Fund for Good
As part of our commitment to being a force for good in the travel industry, in 2023 we set up the TravelLocal Fund For Good.
Each year, we distribute a proportion of our revenue to charities that are doing crucial work to alleviate challenges like environmental degradation and access to clean drinking water. The proportion that we donate will remain over time, so as we grow, the donation amount will also increase.
We considered more than 6,000 charities worldwide in an effort to find those that would engage our customers, our local experts, and the TravelLocal team. In 2025, the selected charities cover two main "pillars": Environment, and Business As A Force For Good (including non-tourism-related charities). Find out more about them below.
Just a Drop was founded by Fiona Jeffery in 1998 after she learned that a child died every 17 seconds (it's now every two minutes) because of dirty water – and that just £1 could provide a child with clean water for 10 years.
In their own words: "We believe everyone, everywhere, should have access to clean water as a basic right. We want to see a world where everyone has clean water and adequate sanitation, and the increased health and prosperity this brings."
Just a Drop supports marginalized people across the world through community-led development, rather than aid; with a focus on sustainability and quality, ensuring each Just a Drop project has a transformative impact for decades to come.
Read our interview with Just a DropBusiness As A Force For Good: Tree Aid
Tree Aid was established as a charity in 1987 by foresters, in response to famine in Ethiopia. The charity wanted to provide a long-term solution to environmental degradation once emergency relief efforts ended. Trees offer exactly that – hence, Tree Aid was born.
Tree Aid has since restored 171,164 hectares of degraded land, supported 38,650 people to develop enterprise groups selling seeds, fruits and nuts from trees for sustainable income, and grown 30,165,417 trees across the Sahel region.
In their own words: "Our projects make an impact right now, and are helping protect everyone's future. They provide food and income for communities, tackling poverty today. They also offer long-term change, improving the environment and soil fertility, and tackling the effects of the climate crisis, for tomorrow."
Read our interview with Tree AidWe hope you're inspired by our choice of charities to support. We would love to hear from you with your own suggestions for future charities we can support. Please do email us at: sustainability@travellocal.com.
