PAN UK is part of PAN International, a global network of 600 organisations, institutions and individuals that includes PAN International and PAN Europe. In September 2022, John Ellerman Foundation provided a grant of £90,000 over three years towards the core costs of PAN UK's programme of work in the UK.
PAN UK is part of PAN International, which works to tackle the use of hazardous pesticides and replace them with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives.
PAN UK's programme of work in the UK is focused on addressing the use of hazardous pesticides and promoting ecologically sound and socially just alternatives. PAN UK’s approach is rooted in scientific expertise, which underpins the organisation’s advocacy efforts in pursuit of its mission to ‘end the harms to human health and the environment from pesticides’. To achieve this mission, PAN UK works across the environmental movement, as well as across other sectors and movements, including worker and consumer rights, health and farming.
PAN UK is the only UK charity focussed solely on tackling the problems caused by pesticides – a crucial and often overlooked issue that does not receive a great deal of funding from institutional grantmakers and donors. We committed to this grant under our Environment category because PAN UK can demonstrate solid evidence and relationship based campaigning approaches. It is a focussed organisation that is delivering positive impact and works in a nimble and responsive way – vital as this is a fast-changing policy and legislative space.
On their experience of applying to us, Josie Cohen, Head of Policy and Campaigns at PAN UK said: “John Ellerman Foundation’s focus on changing the systems which drive environmental harms through collaborative advocacy fits perfectly with PAN UK’s approach. While many donors see pesticides as a niche issue, the Foundation recognised the core role they play in exacerbating many of today’s most pressing problems and the need to support policy and campaigning work in this area. Foundation staff and Trustees were very supportive throughout the application process and beyond, and took more of an interest in the details of our work than most other grantmakers. As a relatively small organisation, we are incredibly proud to now be able to call ourselves one of their grant-holders!"