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ABOUT US
Find out more about Dynamic Earth’s charitable purpose, and how you can support our work.
As the UK’s only science centre dedicated to Earth and environmental sciences, Dynamic Earth’s mission is to empower everyone with understanding and empathy for the Earth. Learn more about our charitable mission, and how your visit with us helps to make a difference to our planet:
THERE ARE FOUR MAIN STRANDS TO OUR WORK:
OUR FAMILY AND PUBLIC PROGRAMME
We bring Earth and environmental science to life for 250,000 people each year, through visits to our Science Centre and Planetarium in Edinburgh.
OUR SCHOOLS PROGRAMME
This programme provides heavily subsidised science learning to 30,000 pupils in person each year, and a further 15,000 online.
OUR COMMUNITIES PROGRAMME
We work with community partners to provide free, inclusive community-led science and learning engagement to 3,000 people per year.
OUR NATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMME
This programme takes science learning and engagement to 10,000 people per year in remote regions across Scotland.
MAKE A DONATION
BY DONATING TO DYNAMIC EARTH YOU ARE HELPING US TO DELIVER IMMERSIVE, ACCESSIBLE SCIENCE ACTIVITIES RIGHT HERE IN EDINBURGH AND ACROSS SCOTLAND.
However much you can give, your support means the world to us and helps us to deliver year-round activities that ignite a passion for science and build towards a positive future for us and our planet.
You can support us with a one-off or regular donation. Regular gifts make a vital contribution to helping us plan for the future!
THE DIFFERENCE YOU’LL MAKE
By making a donation, you will make a vital contribution to things such as:
“I have been several times with my own children and now having visited it with my school it just highlights to me even more what an amazing resource we have on our doorsteps. I learn something new every time I visit.” – Feedback from a Teacher
A larger donation could support activity such as:
If you have any questions, or if you would like to discuss making a larger donation, please get in touch with our Fundraising Manager, Emily Gifford, on emily.gifford@dynamicearth.org.uk
“This programme is essential as it is so important that children have an interest and knowledge of science, especially in today’s world. These sessions were so interactive, practical and engaging that it was extremely inclusive for all.” – Feedback from a Teacher
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS FUNDERS AND SUPPORTERS WHO MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE:
The AEB Charitable Trust
The Behrens Foundation
Binks Trust
The JTH Charitable Trust
Dr Kim Crosbie
Elly, Eoin, Douglas, and Ailsa Devane
Professor Sir Pete Downes and Dr Elizabeth Downes
Professor Stuart Monro OBE
Andrew A. McMillan
John and Suzanne McNeill
Ian Ritchie CBE
David and Britta Sugden
Malcolm and Ann Thoms
And thank you to all Dynamic Earth donors who prefer to remain anonymous.
