A recent report by the Education Policy Institute has found that there has been no improvement to the educational attainment gap between disadvantaged and wealthy students over the past few years. The report finds that students who have been eligible for free school meals at any stage over the past six years are likely to […]
New report finds that big animals help preserve biodiversity and protect against climate change Elephants, rhinos and other large animals can play a key role in the environment by boosting plant diversity and tackling climate change and should be protected, according to a new report. Large animals, such as lions and leopards, help plants to grow, fertilising them and […]
Homelessness in Britain is reaching endemic proportions, with new research by Centrepoint finding that as many as 122,000 young people aged 16-24 presented to their local authority as homeless or at risk of homelessness in the past year. This follows a 40 per cent increase in youth homelessness over the previous five years, with this trend only expected to […]
The Nick Maughan Foundation is proud to support Spotlight on Africa to improve access to education and healthcare in Uganda. Nowhere in the world have children waited longer to return to school than in Uganda, where schools remained closed for 83 consecutive weeks as a precaution against Covid-19. However, there is now hope on the horizon, with Uganda’s pupils returning to the classroom last week. Uganda’s leaders maintain this policy of school closure was the safest choice during the pandemic, insofar […]
Receiving the 2021 Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award from the Duke of Cambridge at the Tusk Conservation Awards last night was an honour I hardly thought was imaginable. I felt incredibly proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with fellow conservationists and be recognised internationally for the work we do, which so often goes unnoticed. With generous […]
The Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award gives international recognition to the dedication and commitment of an individual who works in the field to protect Africa’s wildlife. The Nick Maughan Foundation is proud to sponsor the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award, which gives international recognition to the dedication and commitment of an individual who works in the field […]
Before the COP26 climate summit kicked off in Glasgow this week, a worrying number of leaders' statements and media releases seemed to contain a glaring omission - biodiversity loss. So the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use, announced within 48 hours of the conference getting underway, came as both a welcome surprise and […]
Meet Suleiman Sadu, winner of this year's Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award, who risks his life to protect elephants in Nigeria’s national parks. Rangers are employed to protect communities and wildlife, but all too often they are treated as foes rather than friends. In the forests of north-east Nigeria, an area roamed by wild animals and […]
Nick Maughan is the founder of Maughan Capital, an impact investment vehicle Sir Edward Milbank is the Director and Co-Founder of Climate Solutions Exchange Carbon markets have been an important topic of COP26, with participants returning to completing the rules for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which provides for international cooperation through carbon markets. […]