Our action & impact

Championing environmental engagement

Helping people learn about our coasts and waterways, take part in conservation and develop skills to care for their future.

Caring for the places we share

Our environmental work helps people understand, explore and care for the natural world.
Through education, marine science and conservation, we connect young people, families and communities with the places around them. We use sailing, watersports and outdoor activities as a starting point for environmental learning, giving people practical ways to get involved.

Our ambition is to make environmental engagement part of the ASF experience, opening up opportunities to learn, engage in STEM learning, contribute to citizen science and develop new skills that can progress to marine and maritime careers.

Our environmental programmes & partnerships

Learning outdoors

Our Sustainability Programme explores climate change, pollution and biodiversity through six practical sessions that connect learning with the natural world.

Marine science

Working with Project Seagrass and Sailors for the Sea, powered by Oceana, we introduce young people to seagrass monitoring, water quality surveys and ocean science.

Purpose-led partnerships

We work with Artemis SailGP Team and other sporting partners to bring together environmental education, marine science and conservation.

Learning with communities

From family activities through Wild Blue to workshops with schools and youth groups, we help people explore marine wildlife and take action locally.

Citizen science & conservation

Our workshops give young people opportunities to investigate habitats, collect data and understand how scientific research can help protect marine life.

Skills, volunteering & careers

We want to help people turn an interest in the environment into opportunities for further learning, volunteering and careers connected to our coasts and waterways.

Supporting marine protection campaigns

We use our design, data and communications expertise to help environmental organisations make their evidence count.

For Oceana’s Trawled and Mauled campaign, we visualised geographic data showing apparent trawling activity within UK Marine Protected Areas during 2025, alongside a research report and policy materials.

What we’re working towards

Our targets focus on expanding environmental learning, increasing participation in citizen science and conservation, and creating pathways into volunteering and further learning.

We will use participant feedback, programme data and partner evidence to measure progress and improve our work.

Target 1: More people learning about the environment

Increase the number of people taking part in environmental education through ASF programmes and partnerships.

Target 2: Greater involvement in citizen science and conservation

Expand opportunities for participants to contribute to habitat monitoring, research and practical conservation.

Target 3: More routes into volunteering and further learning

Develop opportunities for participants to build skills and progress into environmental activities, training and careers.

Target 4: Stronger environmental partnerships

Grow collaborations with conservation organisations, researchers, schools and sporting partners to extend our reach.

Work with us in environmental engagement

We work with schools, community and conservation organisations, researchers, businesses, funders and sporting partners to create opportunities for environmental learning and action. Have expertise to share, a project we could support or an opportunity to collaborate? We’d love to hear from you.

Our environmental engagement partners

Our work in environmental engagement

Enabling active participation

Creating sustainable patterns of activity by increasing physical participation, active wellbeing and regular engagement through schools, groups and community partners.

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Developing skills 
& personal 
pathways

Expanding skills development, training routes and recognised qualifications, from SEND and alternative provision to instructor training, performance pathways and maritime careers.

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Building connected communities

Ensuring access for all by deepening inclusion, bringing groups together and strengthening community identity through safe, shared experiences on the water.

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