RSGS is a dynamic educational charity with far-reaching influence and a mission to inspire and inform.

By thinking geographically, championing good practice, working with leaders and experts, and engaging with public audiences, we are precisely placed to inform policy, influence joined-up decision making, and inspire action, all to help address national and global challenges. We use our networks, knowledge and reputation to shape positive, practical policy solutions.

In our increasingly interdependent world, and faced with complex environmental and social challenges, joined-up geographical thinking is needed as never before. Geography connects people and unites disciplines to help resolve many of our most pressing concerns, from climate change to food systems, from unsustainable transport to health inequalities, from urban design to biodiversity loss.

As a small charity, even a modest gift in your will can make a massive difference to the RSGS’s ability to inspire people, inform positive change and champion the best of science and geographical endeavour. Since 1884 a quarter of our income and the whole of our collection of maps, books and artefacts have come through legacy gifts.