Faith
A Rocha
A Rocha UK is a Christian charity working for the protection and restoration of the natural world, both as a response to the biblical mandate to care for the earth, and as a demonstration of the Christian hope for God’s world. They do this through practical involvement in nature conservation projects and ecological research, by campaigning on biodiversity issues, and by engaging with churches, schools, communities and individuals.
Cafod
The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) and the official aid agency for the Catholic Church in England and Wales. CAFOD believe a better world is one that's good for everyone. That's why they work together, side by side, with local experts and community leaders to build a world where no one has their life limited by the injustices of poverty, conflict or the climate crisis.
Christian Aid
Christian Aid is a Christian organisation that insists the world can and must be swiftly changed to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. They provide urgent, practical and effective assistance where need is great, tackling the effects of poverty as well as its root causes.
Church of England Environment Working Group
The Church of England, part of the world-wide Anglican Communion, is a Christian presence in every community in England. They strive to know God and make God known. The Environment Working Group’s role is to enable the whole church to fulfil its calling to nurture and care for God’s creation, through setting plans, agreeing policies, and monitoring progress towards tackling the climate and ecological crises. They aim to work closely with other denominations and faith groups.
Climate Stewards
Climate Stewards is a Christian carbon offsetting charity. They invite individuals, churches, charities and businesses to ‘reduce what you can and offset what you can’t’. By providing a means to do this, people are empowered to start taking control of their carbon footprint, and feel that they are part of the solution as well as the problem.
Columban JPIC
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God. Climate Change is a priority issue and is seen as a challenge to be missionary in the 16 countries where Columbans work.
Fairtrade Foundation
Fairtrade is a simple way to make a difference to the lives of the people who grow the things we love. They do this by changing the way trade works through better prices, decent working conditions and a fair deal for farmers and workers in developing countries.
Commitment for Life - United Reformed Church
Commitment for Life is the world development programme of the United Reformed Church. It encourages participating churches to take action, pray and give for people across the world but especially in our four partner countries of Bangladesh, Jamaica, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory and Zimbabwe.
Faith for the Climate
Faith for the Climate exists to encourage, inspire and equip faith communities in their work on climate change and acknowledge that climate change is the biggest and most urgent challenge facing humanity. The Faith for the Climate Network is a space for people of faith working on climate change to come together, learn from one another, encourage and support one another in our faith based work on climate change. They encourage and equip each faith community to continue to reach out within their own community, to leaders and people of faith not yet engaged on climate change; and together to speak up on national campaigns in the media and with politicians.
Green Christian
Ordinary Christians, Extraordinary Times: Green Christian exists to share Green insights with Christians and to offer Christian insights to the wider Green movement. Since they were formed in 1981 the ecological crisis has continued and deepened. They seek more urgently to live gently on the earth, encouraging one another in discipleship which accepts our impact on God’s creation as a whole.
Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences
The Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES) is a UK registered charity operating internationally, through programmes designed to increase knowledge and awareness, alleviate poverty, combat climate change and deal with other major environmental issues.
Islamic Relief
Islamic Relief is an international aid and development charity, which aims to alleviate the suffering of the world's poorest people. Inspired by their Islamic faith and guided by our values, they envisage a caring world where communities are empowered, social obligations are fulfilled and people respond as one to the suffering of others.
Jesuit Missions
Jesuit Missions is the international development and overseas mission office of the Jesuits in Britain. They work alongside the Jesuits and their partners throughout the world with a faith that does justice, providing healthcare, education and responding to emergencies. Jesuit Missions work collaboratively to empower local communities and we increasingly see the problems of climate change impacting on the communities with which we work.
Jewish Social Action Forum
The Jewish Social Action Forum (JSAF) and its 22 member organisations aim to promote, develop and activate the Jewish community’s pursuit of social action, to leave the world a better place than it was found. JSAF and its member organisations recognise that social action is a central component of contemporary Jewish identity and expression.
John Ray Initiative
The John Ray Initiative (JRI) is an educational charity with a vision to bring together scientific and Christian understandings of the environment in a way that can be widely communicated and lead to effective action. It was formed in 1997 in recognition of the urgent need to respond to the global environmental crisis and the challenges of sustainable development and environmental stewardship.
Muslim Charities Forum
Muslim Charities Forum is a network of British Muslim charities working for social good at home and abroad. They aim to collectively build a more accountable, transparent and efficient British Muslim charitable sector, to improve their ability - individually and as a sector - to contribute to a more just and sustainable world.
Operation Noah
One of the UK’s first faith-based climate charities, Operation Noah was established in 2004 as a Christian response to the climate crisis. From environmentally-themed Bible studies, to the creation of the Climate Sunday service, to getting nearly every UK denomination to divest from fossil fuels, Operation Noah has engaged with thousands of Christians on the climate and nature crises, and built coalitions to lobby the government, and moved millions of pounds out of oil, gas and coal.
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is a worldwide Christian church and charity. They put their beliefs into practice through a programme of practical action, serving communities, supporting those in need and fighting for social justice.
Student Christian Movement
Student Christian Movement is a student-led movement inspired by Jesus to act for justice and show God’s love in the world. As a community, they come together to pray, worship and explore faith in an open and non-judgmental environment. SCM has four core values: seeking justice, deepening faith, Christian unity and celebrating diversity. The British SCM is part of the World Student Christian Federation which brings together more than two million Christian students around the world.
Tearfund
Tearfund has a big vision which they've been bringing into being since 1968. They know there's God-given-potential in poor communities. They work with local churches to unlock this potential. With your help, they've seen millions escape extreme poverty - permanently.
Westminster Justice and Peace
Westminster Justice and Peace has long worked promote the importance of being responsible ‘stewards of creation’ or protectors of the environment. They see global issues such as refugees, war, peace and climate as fundamentally linked: the Vatican statement, ‘If you want peace, protect creation’ resonates with us.