GREENING THE CHILDREN

This tiny charity helps raise environmental awareness among children and young people. In 2007-08 it ran 265 school talks for 10,756 children and saw 203 projects entered into its Green School Awards competition. It turned a corner this year financially, dealing with the aftermath of last year's funding crisis and doubling its staff (to four). The annual report bubbles with ideas, but none of them seem to be funded yet.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING What is this?	68 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.
SIZE OF CHARITY... What is this?	Small
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HIGHEST SALARY What is this?	Under £60k
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ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY What is this?	Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

But don't just take our word for it...

• Young People's Trust for the Environment and Nature Conservation's website
• The Big Give project information
• GuideStar financial overview
• Charity Commission entry and link to Young People's Trust for the Environment and Nature Conservation's annual report

Over two million pages were downloaded from our website in 2007-8 by almost a million users. Talks figures reported were for 1 September 07 – 31 March 08 and not for a full year.

For 2008 as a whole, the two Education Officers delivered almost 500 talks to audiences of around 20,000 young people. Talks will grow in 2009-10, as we have an additional Education Officer joining us from April 09.