What We Do

The Asian Elephant Programme

1 - Fundraising: We lead campaigns to raise funds for our partner, the Save Elephant Foundation (SEF) - a registered Thai non-profit - to support their work protecting, rescuing and rehabilitating Asian elephants. 100% of public donations made to the Asian Elephant Programme are legally restricted to Asian elephant initiatives. All Trust overheads and our Endowment grants are funded entirely by our own private investments.

See our current and past campaigns and projects

2 - Advocacy, Education & Storytelling: Demonstrate both the vulnerable position of Asian elephants in captivity and the wild, and the decisions we can take that have a more positive impact on their wellbeing. We believe that who we choose to give our money to is a powerful form of everyday activism.

  • Highlight the abuse and exploitation many captive Asian elephants endure, and help tourists make good decisions about engaging with elephants and their communities in ethical and sustainable ways

  • Educating consumers on decisions contributing to habitat destruction, the biggest challenge for Asian elephant conservation - read more about Asian elephant conservation.

Want us to come speak at your school or organisation, or support your next event or publication? We love sharing elephant stories, the Act Big LIve Small journey and lessons we learnt through adventure and volunteering that continue to reverberate positively through our lives. Read about our volunteer experience at SEF’s Elephant Nature Park here, or contact us here.

Learn more about the Asian Elephant Programme

Grantee Veronica White presenting at the Royal Geographical Society, London

Act Big Live Small Endowment

The Endowment is the core of our Trust; it’s an internal investment fund that covers the Trust's operating costs and directly seeds grassroots social and environmental innovators through catalyst grants and non-monetary (‘in kind’) support. The Endowment is funded entirely through our own personal capital and investments.

Funds raised from the public via the Asian Elephant Programme are not used to fund Trust operations or our Endowmant grants

Learn more about the Endowment, our grantees and their fabulous work

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