The research, the restoration and the training all run on something. Here is every way to be part of keeping them going.
Support
SORCE is a non-profit marine research, conservation and education organisation working in southwest Lombok. Expedition fees cover much of what we do, but they do not cover all of it, and they do not stretch to the things that make the work better rather than merely possible.
Support pays for the monitoring that runs whether or not anyone is here to see it, the coral nurseries that need tending between expeditions, the mangroves that have to be checked a year after planting, and the Indonesian scientists building careers on this coast.
Whatever you give, whether money, hours, expertise or a partnership, we would rather tell you exactly what it did than describe it in the language of a fundraising appeal.
Four ways in
Money, time, a business behind you, or an organisation that wants to work alongside ours. Each route asks for something different and gives back something different.
You have something to give, or people you can ask
Give once or monthly, or turn a run, a birthday, a bake sale or something completely ridiculous into support for the field centre. We will send you everything you need to make a fundraiser work.
You have time and skills rather than money
Take a defined role within SORCE for twelve months, a few hours a week, from wherever you are. Complete it and you earn time at the field centre with the expedition fee waived.
You are here on behalf of a business
Partnerships can range from a £250 contribution to existing work to major project funding. We will show you clearly what your support achieved, so you can report on it with confidence.
You are an organisation, university or authority
Shared projects, student placements, research using our long-term datasets, or expertise we do not have in house. See who we currently work with, and how these relationships function.
Why it matters
Our work is constant, taking place over many years, and doesn't fit into the neat cycles of project funding. Coral nurseries need constant tending, mangroves must be checked a year after planting, and ecological datasets need new, consistent data added every year to reach their full value.
The short version
We monitor the same sites the same way, year after year
We act where the data says action is needed
We measure again afterwards, and change the method when it did not work
We publish what we found, including what did not work
Into the work itself: research and monitoring, conservation in the water and on the coast, education and outreach, and the field operations that make them possible and, if you choose, into one specific project.
Kept separate
Guest costs, administration and governance are covered by our expedition fees, so donations go to the mission rather than the running of the organisation.
Reported every year
The full breakdown is in our annual reports, alongside what we actually did that year, which is what gives the figures their meaning.
Read Our Annual ReportsTell us what you have in mind: an amount, an idea, a few hours a week, or an organisation looking for a partner. We will point you at the right one, or tell you honestly if there is not one.