GB Government

• Darwin Initiative - Open for applications (external link)
  
• National Biodiversity Network - Finding funding (external link)
• DirectGov information on finding funding (external link)
• Local Authority and Internal Drainage Board Funding (external link) (Environment Agency) - Studies, strategies and projects that will reduce the risk of flooding from the sea and rivers.
• Local Authorities (external link) - Find contact details for your local authority (Biodiversity Officer, Landfill tax)
• Environment Agency (external link) - Waterways funding (external link)
• Natural England (external link)
• English Heritage (external link)
• Future Jobs Fund (external link) (long-term unemployed 16-24)
• Agricultural Grants
• Stewardship Schemes eg Environmental stewardship Scheme (NE) (external link), Countryside Stewardship Scheme (NE) (external link), Higher Level Stewardship Grants (external link) (can apply more than once)
• National Parks (external link) eg National Park Area Fund (external link) and National Park Sustainable Development Fund (external link)
• Forestry Commission (external link)
• Fire Brigade (manage fire risk from scrub, arson reduction grants)
• Carbon Reduction Fund
• Big Society Bank through the BIG Lottery Fund (external link)
• Climate Change Fund
• HLF

Welsh Government

• SPLASH (external link) (Welsh Assembly Government) - The water recreation challenge fund for Wales.
• Wild Fishing Wales (external link) (Environment Agency Wales) - Projects to improve access and the local habitat.
• CCW (send out list of all grants available each month)
• WAG (aggregates tax)

Scottish Government

• Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SVCO) funding website (external link) - allows you to search for funding available to community groups by sector (e.g. environment)
• Scottish Natural Heritage Grants (external link) - Projects which get more people and communities actively involved in and caring for Scotland's nature and landscapes.
• Rural Stewardship Scheme (external link)
• Leader (external link) Funds (Scottish Natural Heritage) - Local empowerment through innovative approaches and rural capacity building.
• Rural Development Contracts (external link) - Rural Priorities (The Scottish Government) Scottish Rural Development Programme.
• Forestry Challenge Funds (external link) (Forestry Commission Scotland) - Woods In and Around Towns (WIAT) Challenge Fund and Forestry for People (F4P) Challenge Fund.
• Scotlands Funders Forum (external link) - information on funding
• Climate Challenge Fund (external link)

Europe

• Environment Life+ (European funding) (external link)
• Interreg IVC (external link) - Innovation and Environment Regions of Europe Sharing Solutions.

Commercial

• Business sponsorship
• Land owners
• Collaboration in R&D such as with fishing tackle manufacturers or distilleries in Scotland (R&D also receives tax relief)
• Corporate sponsors such asThames Water and sponsorship in-kind (eg resources and manpower)

NGOs

• National Lottery funding (external link)
• Heritage Lottery Fund (external link)
• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation (external link)
• Aquatic restoration fund (external link) - Funds to deliver physical improvements to river, loch, estuarine and coastal water bodies and wetlands.
• Wellcome Trust (external link) - Biomedical research and the medical humanities, with the aim of improving human and animal health
• Better Woodland Wales
• Woodland Grant schemes
• OPAL (open labs for monitoring involving community)
• charities
• university research funding (also use students for practical work)
• valleys and regional parks
• Personal donation
• Trusts eg Esmee Fairburn
• Tubney Trust
• SITA  Trust (Landfill Tax - London)
• Landscape Trust.

In order to get more funding for vital projects please contact us to add to this list any suggestion you may have.