Donations to Support
Climate Coaching Alliance
Funding The Road Ahead
Background
The Climate Coaching Alliance (CCA) was founded in 2019 by Eve Turner, Josie McLean and Alison Whybrow (who, sadly, is no longer with us). It was formed as (and still is) a “movement” without legal or financial status, free to all, and operating on the principles of “living systems”. Initially our activity focused on “annual festivals of events”, in service to the mission of building the confidence and capability of coaches in accelerating climate action.
The CCA founders published a book – “Ecological and Climate Conscious Coaching” – and were influential in publishing the joint statement of professional bodies (the Joint Global Statement Group – JGSG), explicitly stating “the significant role (coaching) plays in fostering new ways of being in service to a healthy human society and healthy planet”.
In 2023, leadership of the CCA transitioned to a new Global Coordination Pod of 8 people who have overseen the significant expansion in both our reach and in the way we interact with our members.
CCA membership stands at nearly 4,000 drawn from over 70 countries across the globe – check out the CCA World Map. We support over 35 thriving community focused pods – from geographical and language-based units to special interest groups. And an evolving global program of events under the banner “Seasonal Heartbeats” now operates throughout the year.
All this activity is organised and delivered by volunteers, pro-bono, and to date any costs have been met internally. However, these continue to grow as we expand the contributions the CCA is making. As such, a more sustainable funding model is required.
For now, our primary costs relate to maintaining active communication channels (eg Mailchimp databases and regular newsletters), a Zoom platform for large events, Vimeo for hosting a quickly expanding video resource library, and website hosting and development. Currently we’re spending around GBP2,500 annually.
An Invitation to Donate
We’ve formed a “fiscal hosting” arrangement with The Social Change Nest. This allows us to receive donations via their platform and, for transparency, to publish details of the costs these donations are covering.
Are you able to support the work of the CCA?
All contributions, no matter how modest, will be gratefully accepted.
As and when funding allows, we’ll review ways we can invest in other aspects of the CCA as we continue to scale our impact.
[Note: Payments can be made in any currency. Tax deductions can be made for payments in the UK only. This platform provides public transparency of all our income and expenditure.]