Funding focusing on the environment

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Below is a list of ongoing grants focusing on the environment.

Please note: the ongoing grants listed below do not represent all the funds available to groups.

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If you wish to make a key-word search, please click below on the relevant section, then press CTRL + F. In the search box that pops up,  write down the funding body or the name of the grant your are looking for.

 

Please note this page is reviewed monthly. For this reason, please always have a look at the funder’s websites for up-to-date information. If you know of other sources to be included below please email info@community firstyorkshire.org.uk.

Alpkit Foundation

Grants up to £500 are available for community groups, schools, and nonprofits running grassroots projects that promote inclusion, outdoor participation, education, conservation, and well-being. Deadline: ongoing.

Biffa Award Main Grants Scheme – Nature Recovery

Grants up to £75,000 are available for not-for-profit groups to enhance community wellbeing or support nature recovery near landfill sites. Deadline: ongoing.

Brigadier D V and Mrs H R Phelps Charitable Trust

Grants up to £5,000 are available for registered charities carrying out social welfare projects. The applications must be made in writing to:

The Trustees
Brigadier D V and Mrs H R Phelps Charitable Trust
Howes Percival Llp
Flint Buildings
1 Bedding Lane
Norwich
NR3 1RG

Tel: 01603 580014
Email: leigh.crowden@howespercival.com 

Deadline: ongoing.

Energy Efficiency Sharematch (with crowdfunding)

Grants up to £30,000 are available for charitable community benefit societies who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to support activities which reduce energy usage or identifies alternative sources of energy leading to a lesser carbon footprint and energy bills. Deadline: ongoing.

England Woodland Creation Partnerships (WCP) Grants

Grants, incentives and other support are available for woodland creation by farmers, landowners/managers and community groups, as part of the England Woodland Creation Partnerships. There is no set deadline. Applications are made online. For more details, contact the Forestry Commission for England.

Energy Efficiency Sharematch (with crowdfunding)

Grants up to £30,000 are available for community benefit societies, to support activities that reduce energy usage or identify alternative sources of energy. Deadline: ongoing.

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation – Our Natural World

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation launched a new strategy with three key impact goals by 2030:

  • Preserved and improved species health and habitats
  • Sustainable and ethical food
  • Clean and healthy freshwater

The Foundation will be providing larger and longer-term grants of over £30,000, as well as social investments of between £100,000 and £2 million to charities or initiatives with ideas working towards these aims. Apply anytime. The Foundation assesses expressions of interest, and make funding decisions, on a rolling basis.

Frank Parkinson Agricultural Trust

Discretionary grants are available for projects which improve agriculture, and which will have the most impact over the widest area.

Mike Steele
Secretary
Frank Parkinson Agricultural Trust
Auchencairn Cottage
Closeburn
Thornhill
Dumfriesshire
DG3 5JU
Tel: 07739183250
Email: mike.steelefpat@yahoo.com 

Deadline: ongoing.

idverde Community Investment Fund (with Crowdfunding)

Grants up to £1,000 are available to not-for-profit groups who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign for projects that improve local/community green space, enhance the environment and boost the wellbeing of residents. Deadline: ongoing.

Lawn Tennis Association - Quick Access Loan Scheme

Discretionary grants are available to Lawn Tennis Association registered venues, to deliver projects that enhance community facilities and allow communities to grow participation by having all-year round access to playgrounds. Deadline: ongoing.

MCS Foundation

Grants up to £50,000 are available to public and not-for-profit organisations for projects that encourage the acceleration of renewable energy and low carbon technologies. Deadline: ongoing.

W F Southall Trust (Capital funding included)

Grants are available for charities working in the fields of environmental action and sustainability; social action; peace and reconciliation; and Quaker work. Most grants are between £1,000 and £5,000 for one year. Multi-year funding of up to three years may be available for charities that the Trust has previously supported. A few large grants are available but are normally for Quaker-based causes. Funding is available for capital and revenue costs associated with work that that addresses at least one of the specified areas. Applications may be submitted at any time.