Corporates
Subnautica World Oceans Day sale raises $100k for Whale and Dolphin Conservation
WDC is celebrating a donation of $100k this week, thanks to the makers of the hugely popular game, Subnautica. To mark World Oceans Day on June 8th, Subnautica was part of a special Steam weekend sale, with 15% of the net developer profits going directly to WDC to support our work all over the world…
WDC’s work receives a huge boost from leading software company
WDC’s work to keep whales and dolphins safe and free from the many threats they face has received a huge boost this week – an unbelievable donation of almost $250k from Humble Bundle and software company, Magix. The bundles are discounted packages of games or software offered to the public in exchange for a donation.…
Gamers raise over $275,000 to help whales and dolphins
WDC is excited to announce that our video games fundraising event, Gamers for Orcas, raised over $275,000 – smashing last year’s total. The event, which WDC ran for the first time in 2017, sees some of our fantastic partners in the video game industry come together with broadcasters and a host of fantastic individual fundraisers…
BBC TV presenter accepts £25,000 donation by Animal Friends Insurance to help protect whales and dolphins
Leading UK Pet Insurer, Animal Friends Pet Insurance have once again committed to help the threats faced by whales and dolphins around the world by donating £25,000 to global marine wildlife charity, Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC). The cheque was accepted in Bristol by BBC TV presenterand patron of WDC, Miranda Krestovnikoff. Animal Friends was…
Bevis Watts, UK Managing Director of Triodos bank, speaks to WDC about his passion for the ocean
Triodos Bank support Whale and Dolphin Conservation by donating £40 whenever a new customer opens a current or savings account, their balance reaches £100 and WDC is selected as their chosen charity.* We caught up with Bevis Watts, UK Managing Director at Triodos, about his love of diving, his passion for the ocean and why…
Huge Christmas boost to WDC’s fundraising thanks to the Yogscast
WDC is delighted to announce that, for the second year running, we have been chosen as one of the charities supported by The Yogscast’s annual Jingle Jam fundraiser. WDC supporters will remember that last year, the UK-based YouTube video game sensations and their millions of fans helped raise an amazing $365k for WDC throughout the…
Ha ha! Supporters generate £8000 for WDC to help whales and dolphins
WDC has received nearly £8,000 from our long-time supporters, Animal Friends Pet Insurance, one of the largest suppliers of pet insurance in the UK, as part of their bi-monthly Facebook competition. We were selected, along with MCS and BiteBack as one of the ‘ocean’ charities who would share an amazing £20k donation from Animal Friends as…
WDC travel insurance partner joins our fight against captivity
Alpha have agreed that as of today, in line with WDC’s policy against swimming with whales and dolphins, they have removed ‘swim with’ experiences from their policies and activity packs, to show that they do not support or endorse the activity. Many people love the idea of swimming with wild dolphins, which is somewhat seen…
Gaming fundraiser success!
We are thrilled to announce that our first ever video games fundraising event, Gamers for Orcas, raised over $100,000! The event culminated in a 24 hour ‘livestream’ on Twitch.tv during which special guest players, YouTube stars and games developers streamed live to a global audience – with over 300,000 people viewing WDC’s channel during the event.…
WDC receives an early Christmas gift from leading YouTube network
Ever heard of the Yogscast? The UK-based YouTube gaming sensations have over 7 million subscribers and during the holiday season they like to give a little back to the world for letting them play video games for a living! Every year the YouTube Network hosts the “Jingle Jam”, a charity event that runs throughout December…