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EFN Retreat – 15/16 January 2009

AIMTo provide a serious and enjoyable opportunity for

environmental grant makers

1) to get to know each other better

2) learn about our different approaches within a wider context

3) begin to explore what we can and might do together....”

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AGENDA – Day One

Getting to know each other

Lunch.........................sit down.......

2-3pm Wide angle Review of Environmental Landscape - Jon

3-5.30pm View from different allotments

Danyal Sattar - Esmee Fairbairn John Broad - Network for Social Change

Peter Storey - Community Foundation – Tyne and WearDenise Lee – Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation

Sarah Ridley – Tubney TrustTim Glass – John Ellerman Foundation

5.30 – 7pm – space

7 for 7.30 - Dinner and Nicholas Crane

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QUESTIONS?

What different approaches do we take to environmental grant making and why?

What issues do we struggle with?

What do we get from EFN –want from EFN in the future....? - how contribute to its further development??

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AGENDA – Day Two Challenges and opportunities in 2009

Breakfast.......

9 –10.15 Tony Juniper – main issues and opportunities for funders

10.45-11.20 Stephen Hale – political context in the UK

11.20- 11.55 Chris Rose – understanding, engagement ..behaviour change

1200 – 1300 Open Discussion and conclusion.....

1300 – 1400 Final Lunch for all........no grand prix escape please!

Feedback – e – end of Jan

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EFN Retreat – 15/16 January 2009

AIMTo provide a serious and enjoyable opportunity for

environmental grant makers

1) to get to know each other better

2) learn about our different approaches within a wider context

3) begin to explore what we can and might do together....”

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EFN Retreat – 15/16 January 2009

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The Moving Parts

PEOPLE

Categories

1. Medical/Disability

2. Social Welfare

3. Arts

4. Conservation

5. Africa

CHARITIES

9 Trustees

5 Staff

Application Process

175 in 2008……average £50k…… spread 2 plus years

£100m

MONEY£5m

JOHN ELLERMAN

FOUNDATION

THE

Conservation Applications 2008

1. Initial Application 2. Full Application 3. Trustee Board 4 Grant Review

Guidelines

First Sifting

Rejection

10 Weeks – 3 months

Invitation

Second Sifting

Visit

Board Papers

Review/Decision Annual Grant Review - visit

45 13 10

22

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JOHN ELLERMAN

FOUNDATION

THE

Guidelines and Themes

Core Funding >Size<

UK “Footprint”

Species and

Habitats

EXCLUSIONS

Big issues

U and S

practical…collaboration…local involvement…volunteers

Sustainable ...living

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JOHN ELLERMAN

FOUNDATION

THE

Guidelines and Themes

Species and

Habitat

Big issues

U and S

Sustainable ...living

Flora and Fauna, Eden Trust, Plantlife, Woodland Trust, Rainforest Foundation, Global Canopy, BTO, Grasslands Trust, Natural History Museum, Buglife, Bats, Water Voles, Beavers......

Friends of the Earth, BBC World Service Trust, Global Canopy, Eden Trust, Scott Polar Institute.......

Ashden Trust, BIHT.......Landlife...Tree Aid......

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JOHN ELLERMAN

FOUNDATION

THE

GRANT PROCESS.......APPROACH too few applications....too few jargon free or plain worded ...gobledegook <–> too little time, too wide a canvas.....bigger and fewer and longer ....sharper focus...on what?

Questions we wrestle with....

CONFLICT - OUR LACK OF UNDERSTANDING/EXPERTISE of ISSUE ....bats and beavers at the tactical level .....nuclear versus wind at the strategic....science of carbon emissions bewildering.....bright 10 year old

FLASH TO BANG... TOO LONG........too many issues require a very long term approach....results take too long...lose the thread.....as does the public at large......attention span and urgency issue...pr media or what??Action not explained simply or intravenous

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