Fixing Our Broken Planet (FOBP) puts the Natural History Museum at the heart of the
conversation on the planetary emergency and creating advocates for the planet. FOBP uses
collections, science and scientists to create compelling stories about how human actions have
affected the natural world and where solutions might be found. The exhibition and wider
programme explores four key themes – The Food We Eat, The Materials We Use, The Energy We
Use and Our Health – to show why and how our relationship with the natural world needs to
change.

• FOBP uses science and engagement to foster dialogue, inform policy, and influence
change: individually and collectively, nationally and globally – through dialogue and
partnerships, helping to build a truly global movement of advocates
• The programme takes human impacts and solutions as its starting point and brings
different voices together to explore the changing planet through the lens of human
stories and societal challenges, including scientists, consumers, policy makers and
activists
• FOBP targets a youth audience (13-35 years) but with relevance to all, aiming to connect
broader audiences with relevant environmental challenges where they are to inspire
positive action
• Generation Hope is a programme which sits under the Fixing Our Broken Planet
umbrella. It is an annual programme of workshops, panels and events, around March
each year, that delves into the challenges and solutions for people and planet, created
in partnership with young people, for young people.

In 2023, we ran a sector-wide survey to shape the design of a UK-wide FOBP programme. Over
70 museums around the UK responded, and the results highlighted that while many had not
previously produced content on human impacts on the planet, all were eager to do so. The
survey identified key barriers, including funding, staff capacity, and knowledge of best practices.
Out of this, we launched the FOBP Community of Practice (CoP), a UK-wide professional
network sharing best practice on the planetary emergency to establish a community centered
around this shared mission. Now, as the CoP has reached over 200 organisations across the UK,
we’re launching an Interconnected package of tiered funding and support packages, which was
shaped by the survey and a consultation with our steering group made up of museum networks
around the UK. We have tried to make the process accessible and flexible, to suit the needs of
the huge diversity of organisations in the sector and the Community of Practice.
Introducing FOBP Interconnected: Mini-grants, Support Packages and Collaborations
Fixing Our Broken Planet (FOBP): Interconnected is a programme connecting people and planet
through exhibitions, displays and events. By combining contemporary environmental science
and thoughtful curation through collaborations rooted in place, FOBP Interconnected will create
advocates for the planet through a series of collaborative activity in different parts of the UK.
This programme is facilitated by the FOBP Community of Practice at the Natural History
Museum in London, a network for museum professionals to share best practice in
communicating the planetary emergency.

Key dates
24th July: Applications open
23rd September: Applications close at 9am BST
1st October: Decisions communicated
March 2025-May 2027: Delivery of projects
NB: You don’t have to have previous experience of creating exhibitions and programming on the
planetary emergency. We will encourage and support organisations to do this through a
guidance pack and tailored support package.

Three opportunities
1. Generation Hope National:
Generation Hope is an annual programme that delves into the challenges and solutions for
people and planet. The free annual programme is hosted at the Natural History Museum in
South Kensington, and is made up of inspiring workshops, panels and talks created in
partnership with young people, for young people. Through this opportunity, we are extending
Generation Hope across the UK to create more advocates for the planet through your own
localised programming and events.

• Grants: Up to £2,500 for 2-3 organisations, on an annual rolling basis – for events and
programming on the planetary emergency aimed at a youth audience which will
coincide with Generation Hope events at NHM South Kensington each Spring (usually
March)
• Funding duration: Projects for three years until March 2027. applications for projects
taking place in March 2025 will close 16th September. Applicants may also apply for
future years (March 2026 or March 2027). Applications open annually for subsequent
rounds.
• Support: Guidance pack, 4 x meetings with NHM for ideation and practical support and
1 x follow-up evaluation meeting
• The option of hosting live satellite events, broadcast from NHM in South Kensington
2. Interconnected – Light:
An opportunity to host FOBP exhibition displays alongside your own collection items and
storytelling, as well as the option to run associated localised programming and events as part of
Generation Hope.
• Grants: Up to £3000 for 10 organisations
• One-off* opportunity – not rolling applications
• Project timeline: We are looking for projects that will be delivered between March 2025-
2027
– March 2025-2026: 7 light-touch projects
– March 2026-2027: 3 light-touch projects
• Support: Guidance pack, 4x NHM meetings (including scientists) for ideation and
support and 1 x follow-up evaluation
• Use of abridged IP package featuring 4 key stories from the latest FOBP exhibition at
NHM, one for each of the 4 key themes; Energy, Food, Health and Materials
3. Interconnected – In-depth:
An opportunity for bigger projects with scientific and curatorial support and access to a larger
pool of FOBP-related content to be adapted to your local context.
• Grants: Up to £10,000 per organisation
• 4 organisations supported
• One-off* opportunity – not rolling applications
• Project Timeline: Projects must be developed and delivered between March 2025 and
March 2027 and can incorporate existing projects which are thematically linked to FOBP
• Funding Breakdown:
o Development Funding:
Amount: £2,500 per organisation
Period: March 2025 – March 2026
Purpose: To develop the project
o Delivery Funding: Amount: £7,500 per organisation
Period: March 2026 – March 2027
Purpose: To implement the developed project
• Support: Guidance pack, 8x NHM meetings scientists and exhibitions for and 1 x followup evaluation + local science partnership support
• Use of IP package with up to 10 stories of your choosing – including infographics,
interactives, specimen photographs, videos

*Applications may be opened again on the occasion that not all places are filled in this
application round

How to apply
Apply via the webform on the Community of Practice landing page which also hosts FAQs
relating to these opportunities: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/national-impact/our-broken-planet-community-of-practice.html