for both strays and kennelling; Bath Echo Community Awards Charity of the Year 2025; MEA Construction Consultants won Civic and Community Award at 2025 Bath Property Awards for BCDH redevelopment project

First adder tunnel of its kind in the UK installed at Greenham Common — camera trap confirmed adder use in April 2025; 95% of planning application responses resulted in improved nature outcomes; Nextdoor Nature project in Slough and Reading empowered previously disengaged communities to lead nature activities

Get Cycling in Schools saved 4,750 hours of instructor time — freeing instructors for Level 2 delivery; Devon County Council gifted a bike to the 100,000th child to complete Bikeability training; Footballer Bukayo Saka named Children's Cycling Champion for Cycle to School Week

Covered Market units restored and let to Hamblin Bread; new boardwalk at Larkins Lane Field funded by Oxfordshire County Council improving accessibility; shallow pond created at Wolvercote Lakes with £2,833 grant from Grundon Waste Management

Mountain gorillas reclassified from Critically Endangered to Endangered — only great ape besides humans currently increasing in population

25th anniversary year; BBC Radio 4 Appeal and Big Give campaigns launched; first women's dialogue in Olderkesi on the Kenya-Tanzania border