Environmental Funders Network

THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE BODIES IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR, BEING THE PART OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR CONCERNED WITH THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) LIAISING WITH, RESEARCHING AND ACTING AS A FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN, ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR, IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY HOW THE SECTOR MIGHT BETTER ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IDENTIFYING FUNDING GAPS AND GAPS IN SERVICE PROVISION IN THE SECTOR;(B) PROVIDING ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO EXISTING AND POTENTIAL FUNDERS OF CHARITIES AND NON CHARITABLE BODIES WORKING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO INCREASE THEIR FUNDING AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN A WAY WHICH INCREASES THE EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF FUNDING FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR;(C) PROVIDING CHARITIES WORKING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR WITH STRATEGIC AND FUNDRAISING ADVICE; AND(E) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.