TRANSFORMING GLOBAL AMBITION INTO GRASSROOTS ACTION

Whitley Fund for Nature is a UK charity. We have channelled £20 million to 200 conservation leaders in 80 countries across the Global South, benefiting wildlife, landscapes and people.

Join us for the 2024 Whitley Awards

On Wednesday 1st May, 7.30pm BST, we will announce and celebrate the winners of the 2024 Whitley Awards at a ceremony in London, hosted by WFN Ambassadors Tom Heap and Kate Humble and attended by the charity’s Patron, HRH The Princess Royal.

2023 Whitley Award winners

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Avatar for Tulshi Laxmi Suwal
Nepal

Avatar for Serge Alexis Kamgang
Cameroon

Avatar for Leonard Akwany
Kenya

Avatar for Yuliana Bedolla
Mexico

Avatar for Shivani Bhalla
Kenya

Avatar for Mamy Razafitsalama
Madagascar

Sir David Attenborough narrates this new film about Shivani Bhalla, winner of the 2023 Whitley Gold Award.

WFN's top prize is awarded annually to a Whitley Award alumnus who has also received Continuation Funding. This laddered support allows successful conservation solutions to be scaled up; Shivani is a Kenyan conservationist whose work with her team of Samburu warriors, elders and women has helped the local lion population rise to a 15-year high.

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Save the date: On Wednesday 1st May we reveal this year’s Whitley Award Winners

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Introducing this year’s top 15 applicants

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To close our 30th anniversary year, WFN awarded £1.4 million in Continuation Funding in 2023 – our largest ever round of funding!

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How conservationists spotlighted the connection between nature and climate, as fossil fuel talks go into overtime

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We are thrilled to announce that we have surpassed our goal of raising £100,000 through the UK’s biggest match-funding scheme!

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Discover what happened at WFN’s inaugural summit, celebrating 30 years of the charity.

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The Whitley Fund for Nature is unique. It doesn’t put its own people on the ground but seeks out local leaders who are already succeeding. It puts its money where it really counts, where every penny counts.
Sir David Attenborough, WFN Trustee
WFN is one of the most cost effective and direct impact charities working to protect the environment.
HRH The Princess Royal, WFN Patron
This is what the Whitley Awards are all about – recognising effective grassroots leaders and helping them expand their work.
Kate Humble, WFN Ambassador
WFN_Ambassador_Tom_Heap
The Whitley Awards are the most uplifting environmental event of the year.
Tom Heap, WFN Ambassador
Whitley Award winners are warriors for biodiversity and, with our planet in crisis, their work has never been so crucial.
Alastair Fothergill, WFN Ambassador

conservation and climate change

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WFN is one of 15 organisations urging world leaders to increase support for locally-led solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises, in a joint open letter at COP26.

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The WFN funding stream supporting community-led action for conservation and climate.

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Your opportunity to offset carbon through a Whitley Award-winning reforestation project in Brazil.