Suggestions for environmental charities

It's a matter of faith and hope. Support a charity if you want to. Charitable support isn't an investment with a proven return.

How can you trust any recommendations we make? Any one making a recommendation will be recommending a charity they support and which they say they consider do effective work, but that will only be their opinion, you might not agree.

It is also not clear what you mean when you ask whether a charity's work actually changes everything, do you mean on a world basis or a local basis. I doubt any charity can have a world changing effect.

Did you follow up on the suggestions given the last time you asked this question?

Petra when was that? There seem to be a number of people who keep asking the same question at regular intervals. Not sure why.

petra, yes I did. I'm not trying to waste your valuable time. But the charities suggested weren't what I had hoped for, hence I'm back.

Aveline, donating to a charity is NOT just faith and hope. Or if a charity is just that, I'm not interested in it. If a charity rehabilitates wetlands or rescues otters, or plants trees, do you consider that just hope?

Monica, I did not ask for a charity that "changes everything", that obviously is far too much to hope for. But one that has measurable outcomes. If a charity advocates for saving coral reefs, that's not a measurable outcome. If they rehabilitate coral reefs, that's measurable. How can I trust any recommendation you make? Do you think I blindly follow people suggestions? I will research it on Candid, Give.org and check the form 990. Then I will contact the charity directly. I'm looking for starting points, not magic bullets. Do you have any suggestions? Because I welcome knowing which ones you would recommend. That's why I'm here.

Frankly there are not many forums on the web (that I have found) that have discussions about giving to charity. This is one of the few, so I came back for a visit.

Thank you all for taking the time to read and respond to my post.

I’m sure you know that every UK charity must publish an annual report. Depending on the charity’s governing document some with have an AGM.

Surely that’s your starting point. Read and take the opportunity to ask questions.

If you want measurable outcomes then it seems to me you would need to focus on smaller projects with an end result rather than a massive subject such as global warming.

You could chose say a wetland restoration scheme such as the RSPB did at Wallasea Island in Essex or a clean up campaign to reduce the amount of plastic being dumped in our oceans or discarded clothing being dumped on developing countries.

Donald you miss my point. You have to have faith in the charity and hope that they are effective. No guarantees.

I support a number of charities that take on specific tasks and complete them. In fact there are charities without number who set out to do specific things. Save a specific habitat, reinstate a specific habitat. RSPB, National Trust, the various Naturalists Trust scattered around the country. Oxfam, Practical Action, if you want international ones.

It seems to me you are looking for the impossible, You want a charity with a project now that you can have 100% certainity will achieve its aims, in the future, near or far.

We simply do not know what will happen tomorrow, let alone a year, 2 years, 10 years or a century for now, so certainity is impossible. All you can do is look at charities as they are now. make a judgement on what knowledge is available now and may be your money will be well spent with long term effects, or you could put in a project that 5 years from now is destroyed totally by a war, a devastating flood (Nepal) or a drought and famine.

Good luck.

Aveline

It's a matter of faith and hope. Support a charity if you want to. Charitable support isn't an investment with a proven return.

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If you type Environmental Charities UK this is what comes up.

moralfibres.co.uk/best-environmental-charities-in-the-uk/

Thank you all so much for your input. I really appreciate that you've taken the time to respond to my post. Best to all of you and your families.