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Earthwatch Europe Report and Financial Statements 2025

Earthwatch Europe's Report and Financial Statements 2025 describes a year of partnership for the science-led environmental charity. Its Nature in Cities work delivered community-scale nature recovery projects in 62 locations across the UK, with 27,600 trees planted, 46 Tiny Forests and 12 Green Earth Schools created, and 178 engagement events run. Earthwatch ran monitoring events at 44 Tiny Forests, training 2,271 citizen scientists, and found infiltration rates inside Tiny Forests are on average 28% faster than the surrounding area. Soil Blitzes across Europe engaged more than 1,500 members of the public, and the charity launched the Omani Field Research Programme.

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Earthwatch Europe is an independent environmental research organisation and charity that connects people with nature through citizen science, working in towns and cities, farmed land and freshwater to help communities protect the natural world.

Key Metrics

27,600 trees planted through Nature in Cities projects
2,271 citizen scientists trained at 44 Tiny Forest monitoring events
28% faster average water infiltration inside Tiny Forests than the surrounding area

Key Outcomes

  • 92% of students in the Admiral-supported Green Earth Schools reported a better understanding of how to protect urban nature
  • 100% of teachers said their skills and confidence in environmental education have grown
  • Tiny Forests are storing about 35,000 kg of above-ground carbon, equal to 128 metric tonnes of CO2

Geography

UK-Wide

Impact Snapshot
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5,999 active volunteers contributed 776,242 hours in 2025/26
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137 winter maintenance projects across 45 canals; 109 lock gates replaced
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101,640 children participated in Explorers/STEM outdoor learning, including 67,896 water-safety participants
Over 80% of the network kept fully open despite drought.
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The Eco-Schools programme reached over 1.4 million pupils, with 2,162 schools awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag in 2024/25
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326,000 volunteers pledged to the Great British Spring Clean, picking up 425,626 bags of rubbish, supported by 288 local authorities and parish councils
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2,227 Green Flag Awards given to parks and green spaces in the UK; 151 beaches given a Blue Flag and/or Seaside Award
98.3% of educators felt the Eco-Schools programme significantly supports young people's development of 'green skills'
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First known breeding success of spoonbills in the Norfolk Broads in around 400 years, recorded at Hickling Broads and Marshes
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Over 60 nature reserves managed across Norfolk, with land owned or managed for wildlife exceeding 5,000 hectares
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1,500 volunteers helped protect wildlife across the county during the year
New urban nature reserve co-designed with the local community, expanding accessible green space in Norfolk
Impact Snapshot
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61,819 native oysters deployed across UK restoration projects in 2024/25
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15,064 people participated in the Beachwatch beach clean programme, submitting 1,256 litter surveys — the highest in the programme's 31-year history
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17,613 young people engaged through in-person or online youth programme sessions
£11.5 billion Ofwat investment package secured for storm overflow cuts in England and Wales following sustained MCS advocacy