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Environment & Climate

Climate, nature, and environmental sustainability initiatives.

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2024

Annual Report 2024

96 projects across Africa in 2024; active in up to 17 countries
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53,000 households enrolled in crop insurance scheme with WFP in Ethiopia
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Consolidated from 17 to 10 programme countries; transitioning Bangladesh and Brazil to local NGO models
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Zambia farmers achieved reasonable yields despite widespread maize failures through climate-resilient crop advice
2025

Impact Report 2024/25

26.5 million trees planted since 2004; 2,866,797 seedlings planted in 2024/25
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470 fishing communities protecting 736 km of Lake Malawi shoreline; 340 sq km of forest protected
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127,000 households helped to build fuel-efficient cookstoves; 2 million+ people experiencing improved quality of life
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5,214 Beach Village Committee members protecting 133 fish breeding areas; juvenile fish numbers increasing in protected zones
2024

Annual Report 2024

Active across multiple African countries; 41 priority wildlife species populations monitored
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Conservation and Development Master Plan completed for Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park region
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Africa-based international conservation NGO; registered charity in UK, US and Canada
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Mountain gorillas began using 27 hectares of AWF-donated restored land at Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
2025

Impact Report 2024/25

791 million unique visits; 10.3 million people per month visited canals and towpaths in 2024-25; 8.9 million people live within 10-15 minute walk of the network
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5,473 volunteers gave 747,518 hours; 103,000+ children attended outdoor learning sessions; 69,000+ people attended water safety sessions; 70,000+ hours of community payback at 36 sites
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£1.1bn annual savings to NHS from active waterway use (Valuing Our Waterways 2024); £11.7bn annual economic contribution supporting 230,000 jobs; 80%+ of network kept open through extreme weather
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2025 NGO Impact Award winners in Unlocking Biodiversity; 741 miles of Green Flag awarded canals; 68 SSSIs and 1,500 non-statutory wildlife sites protected; 450 species recorded on Regent's Canal; 900+ species on Manchester's canals
2025

Impact Report 2020-2025

Over £1.2 million in direct grants awarded since 2020; 87 projects supported; 43 project partners worked with (as of April 2025)
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Member of Conservation Collective — global network of local foundations funding effective grassroots nature-based solutions; focus on landscape regeneration, river restoration and marine conservation
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Specialist in identifying innovative grassroots nature-based solutions in Devon to tackle the climate and nature crisis; Devon is home to two coastlines, two moors and diverse wetlands, woodlands, meadows and rivers
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Nature rebounds quickly given the right conditions — Devon's growing movement of nature restoration workers shows the grassroots model works; nature-based solutions sequester carbon, increase biodiversity, prevent flooding and droughts and offer opportunities for community connection
2025

Impact Report 2023-2025

27,000 applicants over three training series (2023, 2024, 2025); 5,400 young people trained; 65% from most affected people and areas (MAPA); 21% Indigenous youth
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89% of participants strengthened international climate policy knowledge; 77% felt more confident to advocate in UNFCCC forums; 60% credited GYCT for their success in international climate policy
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£36,000 in youth bursaries distributed to fund COP attendance; 100,000+ YouTube views; 6 languages of live interpretation; University of Oxford Vice Chancellor's Award for Environmental Sustainability 2024
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Climate Guidebook shortlisted for Re-Earth Initiative; 81% of 2024 participants interested in applying to University of Oxford; GYC co-director Agustín Ocaña and participants represented Rwanda, Colombia, Uganda at international climate forums
2025

Annual Report 2024-2025

25.9 million visits to Trust properties in 2024-25 (up from 25.3m in 2023-24); 5.35 million individual members (2.61 million memberships)
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£221.2m total spend on property projects and acquisitions (up from £193.4m); £7.3m invested at Sandilands to convert 30-hectare former golf course into wetland nature reserve
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Record fundraising appeals, gifts and grants in 2024-25; 5% increase in paying visitor numbers; 896 miles of coastline and ~250,000 hectares of land protected
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New 10-year strategy People and Nature Thriving launched January 2025; RHS Chelsea Flower Show Octavia Hill Garden won Silver Gilt Medal, Children's Choice and People's Choice awards; partnership with Defra, English Community Forests and Woodland Trust to plant 2 million trees on Trust land over 5 years