Environment and resources
Environment and resources
Albury's Charitable Foundation
The foundation provides grants to small charities based in or near to Croydon, Dartford or the Medway Towns engaged in:
- The relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantages.
- Protecting animals in need of care and attention.
- Helping young artists to develop their careers in musical theatre.
Deadline: apply any time.
Aviva Community Fund
The Aviva Community Fund supports projects that are fighting climate change and building stronger, more resilient communities across the UK:
- Climate Action: Promoting healthy, thriving communities by preventing, preparing for and protecting against the impacts of climate change
- Financial Wellbeing: Helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially independent and ready for anything
Deadline: applications open all year round, check website for details.
Bethnal Green Ventures
BGV’s Tech for Good Programme supports ventures using technology to address social and environmental issues. They focus on ideas that contribute to a sustainable planet, healthy lives, and an inclusive society.
Deadline: open twice a year, check website for details.
Friends Provident Foundation
The Friends Provident Foundation supports projects that promote fairness and sustainability in the economy, focusing on diversification, decarbonisation, and democratisation. They provide both small and large grants for initiatives that foster social change.
Deadline: check website for details.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded grant-maker supporting a wide range of charities across the UK, with a focus on those making a positive impact in areas like welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage, and faith. They offer grants for necessary building works, essential operational or core costs, and specific projects.
Deadline: check website for details.
Groundwork
Groundwork’s One Stop Community Partnership programme offers initial grants to community groups operating near One Stop stores. The programme supports projects:
- Tackling food poverty
- Supporting the vulnerable
- Supporting the elderly
- Supporting low-income families
- Running youth sports teams
- Reducing / recycling waste
- Improving the environment
Deadline: quarterly, check website for details.
Imperial Community Impact Fund
The Imperial Community Impact Fund supports local organisations working in the areas of the environment, sustainability, creativity, and local problem-solving. The fund aims to inspire and empower community groups to bring meaningful ideas to life, fostering collaboration to improve community wellbeing and promote sustainable development.
Deadline: open for submissions twice a year, in January and July.
John Lewis Foundation
The John Lewis Foundation supports projects that address social and environmental challenges by sharing the skills and resources within the John Lewis Partnership. Their available funds focus on helping disadvantaged young people acquire skills for employment, promoting environmental protection, and improving the lives of care-experienced young people through education and training.
Deadline: check website for specific fund details.
Matthew Good Foundation
The Matthew Good Foundation distributes £15,000 each quarter to five charitable projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment. Applications must be on behalf of a local community group, charity, voluntary group, or social enterprise.
Deadline: applications accepted all year.
National Garden Scheme
The National Garden Scheme’s Community Garden Grants provide funding for gardening projects in local communities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Deadline: applications for 2025 are closed. Check the website for details on when the next round opens.
Real Farming Trust
The Loans for Enlightened Agriculture Programme (LEAP) from the Real Farming Trust supports small-scale agroecological food and farming enterprises with a combination of affordable loans, grants, and business mentoring. LEAP helps ethical, local businesses thrive by offering financial support alongside guidance on governance, business planning, and financial forecasting, ensuring sustainable growth while prioritising people and the environment in the food system.
Deadline: check website for details.
Rewilding Britain
Rewilding Britain promotes the rewilding of Great Britain. They support projects focused on large-scale ecosystem restoration, innovative rewilding initiatives, and efforts to break down barriers to rewilding. They aim to foster the regeneration of natural habitats and promote biodiversity across Great Britain.
Deadline: check website for specific fund details.
The Cruach Trust
The Cruach Trust is a small Scottish charity that provides financial support to the natural environment, including gardens, as well as community and music-related organisations across the UK. While the Trust has discretion to fund projects both in the UK and abroad, most of its grants benefit Scottish organisations.
Deadline: applications are only considered once a year at a meeting held in September.
The Dulverton Trust
The Dulverton Trust is an independent grant-making charity that supports UK charities with a national reach, focusing on social issues, heritage preservation, and environmental conservation. Their funding priorities include youth opportunities, general welfare, heritage craftsmanship, and wildlife conservation, with a particular emphasis on supporting disadvantaged groups and protecting the natural world.
Deadline: rolling.
The Nineveh Charitable Trust
The Nineveh Charitable Trust supports a wide range of UK-based projects and activities that benefit the general public, with a particular focus on promoting a better understanding of the countryside. The Trust's aims are to promote: the health, welfare and education of the general public; the study and appreciation of agriculture, silviculture, ecology, and land management; the study and appreciation of land and estate management that encourages conservation of the countryside.
Deadline: apply any time, applications are reviewed four times a year.
The Shears Foundation
The Shears Foundation provides grants of £3,000 to £6,000 to charitable organisations working in one of their priority areas:
- The development of culture and the arts.
- The development and provision of educational opportunities for adults and / or children.
- Protection, preservation or enhancement of the natural environment.
- Creating stronger / better / more sustainable communities.
- Promoting health and medicine, with an emphasis on research or education.
They prioritise organisations in Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Harrogate, York, Bradford, and Greater Manchester.
Deadline: applications considered on a quarterly basis.
National Lottery Climate Action Fund
The National Lottery Climate Action Fund supports communities in tackling climate change by funding partnership projects that inspire bold, large-scale action. The fund encourages initiatives that connect climate action to everyday life or influence communities at a regional or national level. Projects focusing on disadvantaged communities or linking climate action with people's daily activities are particularly welcomed.
Deadline: end of May 2025, check website for details.
Welsh Water
Welsh Water’s Community Fund supports local community initiatives by offering grants up to £5,000 for projects focused on health, wellbeing, environmental improvements, and education. The fund prioritises projects where Welsh Water is actively involved or has been working, aiming to make a positive impact on communities affected by their operations.
Deadline: next application windows are 1 May-30 June 2025 and 1 September-31 October 2025.
Albury's Charitable Foundation
The foundation provides grants to small charities based in or near to Croydon, Dartford or the Medway Towns engaged in:
- The relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantages.
- Protecting animals in need of care and attention.
- Helping young artists to develop their careers in musical theatre.
Deadline: apply any time.
Aviva Community Fund
The Aviva Community Fund supports projects that are fighting climate change and building stronger, more resilient communities across the UK:
- Climate Action: Promoting healthy, thriving communities by preventing, preparing for and protecting against the impacts of climate change
- Financial Wellbeing: Helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially independent and ready for anything
Deadline: applications open all year round, check website for details.
Bethnal Green Ventures
BGV’s Tech for Good Programme supports ventures using technology to address social and environmental issues. They focus on ideas that contribute to a sustainable planet, healthy lives, and an inclusive society.
Deadline: open twice a year, check website for details.
Friends Provident Foundation
The Friends Provident Foundation supports projects that promote fairness and sustainability in the economy, focusing on diversification, decarbonisation, and democratisation. They provide both small and large grants for initiatives that foster social change.
Deadline: check website for details.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded grant-maker supporting a wide range of charities across the UK, with a focus on those making a positive impact in areas like welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage, and faith. They offer grants for necessary building works, essential operational or core costs, and specific projects.
Deadline: check website for details.
Groundwork
Groundwork’s One Stop Community Partnership programme offers initial grants to community groups operating near One Stop stores. The programme supports projects:
- Tackling food poverty
- Supporting the vulnerable
- Supporting the elderly
- Supporting low-income families
- Running youth sports teams
- Reducing / recycling waste
- Improving the environment
Deadline: quarterly, check website for details.
Imperial Community Impact Fund
The Imperial Community Impact Fund supports local organisations working in the areas of the environment, sustainability, creativity, and local problem-solving. The fund aims to inspire and empower community groups to bring meaningful ideas to life, fostering collaboration to improve community wellbeing and promote sustainable development.
Deadline: open for submissions twice a year, in January and July.
John Lewis Foundation
The John Lewis Foundation supports projects that address social and environmental challenges by sharing the skills and resources within the John Lewis Partnership. Their available funds focus on helping disadvantaged young people acquire skills for employment, promoting environmental protection, and improving the lives of care-experienced young people through education and training.
Deadline: check website for specific fund details.
Matthew Good Foundation
The Matthew Good Foundation distributes £15,000 each quarter to five charitable projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment. Applications must be on behalf of a local community group, charity, voluntary group, or social enterprise.
Deadline: applications accepted all year.
National Garden Scheme
The National Garden Scheme’s Community Garden Grants provide funding for gardening projects in local communities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Deadline: applications for 2025 are closed. Check the website for details on when the next round opens.
Real Farming Trust
The Loans for Enlightened Agriculture Programme (LEAP) from the Real Farming Trust supports small-scale agroecological food and farming enterprises with a combination of affordable loans, grants, and business mentoring. LEAP helps ethical, local businesses thrive by offering financial support alongside guidance on governance, business planning, and financial forecasting, ensuring sustainable growth while prioritising people and the environment in the food system.
Deadline: check website for details.
Rewilding Britain
Rewilding Britain promotes the rewilding of Great Britain. They support projects focused on large-scale ecosystem restoration, innovative rewilding initiatives, and efforts to break down barriers to rewilding. They aim to foster the regeneration of natural habitats and promote biodiversity across Great Britain.
Deadline: check website for specific fund details.
The Cruach Trust
The Cruach Trust is a small Scottish charity that provides financial support to the natural environment, including gardens, as well as community and music-related organisations across the UK. While the Trust has discretion to fund projects both in the UK and abroad, most of its grants benefit Scottish organisations.
Deadline: applications are only considered once a year at a meeting held in September.
The Dulverton Trust
The Dulverton Trust is an independent grant-making charity that supports UK charities with a national reach, focusing on social issues, heritage preservation, and environmental conservation. Their funding priorities include youth opportunities, general welfare, heritage craftsmanship, and wildlife conservation, with a particular emphasis on supporting disadvantaged groups and protecting the natural world.
Deadline: rolling.
The Nineveh Charitable Trust
The Nineveh Charitable Trust supports a wide range of UK-based projects and activities that benefit the general public, with a particular focus on promoting a better understanding of the countryside. The Trust's aims are to promote: the health, welfare and education of the general public; the study and appreciation of agriculture, silviculture, ecology, and land management; the study and appreciation of land and estate management that encourages conservation of the countryside.
Deadline: apply any time, applications are reviewed four times a year.
The Shears Foundation
The Shears Foundation provides grants of £3,000 to £6,000 to charitable organisations working in one of their priority areas:
- The development of culture and the arts.
- The development and provision of educational opportunities for adults and / or children.
- Protection, preservation or enhancement of the natural environment.
- Creating stronger / better / more sustainable communities.
- Promoting health and medicine, with an emphasis on research or education.
They prioritise organisations in Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Harrogate, York, Bradford, and Greater Manchester.
Deadline: applications considered on a quarterly basis.
National Lottery Climate Action Fund
The National Lottery Climate Action Fund supports communities in tackling climate change by funding partnership projects that inspire bold, large-scale action. The fund encourages initiatives that connect climate action to everyday life or influence communities at a regional or national level. Projects focusing on disadvantaged communities or linking climate action with people's daily activities are particularly welcomed.
Deadline: end of May 2025, check website for details.
Welsh Water
Welsh Water’s Community Fund supports local community initiatives by offering grants up to £5,000 for projects focused on health, wellbeing, environmental improvements, and education. The fund prioritises projects where Welsh Water is actively involved or has been working, aiming to make a positive impact on communities affected by their operations.
Deadline: next application windows are 1 May-30 June 2025 and 1 September-31 October 2025.