Everyone’s Environment
Communities shaping decisions about the climate, nature, and our futures. This collaborative project is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Everyone’s Environment is an alliance of more than 80 social purpose and environmental organisations championing community voices and life experiences. Together with communities experiencing inequalities, we are changing who is included in decisions about the climate, nature, and our futures.
Race Equality Foundation leads the alliance’s work on empowering Black, Asian, and minoritised ethnic communities to make sure they share the benefit of a greener future without carrying all the costs.
We’re proud to be working with NPC, who enables the programme, in partnership with Disability Rights UK, Turn2Us, and our delivery partners Media Trust and Hope for the Future.
Everyone's Environment: Voices 2026 - Recruitment now open
Voices is a paid programme in England and Scotland for people from Black, Asian, and minoritised ethnic backgrounds who have lived experience of inequality and are already active members in their community. This can look like volunteering, campaigning, organising, or just a trusted voice.
The programme is designed for people who want to speak from their real life experiences about structural inequalities. We will support you to understand how climate plays a role in those structural inequalities.
The programme runs from October 2026 to July 2027 and provides online training, mentoring, and peer support to build skills in storytelling, speaking to media, and influencing decision-makers. It also creates opportunities to share their experiences in public spaces and work with media professionals to support more inclusive conversations about climate in the media and decision making.
Voices
Everyone’s Environment supports communities to shape decisions about climate and nature through our national, local, individual (Voices program), and leaders work.
Everyone’s Environment: Voices aims to amplify the voices of communities most affected by climate change and nature loss, helping them shape the narrative by telling their own stories. It provides practical training in storytelling, media engagement, and policy advocacy. By joining, participants become part of a growing network of champions working together to get community voices heard and shape the public conversation.
Recruitment is now open – click here to apply before 16 August.
Local
Everyone’s Environment: Local is a programme designed to equip local organisations to take action on environmental issues affecting their communities. The programme fosters collaboration, supports joint action, and offers training, funding, and tailored support to help people with lived experience influence environmental policy.
The programme is currently supporting community organisations in Greater Manchester.
Funding
Thanks to National Lottery players, Everyone’s Environment: Local & Voices has received funding until March 2028 from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest community funder in the UK.
The National Lottery Community Fund supports communities across the UK to take action on climate change and involve more people in climate action. This forms part of one of the funder’s four key missions in its 2030 strategy, ‘It starts with community’ – supporting communities to be environmentally sustainable.
In case of any enquiries, please contact the Project Lead, Lee Lockhart.
Further Reading
Climate Justice, Financial Security, and Racial Equality: Why a Just Transition Must Work for Everyone
Kenya Lamb, Turn2us; Lee Lockhart, Race Equality Foundation Caring about the climate often feels like a luxury. When you are [...]
Disability, race, and the climate crisis
Lee Lockhart, Race Equality Foundation; Polly Maton, Disability Rights UK It is popular to describe the climate and nature crisis [...]
The violence of climate inaction: why racial equity must be central
Within days of the new year, Oxfam research revealed that the world’s wealthiest 1 per cent had already exhausted their [...]
