Our Priorities
The work of the Green Britain Foundation focuses on a number of priorities which are rooted in our commitments to energy, transport, food and nature to create a greener Britain. We are so proud of our work and what we are achieving in partnership with others who share our vision.
Our Priorities
The work of the Green Britain Foundation focuses on a number of priorities which are rooted in our commitments to energy, transport, food and nature to create a greener Britain. We are so proud of our work and what we are achieving in partnership with others who share our vision.
Our Priorities
The work of the Green Britain Foundation focuses on a number of priorities which are rooted in our commitments to energy, transport, food and nature to create a greener Britain. We are so proud of our work and what we are achieving in partnership with others who share our vision.
In 2021, we established the Ministry of Eco Education (MEE). Ministry of Eco Education is an education system with sustainability at its core. Its mission is to support teachers with integrating sustainability across their curriculum by the ongoing development and embedding of free to use environmental educational resources.
MEE saves teachers time and energy by helping them integrate the very best sustainability learning across their existing curriculum. The Ministry of Eco Education guides learning journeys using big questions framed across seven key environmental themes: Energy, Transport, Food, Nature, Waste and Water and Society.
Starting with a pilot in 15 primary schools, we are now working with 11,185 schools and colleges, 4,588,540 young people and 308,270 teachers!
300,000teachers supported with access to resources to support the green curriculum
11,000education establishments, from early years to college, are working with MEE
10,000 and more teachers training provided for
80 videoscreated for YouTube totalling more than 18 hours of content, sharing best practice and helping communicate academic research about sustainability with teachers
Delivered in-person and online events, bringing together thousands of people with passion and enthusiasm to create a green education system
The Young Green Briton Challenge (YGBC), funded by the Green Britain Foundation was developed and delivered in partnership with Social Innovation for All, Volunteers for Future (now known as GenEarth), I Have a Voice and the Ministry of Eco Education to nurture, support and celebrate youth-led, school-based climate action in a secondary educational setting.
The project’s mission is to bring climate education, innovation and entrepreneurship into schools, empowering young people to create a greener world. The Challenge combines sustainability education with innovation, business and citizenship – building essential transferable skills for students aged 11-14. Students learnt about climate change within their communities before working in teams to develop ideas for local climate action ventures, benefiting students, their wider community and the planet.
Eighteen diverse state and special schools across England joined the Challenge in 2024.
3175students aged 11-14 created over six hundred ideas for local climate solutions
90%of students felt they learnt important skills for their future and 73% enjoyed participating in the YGBC design workshops
YGBCAchieved Level 3 Skills Builder accreditation with students reported particularly strong gains in problem solving, listening to other people’s perspectives and teamwork
81%of students feel hopeful that they can make a positive contribution to addressing climate change
600climate action ideas were created, of which 50 were put into action
70student-led climate action ideas received seed funding, collectively reaching 16,000 people
£4000 INVESTMENTFor eight teams selected by our YGBC ambassadors
35sector expert volunteers from 10+ external organisations mentored students in project design, development and implementation
The Green Britain Foundation uses the power of sport to empower and improve lives through our wholly owned subsidiary FGR Community. FGR Community exists to educate, motivate and inspire through football. Its programmes make a positive impact across Gloucestershire and beyond.
Our work focuses on five key areas:
Environment and sustainability - Increasing awareness of sustainable practice by means of education and action through the lens of sport
Sport and Recreation – Engaging people of differing ages and abilities in sport and physical recreation to increase people’s participation in sport
Health and Wellbeing – Promoting healthy behaviours, encouraging people to take responsibility for their own physical health and mental wellbeing Inclusion and Community Cohesion – Providing the opportunity for people and communities facing common barriers to come together under the umbrella of football
Education and employability – Educating, motivating, and inspiring people to learn of opportunities through the power of sport to help them fulfil their potential and consider their impact on their wider community and the environment.
Spotlight on environment & sustainability As the official charity of the greenest football club in the world, environmental responsibility is at the heart of everything FGR Community does. During 2023-24, the Trust delivered nature-related social action projects in schools, including planting trees and redeveloping their community gardens, engaging young people in making a positive impact on the environment We engaged schools in the national Green Football Weekend to include the delivery of a live ‘’How to be Green’ session, supported by the Ministry of Eco Education, enabling teachers to stream a mass assembly on the importance of the environmental linked to football which reached over 500 pupils in schools across Gloucestershire. We also delivered a number of bespoke sessions on the importance of protecting the planet in schools, ranging from assemblies to class-time activities.
The Green Britain Foundation is committed to making space for nature. Our work here focuses on restoration, conversation and sustainable practices to enhance eco system resilience and human wellbeing.
Our rewilding in East Sussex project brings together a collection of smaller woodlands that have been managed in different ways over time, but which have very high conservation value. At the moment, it consists of around 250 acres of woods with some scrubland, situated about 30 miles from the coast in East Sussex.
The site contains some very valuable ancient semi-natural woodland dating back 400 years or more. However, in some areas the indigenous British trees were felled to make way for a non-native conifer plantation. These elements will be removed, and we’ll encourage native woodland to reclaim the space through regeneration and planting where necessary.
There’s evidence that chestnut was grown for coppicing here, and we’re considering whether to revive the practice or allow these spaces to continue rewilding. Some areas are open ground, which we’ll use to create a scrub and grassland edge to the woods, attracting insects, birds, reptiles and mammals which will increase wildlife diversity across the project.
We support movements and campaigns, we share knowledge and advocate for effective policies. Some of the ways we do this is by gathering substantiated evidence for reports, which we then publish, as well as by conducting undercover investigations to ensure social and environmental injustices are brought to the public’s attention. We believe that climate justice is only achievable with social justice.
The full report can be read here.
The impact on the nation’s energy bills – published July 2024. The full report can be read here.
We believe that effective solutions stem from accurately identifying problems. Our team of investigators and journalists is dedicated to uncovering and exposing environmentally harmful practices. We determine investigation areas based on potential environmental impact, scale of the issues, public awareness and opportunities for meaningful change. By shining a light on these activities, we aim to encourage behaviour change, support industry transitions, and protect our environment.
In October 2024, the Green Britain Foundation unveiled a groundbreaking investigation into the salmon industry's waste management practices in Scotland's Western Isles. Our months-long undercover operation and data analysis revealed that tonnes of toxic salmon waste were being improperly buried, posing significant environmental risks.
Investigation Impact
The investigation's footage, which reached millions through national and international media coverage, exposed the profound environmental harm caused by current industry practices. As a direct result:
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency launched a criminal investigation.
The local council initiated its own criminal probe.
GBF submitted evidence to a Scottish Government inquiry into the salmon industry, along with recommendations for industry reform.
Green Britain Foundation’s Investigative Approach
We believe that effective solutions stem from accurately identifying problems. Our team of investigators and journalists is dedicated to uncovering and exposing environmentally harmful practices. We determine investigation areas based on:
Potential environmental impact
Scale of the issue
Lack of public awareness
Opportunity for meaningful change
By shining a light on these activities, we aim to drive positive change, support industry transitions, and protect our environment.
Our grant making process focuses on individuals and organisations working within, and across, our priority areas. Unfortunately, we do not accept uninvited grant proposals’ Below is a selection of some of the historic grants we have awarded.
In 2024, the Green Britain Foundation agreed to fund a groundbreaking project to cultivate and restore native UK oysters - a keystone species in marine ecosystem. Historically, efforts to restore native oysters relied heavily on moving oysters from hatcheries or other natural stocks to depleted areas. However, recent research suggests this approach may inadvertently undermine restoration success. Oysters are deeply interdependent with their local microbiome- the community of microorganisms unique to each marine environment. The Green Britain Foundation is supporting North Bay Innovation in a pioneering solution: the micro oyster hatchery. The first of its kind will be installed in Orkney, a region renowned for its pristine marine conditions and biodiversity. This localised hatchery model is designed to cultivate oysters that are specifically adapted to their native environment, ensuring a closer alignment between their genetic traits and the local biome. The restoration of native UK oysters has the potential to revitalise marine ecosystems and bolster biodiversity.
The Green Britain Foundation was delighted to support the Naam Festival project working in Kenya to stop, and reverse, the pollution and destruction of Lake Victoria (Nam Lolwe). The Lake Victoria ecosystem provides clean water, food and employment to millions of people. With help from the Green Britain Foundation, the Naam Festival are looking to work with the local community to encourage behavioural shifts as part of an environmental citizenship campaign. Specifically, the Green Britain Foundation is funding Naam Festival’s work in the upstream collection of waste fabric from commercial tailoring outfits and the delivery of community workshops to repurpose the previously discarded fabric waste. The potential impact of the project is significant for local fisherman and farmers, but also in support of lakeside and riverbank communities who the Naam Festival team are working with to establish alternative and sustainable income generation opportunities.
Innovative housing project aimed at alleviating homelessness in Gloucestershire. The project, running over the course of a calendar year, is focused on creating temporary, transportable living accommodation for homeless people. Although temporary housing structures already exist, this accommodation will be entirely off the grid and use solar energy. The water supply will be from a rainwater harvesting system with a sewage filtration system to re-use the grey water produced.
