The AWF runs educational awareness programmes and volunteer programmes across the world including Sir Lanka, Vietnam, Tenerife, Transylvania, Ireland, Sierra Leone and Indonesia. They involve raising awareness of conservation issues that's affecting the planet and inspiring tourists to join the growing AWF community of people making a difference. AWF also promotes and works with True Fair, GAP year planner, Activities, Education, Film Festival in London, and Social Enterprise.

Marine Habitat surveys Tenerife

Sri Lanka

Transylvania

Sierra Leone

Vietam

Indonesia

Ireland

The AWF supports (mainly) women through its micro-finance initiatives which pay for capital equipment and materials so facilitating the production of locally made products. Additionally ‘truly fair’ prices are paid for these goods which are then imported into the UK where they can be sold at a premium. Profits generated are repatriated to the communities from which they came to be used in community and conservation initiatives as well as in stimulating yet more entrepreneurial activity.

Another aspect of True Fair is that the seller gets to keep 50% of the income generated. This can, of course, be reinvested by the seller in volunteering or worthy causes or it can simply be used to ‘make a living’, helping an individual become sustainable in an ethical way.

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AWARDS The AWF exists to raise awareness and inspire action. It seeks to identify tomorrow’s (social) entrepreneurs, the individuals who will lead change in our society, and facilitate and support their efforts. We have developed the ‘Agent of Change’ Entrepreneurship Awards to encourage and support the development of entrepreneurial spirit in young people.

TRUE FAIR Raise funds for your school and encourage the spirit of social entrepreneurship in your students. Join other schools in taking Fair Trade stock on a sale or return basis (the AWF carries all stock risk) with the aim of keeping back 50% of sale proceeds for school projects. The other 50% together with unsold stock is returned to the AWF for re-investment in its micro-finance programmes.

EPIC 8 Students are invited to carry on the conservation story line for the EPIC 8 animal adventurers. They are also welcome to produce alternative illustrations and even animation work. Any work that we adopt will be printed and royalties will go to the students involved.

GAP LIFE The AWF’s quarterly magazine written by and for gaplifers.

FUNDRAISING SUPPORT

The AWF has some great fundraising ideas. Check them out and help raise funds for you and for our causes. 

EU PROGRAMMES

The AWF has operated a number of EU programmes over a number of years and works with educational partners across Europe.

VOLUNTEER CREDITS

The AWF believes that through volunteering, giving of oneself to the common good, we can build better people. For this reason students can ‘earn’ volunteer credits so as to secure free volunteering opportunities on AWF programmes in Tenerife, Ireland and Sri Lanka.

TALKS

The AWF delivers, free of charge, talks on volunteering to students. These talks are designed to raise awareness of conservation and humanitarian threats and inspire students to get out and ‘volunteer’. We have a busy schedule of talks across Europe from October to April each year. 

EDUCATIONAL GROUPS

The AWF has extensive experience of running low cost educational groups and has interesting opportunities in Tenerife, Ireland and Romania as well as further afield in Africa and Asia.

CONSERVATION WORKSHOPS

The AWF has a number of workshops on conservation that it can deliver through local students to primary school children based on the EPIC 8 animal adventures. To book a free workshop and secure the visit of members of the EPIC 8 adventurers to your schools.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Through its Autism Adventure programme, the AWF has a wealth of experience in facilitating enriching experiences for students with special needs.

The activity providers on the page-link below are all accredited and approved by the AWF. If you book their programmes through this site the AWF will receive an agreed percentage towards its “Save the Whales” campaign.

These activities range from Scuba Diving to Paragliding, Hiking to Horse-Riding.