About Us
UK Youth for Nature is founded on empowerment, ambition, collaboration, creativity and inclusivity.
UK Youth for Nature are a group of 16-35 year olds from across the UK, working together to campaign for change for nature. We are run by youth, for youth and you don't have to have any background in nature, conservation, campaigning or politics to get involved. No matter what skills you have, there is a place for you in our movement.​
Our objectives are:
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Create greater political impetus to halt and reverse the loss of nature and wildlife in the UK.
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Increase the visibility and participation of young people in decision-making about the natural world.
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Increase young people’s awareness and understanding of the loss of nature using UKY4N’s communications channels.
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Increase equitable access to the natural world, especially in those places where there is least green space and where access to that green space is fundamentally unequal.
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Provide learning and development opportunitiesfor our Organising Team and wider network on key skills to encourage and equip the next generation of environmental decision-makers.
Nature is for everyone.
We are fighting to give nature a future, for every generation.
Our Vision
Through young people’s actions, platforming and uniting youth voices, and training the next generation of environmental leaders, our ultimate vision is to increase the visibility of nature in all decision-making, raise political awareness about the loss of nature and wildlife in the four countries of the UK, and secure a more nature-filled future. We aim to do this through building public, evidence-led, and creative projects that call for urgent action to address the loss of nature and wildlife – from all parts of society, but particularly from politicians at all levels.
Our commitment to diversity
UK Youth for Nature is committed to ensuring the full scope of diversity and lived experience is represented in our movement. Environmental issues including the loss of nature and inequality of access to it, disproportionately affect certain communities. As a youth movement committed to increasing equality of opportunity and representation in our movement and the wider environmental field, we will continue to actively support and provide opportunities to our members. Read our full statement here.
Our mission is to mobilise and empower young people to seek and call for decisive action on nature and wildlife in the UK. Protecting and restoring biodiversity and ecosystems in the UK is vital for multitudinous reasons, least of all for addressing climate change, for our physical and mental health, and for the long-term resilience of our societies.
Our Mission
Meet the organising team:
We are a team of 16-35 year old's across the UK, with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences and ideas. Our organising team, which meets online every Tuesday evening between 6 and 7pm, is made up of volunteers as well as our core team - our two co-directors, head of comms and head of campaigns.
Not everyone attends our campaigns meetings, we have specialist task forces for our webinars, podcast, IG Lives, policy, Tiktok and more, so there really is a role somewhere at UKY4N for everyone.
Our Board of Trustees
We're looking for new board members! Interested? Drop us at line at ukyouthfornature@gmail.com
Want to find out what is involved in being a trustee? Take a look at our trustee pack below:
Our UKY4N Board is made up of some brilliant professionals within the Environmental NGO sector who help us with governance, strategy and shaping our campaigning to be as effective and targeted as possible.
We are kindly funded by:
