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Established in 1981, the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) is one of the world's largest environmental education organisations, with over 100 member organisations in 81 countries. At the heart of the FEE are our five programmes. Coordinated by the Head Office in Copenhagen and implemented by our members around the world, our programmes aim to bring positive change on a global scale: The internationally recognized Eco-Schools programme engages young people in quality environmental education and meaningful action. Through a seven-step framework, pupils are empowered and motivated to drive change and improve environmental awareness in their school, local community and beyond. Close to 50,000 schools around the world are part of the Eco-Schools programme. Learning about Forests (LEAF) advocates for outdoor learning and hands-on experiences, allowing students to connect with nature and develop a deeper understanding of the natural world. While the LEAF programme started with a focus on tree-based ecosystems, today it includes a diversity of ecosystems to foster skills and knowledge by exposing learners to outdoor experiences. LEAF is implemented in 28 countries. Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) is an award-winning programme that empowers young people to take an educated stand on environmental issues they feel strongly about and gives them a platform to articulate these issues through the media of writing, photography and video. Over 300,000 students engage in the YRE programme yearly. The iconic Blue Flag programme is one of the world's most recognized eco-tourism awards for beaches, marinas, and tourist boat operators. In order to qualify for the Blue Flag, a series of stringent environmental, educational, safety, and accessibility criteria must be met and maintained. Over 5,000 beaches, marinas and tourism boats are currently awarded. Green Key is a voluntary eco-certification programme. With more than 4,000 certified hotels and other establishments in 60 countries, Green Key is the leading standard for excellence in the field of environmental responsibility and sustainable operation within the tourism and hospitality industry. With 40 years of impactful experience in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), FEE's strategic plan - GAIA 20:30 - prioritises climate action across all five programmes to address the urgent threats of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution. FEE's Environmental Education Principles The member organisations of FEE have agreed upon these principles to guide our work towards excellence in EE/ESD: 1. Ensure that participants are engaged in the learning/teaching process. 2. Encourage participants to make reasonable decisions and actions on real life sustainability issues. 3. Encourage participants to work together actively and involve their communities in collaborative solutions. 4. Support participants to examine their assumptions, knowledge, and experiences, in order to develop critical thinking and to be open to change. 5. Encourage participants to be aware of cultural practices as an integral part of sustainability issues. 6. Encourage participants to share inspirational stories of their achievements, failures, and values, to learn from them and to support each other. 7. Continuously explore, test and share innovative approaches, methodologies, and techniques. 8. Ensuring continuous improvements through monitoring and evaluating are central focus of our programmes. FEE's overall Mission is to engage and empower people through education in collaboration with our members and partners worldwide.

Unseen is working towards a world without modern slavery and human trafficking. We work across the UK to support survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking, to prevent future cases of exploitation from occurring and run the Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline. Our three main goals are to: support survivors to rebuild their lives with our safehouses and helpline. tackle root causes by raising awareness with businesses and authorities. influence legislation to assist those affected today and prevent future cases. We provide safehouses and care for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking, whilst our Outreach programme helps affected individuals reintegrate into the community, as a more sustainable solution to the issue of exploitation. We run the Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline, operating 24/7, 365 days a year, offering free, confidential information and advice to thousands of victims who have nowhere else to turn. Our expert Helpline advisors work round-the-clock to support victims, liaising with police and others to get them to safety. Uniquely, data from the Helpline provides critical intelligence that informs the anti-slavery work of governments, police, businesses, and other charities, ultimately helping more victims. Our Business Services team use their expertise to offer a range of unique and bespoke services to help businesses tackle worker exploitation in their organisation and down supply chains, creating a culture of continuous improvement. Alongside our work supporting survivors of Modern Slavery & Trafficking and equipping businesses to tackle exploitation, we seek to influence systemic changes. We do this by using our experience and research to impact and inspire transformation across legislation, policy and society. This includes the lived experience of our Survivor Consultants to better our response as an anti-slavery charity. Modern slavery and human trafficking are crises which can affect men, women and children of all ages, ethnicities, and nationalities. Often recognised through signs of abuse, manipulation and ownership, modern slavery can take many forms, including sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, forced labour or organ harvesting. There are currently over 50 million victims of slavery and trafficking in the world, making it the fastest growing international crime in the world. Nearly 100,000 people in the UK alone are affected, and 47% of UK victims are children. This is a number which has only grown in recent years as individuals have struggled to gain access to the resources they need because of the war in Ukraine and the Cost-of-Living Crisis. It is important, now more than ever, that these people are getting the support that they so desperately need.

Advocate for earlier, consistent diagnosis and treatment paths for Poland Syndrome. Building awareness for Poland Syndrome and providing support to the community. Increase scientific activity

The objectives of the charity are to promote education and good health and to relieve poverty among children, young people, women and the disadvantaged in emerging and developing countries. The charity carries out its objectives by raising funds and distributing them to local, community-based organisations seeking to empower youth, especially girls and young women.

Growing works mission is to nurture lives to empower vulnerable people to build resilience. We don't only grow vegetables, we grow people. Our aims are: To promote good health in communities by providing inclusive and creative opportunities for physical activity. To aid mental well-being though the provision of outdoor therapeutic activity for: Families with complex needs People in isolated and vulnerable circumstances People with mental health issues Provide education on the natural environment and the seasons through gardening and outdoor activities for all. To run an outdoor therapeutic centre offering activities and training to a community of 500 members alongside providing satellite services to local boroughs. To be part of a community of services breaking down barriers to inclusion. Growing works values are empowering people by: Connecting to the natural world Creating inclusive and supportive communities Improving health and happiness Our Projects Include: SPRout (Strong Parents Reaching out): An innovative and unique project using a whole family approach for families who have children/young people with additional needs. SPRout provides a social group for mutual support alongside fun activities designed to increase skill in a non-judgmental, outdoor environment. The group offers space for families to relax, have fun together, enjoy the outdoors, try new things, gain skills, build confidence and share their experiences. Families make connections with others facing similar challenges therefore feel stronger together. It is aimed at all ages and abilities. Typically, families who attend have conditions including autism, ADHD, sensory impairment, sensory integration difficulties and learning disabilities although no diagnosis is required; Sprout is for anyone who feels they need a bit of extra support. Many families are affected by hidden disabilities which have additional challenges such as lack of understanding which increases feelings of isolation. Sprout has a strong foundation; initiated by parents themselves, it has run on Saturday mornings since April 2012. Over the past 6 months with team has built in strength and numbers to allow us to run a second venue due to demand and feedback from our participants and funders. We are passionate about this project because we have seen the difference it makes. We document these benefits through check in and out wellbeing surveys, 6 months in depth survey, participant profiles, photographic and observational records of individual's journey as well as written and verbal participant feedback. Young Shoots: this project was developed at the request of SPRout parents for specific work with children aged 13+ . With no parent present we offer a high staff ratio. The aim is for the children to gain life skills and confidence for independent living. Growing Works do this through 4-week blocks of 2 hours a week which we encourage attendance for the whole four weeks. There is no need to attend each course so the participant can select through interest and location. Cooking healthy food is a key course which is always popular. Other courses include bushcraft, conservation and exploration. Whatever the subject Growing Works encourage socialisation, team work, respecting boundaries and developing self-worth. The courses involve cooking, bushcraft and environmental exploration. We see places book up quickly and know that the Young people value and enjoy them as many return to further sessions. The short time commitment per week also makes it accessible for a wide range of individuals and we are encouraging them to return over a period of years. There are also opportunities for longer sessions in school holidays. Budding Up: Therapeutic gardening groups for people with long term physical and mental health conditions, carers and other isolated adults. These small groups meet in their community to enjoy the benefits of gardening and socialising in the outdoor environment. Gardening therapeutically supports mental health and well-being through activity sessions based on growing, involving shared experiences, enjoying food and bonding with others. Many of our participants live alone and cook and eat alone. Growing Works are helping individuals to gain confidence in socialising again increase self-worth and desire to return to employment where appropriate. Root: This project incorporates our fledgling herb and craft enterprise - giving volunteers confidence in creation. It also involves work experience in landscaping and garden maintenance. This is a key project for allowing adults to take a more active role in the charity and giving valuable volunteer opportunities whilst they are required. In order to play our part in creating a strong inclusive community Growing Works connect with many other charity and voluntary groups working locally. Examples of this are: planting fruit trees with local children outside their centre, hosting groups (Prince's Trust, Lab Project, Olive Branch, Kirklees College, Good Gym, River Holme Connections) at our site. This gives the opportunity for our volunteers and participants to engage with other groups and link into mainstream volunteering. Growing Works are also members of umbrella networking groups Natural Kirklees and Third Sector Leaders and attend local ward meetings to ensure we are working with others in the most efficient way possible (reducing duplication and adding value where others are focussing efforts) Growing Works core team have excellent skills in food growing but also heritage crafts (basketry, green woodworking), healthy cooking, bushcraft, native ecology which we pass onto participants during sessions. A key message is "do try this at home" and we encourage exploration of materials and methods and to share what has been learnt. Our led activities contribute to practicing gross and fine motor skills, provide occupational therapy, skills for independent living, and improved, wellbeing through connection and appreciation of nature regardless of the project that they are attached to. The future: In 2018 Growing Works received a unique opportunity to develop a council green space into a therapeutic centre. In the past 6 months we have gained funds and organised installation of Off-grid toilet, polytunnel shelter to complement the existing excellent tool storage, donated to us by Comoodle (Kirklees sharing service). Further development will continue with local groups to develop a sense of ownership and ensure the long-term sustainability of the project. The over-all aim is to increase accessibility for physical disability and a sensory garden, landscape the space for better use for green woodworking, basketmaking and bushcraft and create a safe, secure, off-grid, therapeutic space which can be accessed by all. This will be carried out with groups from the community, including our BUD and Young Shoots groups and where appropriate through the sourcing of capital funding. The aim for this site is to be self-supporting in time with volunteers able to open for groups and assign tasks. A small charge could be taken to cover a weekly clean of key areas. Currently a site manager is required to direct development of the site and it is projected that it will be three years before the site is "self -supporting", reducing in hours from 4 days per week in first year to 2 days in third year. Aims of site manager: Encourage and support a group of volunteers in construction. This group would be able to fix and create tools, baskets, trugs and benches. Skills sharing is key in use of woodworking areas that they will help develop in their own time. Encourage and support a group of volunteer gardeners (one morning a week) to grow organic seasonal food on the two plots that Growing Works have, share skills with new plot holders (there are a further 15 plots with many new) and support other groups to grow on the allotment. Encourage and support a "friends of" group to support running events for promotion and fundraising with the aim of these being entirely volunteer led in future. Growing Works will continue to run Budding Up/SPRout/Young Shoots and other projects as funds allow, hopefully for many years to come. However, the long term aim is that the availability of this unique green space to the local community would not be affected by Growing Works future project funding status.

STORE is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company run as an association of designers, architects and artists who share a common goal: supporting more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds applying to creative courses, and addressing the social imbalance in art, design and architecture education. STORE STORE is our design shop and workshop space in Camden and Hackney. STORE offers an extensive portfolio of offerings for young people in London: STORE STORE after school club: The free art, design and architecture After School Clubs give young people from state schools in London, with priority given to pupil premium students, a unique chance to see their ideas go from imagination to reality, from initial concept through to design, prototype, manufacture and retail. The objects designed and prototyped in the After School Club are showcased in the shop, with royalties going to the students. We have run workshops in glass blowing, 3D printing, mycelium, milk plastic, bio plastics, pattern cutting and ceramics. These after school clubs help to supplement a students portfolio for university applications. Online after school club: Our free online After School Club program allows state school students across the country to take part, with maker kits sent out to each student. Last year we ran After School Clubs in digital animation, chocolate casting, 3D scanning, game design, augmented reality and Arduino coding and an architectural reading group in Minecraft. One day workshops in State schools: The free One Day Workshop program is a series of workshops run in state schools aimed at introducing young people to higher education in design and architecture. A series of technical manuals are compiled to accompany the program as documentation the students can use at university interviews while also acting as recipes for teachers and students to replicate the processes explored in the workshops. 2 week long architectural summer schools: Our free summer schools are collaborative design and construction projects which engage actively with the dynamics of the local communities they take place in. Our summer schools programs are open to state school students across the country. Portfolio preparation workshops: Every winter break we run portfolio preparation workshops for young people who are considering applying to university. We bring in tutors from universities and the admissions process to support students with compiling their portfolios and to give them advice about the different universities and courses that are available to them. STORE STORE Build: STORE STORE Build is a small-scale building project, run as an educational program, where the students taught have an active role in the delivery of the architectural project - from the planning and design phases to the actual construction of a building, all through a program of after school clubs over five years. This is a project that looks to up-skill a generation of Hackney's young people about their built environment, giving them a voice in how their communities are designed and built.

We offer a Nurturing environment in Nature through Animal Assisted Therapy to the community and individuals with SEN and disadvantages. Our aim is to build confidence, aid a positive mental health emotionally and physically and provide a safe place to grow.

Start Network's vision is for a locally led humanitarian system that is accountable to people affected by and at risk of crises. We aim to achieve this vision by making system-level shifts in the way humanitarian support is approached and delivered, by: -shifting power and decentralising decision-making to locally led networks and organisations; -creating a global humanitarian financing system that is increasingly focused on reducing risk, anticipating and acting ahead of predictable crises, as well as focusing on under the radar crises; -supporting communities to develop innovative solutions to humanitarian problems. The Start Network is both an independent registered charity and an international humanitarian network with more than 80 members worldwide. The membership includes international non-governmental organisations, and national and local NGOs. In addition, we are deepening the impact of the network and expanding our membership, by enabling the set-up of local humanitarian networks or hubs. These have been established in 5 countries, and we are working with prospective members in a further 6 countries.

The Glacier Trust works in the Himalayas to enable communities living at high altitude to adapt to the devastating effects of climate change. It works with established NGOs to strengthen the relationship between environmental sciences and communities through education and training programmes and also to develop the means by which experience and skills can be shared between communities.

Our mission is for girls and young women around the world to have equal access to sport and to provide them with skills and abilities that will broaden their opportunities to fulfil their potential. We aim to use the power of football as a catalyst for change, levelling the playing field with respect to economic and gender disparities around the world. We seek to do this by: 1) Establishing safe spaces where girls and women can engage in play, training and competitions -these can be clubs, partnered programmes, competitions, workshops, school delivery, etc. but always ensuring they are are inclusive and bespoke to the participants. 2) Using our Girls United Methodology to deliver content that is focused on developing individuals both on and off the pitch. The syllabus and coaching methodology is integrated with life skills and opportunities to empower participantes, supporting them to find their voices and chase their dreams. 3) By creating agents of change within communities, we seek to challenge limiting gender norms, diminish discrimination and gender violence and change mentalities within entire communities which will favour growth and inclusion for all.

Enabling a confident and skilful next generation of change makers in Ghana.

Our vision is a world where all children and young people benefit from being connected to food, farming and the natural environment. Farms for City Children (FfCC) exists to ensure that children and young people experience personal growth and develop enhanced transferable life skills through food, farming and outdoor learning activities that connect them with each other and the natural world. Living and working on a farm fosters independence, confidence, resilience and self-esteem. Enhanced physical activity and increased social interactions, through tasks that require collaboration and empathy, enable children and young people to leave us with increased learning and engagement, improved connections and wellbeing, and an enhanced sense of environmental citizenship; outcomes that are sustained upon returning to the home and class setting. Through our offer to schools we welcome over 3,000 under-served children per annum for a 5-day residential stay at one of our farms. This year we will increase our impact by offering non-school stays, enabling us to embrace more diverse groups of young people and their families, from those in the care system, military families, health care trusts, church and mosque groups and other third sector support networks. Through our fundraising the charity subsidises 50% of the cost of a week on the farm, and we endeavour to secure funds to grow our beneficiary numbers and benefit ever-increasingly diverse groups.