Earth Raise 2026
There is a chance to do something really BIG for the environment, nature & wildlife this April. This opportunity launches on Earth Day 2026, and the theme this year is “Our Power, Our Planet”. And it’s called Earth Raise.
Earth Raise is an online match funding campaign. (It was the Green Match Fund, but it’s been rebranded.) It's dedicated to helping charities who are tackling environmental issues. It’s run in partnership with Environmental Funders Network (or, EFN).
In 2026, with its rebranding, Earth Raise is hoping raise awareness and millions of pounds for environmental organisations across these five themes:
Water
Nature
Climate
Wildlife
People
If you haven’t heard of it, EFN is a UK-based network of foundations, family offices and individual owners supporting environmental causes. A big thank you to them, as EFN works to amplify financial support for environmental initiatives and enhance their impact. And according to Earth Raise’s Press release on 8th April, “an incredible £1m committed by Postcode Green Trust (supported by Postcode Lottery players) and other funders brings total match funds available to over £5m”.
The opportunity to donate to an environmental charity and double your impact is running from the 22 April 2026 at midday, noon, to 29th April 2026 at midday, noon. These are UK times, by the way.
In 2025, the results were incredible:
307 environmental charities took part
£8.1 million was raised
36,023 donations were made.
You can read the Green Match Fund 2025 Impact Report here.
I think it’s a really exciting week. There’s a list of the charities taking part here - over 330 of them!. How on earth do you choose who to donate to? If ever there was a time when I wish I was a millionaire, this is it!
Many of us have our favourite animals and environmental causes; you can donate to more than one. Some charities hit their target pretty quickly; if you’re on email mailing lists from any of the charities on the list, you’ll probably get info about their participation coming through. Some will find it harder to hit their target, for whatever reason.
You can do a search for those charities who have raised the most, those who have raised the least, the ones who are closest to their target, and those who have most funds remaining.
You’ll probably recognises many of these charities. Fauna and Flora (tigers, this year), the Born Free Foundation (Kenya’s lions), the Marine Conservation Society (tackling the ocean chemical crisis), the Sumatran Orangutan Society (orangutans), the Beaver Trust (beavers). Some are raising funds to secure habitats, such as the Wildlife Trusts (the Rothbury Appeal, which is HUGE). The Wildlife Trusts have quite a few appeals from individual Wildlife Trusts. Many participating charities are UK based but some of these have an international reach (e.g. World Land Trust for pangolins), Rhino Ark UK (rhinos), and Chester Zoo (Andean bears).
Ways to get involved in Earth Raise
Donate, of course!
Spread the word – why not share your favourite charities’ pages on social media?
Find out about the charities listed (not necessarily all of them, there are over 300!) – what help do they need? Is there anything you can do to help them?
Find out about the issues these charities are working to tackle
The sharing bit is particularly important this year, as Earth Raise are moving to a “pass the mike" strategy, aiming to empower us all to discover, share and act for the planet. So let’s “share, baby, share” and get the world excited!
Anyway, it all kicks off at midday (UK time), on 22nd April 2026, - which also happens to be World Earth Day - and you’ve got a week until midday on the 29th April 2026 to donate.
GOOD LUCK to all the charities taking part, to Earth Raise, the Big Give and EFN. And thank you for all you do. And thank you, reader, for taking part, for reading this, and for sharing.
Let’s power up our efforts for the planet with Earth Raise 2026 and raise some serious funds, awareness, a move to actual ACTION and love for our planet.
The image at the top of the page is by Amee Fairbank-Brown at Unsplash.
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