Celebrate the Whitley Awards 30th Anniversary
Whitley Fund For Nature
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06-Mar-2024
Take a look back at the highlights of the 2023 Whitley Awards ceremony, which also marked 30 years of the Whitley Fund for Nature.
The ceremony saw a keynote speech from this year’s Gold Award winner Shivani Bhalla; the screening of a special interview between WFN Founder Edward Whitley and esteemed WFN Ambassador Sir David Attenborough; and a stirring address from WFN Patron HRH The Princess Royal.
The evening’s proceedings at the Royal Geographical Society were compèred by WFN Ambassadors Tom Heap and Kate Humble in front of an audience of 500 attendees including donors, supporters and country Ambassadors.
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