[1] It raises funds to restore and conserve the art and architecture of Venice, and to investigate ways to protect them against future risks, particularly rising sea levels.

Although it focuses on the conservation of specific sites, Venice in Peril maintains its concern for the wider environmental issues affecting the city and the lagoon.

As part of this educational mission, it organises regular lecture series in the UK and occasional visits to Venice itself.

He set up a board of trustees whose stated objective was to help save and maintain the world-famous artistic and architectural treasures of Venice.

The aim of the project was to gather together the work of scholars and experts in a cross-disciplinary effort to exchange knowledge and assess the challenges facing Venice and its lagoon.

A 2020 Venice in Peril appeal funded conservation efforts to restore and protect several public buildings that had been particularly badly affected by the flood.