Sponsor a Dive Guide

Your support can help Reef-World provide deserving dive guides with their Green Fins environmental certification!

The Green Fins Dive Guide e-Course trains dive guides to the best environmental standards, helping them to preserve coral reefs and related ecosystems by reducing the negative impacts of scuba diving above and below the water. Since its launch, the course has been a huge success with dive professionals around the world signing up to learn how to reduce diving-related damage to coral reefs. Yet, some dive guides – particularly those from developing countries – are unable to afford the $25 USD personalised certificate which showcases their successful completion of the course and helps attract eco-minded customers. Having a certificate can support dive guides and their families by increasing employability and may even result in more tips!

To identify and support those in need, The Reef-World Foundation has launched the Andrea Leeman Green Fins Dive Guide Scholarship Fund, which aims to raise £2,000 to enable 100 dive guides to become scholars each year. More about the eligibility of dive guides, application and response process can be found here.

Since the launch of the Green Fins Dive Guide e-Course earlier this year, hundreds of dive professionals around the world have taken the course and learned how to minimise the negative environmental impacts associated with diving. But now we need your help. Our goal at Reef-World, and the purpose of the Green Fins initiative, is to empower and educate ALL dive professionals – no matter what their background or financial status – to protect coral reefs. This scholarship fund will allow 100 dive guides (or hopefully more if we exceed our target!) to benefit from a Green Fins Dive Guide e-Course certificate which proves their status as an environmentally aware dive professional. Please give generously and help support a dive guide in their sustainability journey today.
Chloe Harvey
Director at The Reef-World Foundation

As well as knowing you’ve helped a deserving dive guide receive their Green Fins environmental certification, donors will benefit from: 

  • Between £20 and £79 – Your name (or that of your business) included as a thank you in Reef-World’s next Annual Report
  • Between £700 and £1,399 – Promotion on Green Fins and Reef-World’s social media (two mentions across Reef-World/Green Fins’ channels) and your name, logo and company website included in Reef-World’s next Annual Report
  • Between £80 and £229 – Promotion on Green Fins social media (once on the social media channel of your choice: Facebook, Twitter or Instagram) and a thank you in Reef-World’s next Annual Report
  • Above £1,400 – 1) Promotion on Green Fins and Reef-World’s social media (two mentions across Reef-World/Green Fins’ channels); 2) Your name, logo, company website and 100 words about your business included in Reef-World’s next Annual Report; 3) Your company logo included on the Reef-World and Green Fins websites for one year; 4) Opportunity to provide a guest blog post for the Reef-World or Green Fins website.
  • Between £300 and £699 – Promotion on Green Fins and Reef-World’s social media (two mentions in total across Reef-World/Green Fins’ channels) and a thank you in Reef-World’s next Annual Report
Please note:

Reef-World reserves the right to refuse donations where funds have come from activities or operations considered detrimental to people or the environment or that are not in line with Reef-World’s values.

Reef-World reserves the right to use excess funds for the Green Fins initiative.

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