Environmental Law Foundation

About us

The Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 1045918 and company no. 02485383. Our current President is HRH The Prince of Wales. The charity was founded in 1992 and recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary.

We help the voice of ordinary people and communities to be heard on matters affecting the environment in which they live. View our current cases here.

It’s about participation and access to justice. It’s about your views and feelings – not ours or any ‘green elite’ – on the quality of the air you breathe, on the open spaces, wildlife, land use and waterways near your home. It’s about promoting the collective, good decision-making which is at the very heart of civilised, democratic and stable societies.

We do this by providing free information and guidance in-house on environmental issues for individuals and communities,  also through our university based law clinics, and via our network of specialist environmental lawyers and technical experts.

We exist primarily to help socially and economically disadvantaged communities which want to address their concerns, but lack the resources or information to do so.