Where can I get funding?
Sources of funding
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.