2026 Programme
Rapid Grants
Amphibian & Reptile Monitoring in Dorset
Organisation: Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Annual grant size: £40,000
Planned duration of grant: 1 year
Theme: Species Preservation of Under-Represented Groups
Approach: Training, Skills & Advice, and Community Engagement
Status: Active (2026-2027)
Blue Frontiers
Organisation: Severn Rivers Trust
Annual grant size: £30,000
Planned duration of grant: 1 year
Theme: Freshwater Ecosystems and Species Preservation of Under-Represented Groups
Approach: Conservation Action
Status: Active (2026-2027)
Cornwall Beaver Project – The Bigger Picture
Organisation: Cornwall Beaver Project and Cornwall Stork Project
Annual grant size: £15,000
Planned duration of grant: 1 year
Theme: Freshwater ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action
Status: Active (2026-2027)
Castor Flood Meadows Restoration
Organisation: Nene Park Trust
Annual grant size: £24,066
Planned duration of grant: 3 years
Theme: Terrestrial Ecosystems and Freshwater ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action and Research & Monitoring
Status: Active (2026-2028`)
Magnificent Meadows
Organisation: River Holme Connections
Annual grant size: £50,520
Planned duration of grant: 2 years
Theme: Terrestrial Ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action
Status: Active (2027-2028`)
Ecology Traineeships
Organisation: Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Annual grant size: £25,000
Planned duration of grant: 1 year
Theme: Terrestrial Ecosystems, Marine & Coastal Ecosystems and Freshwater & Wetland Ecosystems
Approach: Training, Skills & Advice and Research & Monitoring
Status: Active (2027-2028)
2024-2025 Programme
Multi-Year Grants
Curbing Pesticide Pollution
Organisation: ShareAction
Annual grant size: £75,000
Planned duration of grant: 2 years
Theme: Toxics & Pollution and Food & Agriculture
Approach: Policy & Advocacy
Status: Active (2026-2028`)
Restoring Nature Through Food System Investment
Organisation: Green Alliance
Annual grant size: £75,000
Planned duration of grant: 2 years
Theme: Food & Agriculture and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Approach: Policy & Advocacy
Status: Active (2026-2028`)
Weald to Waves
Organisation: Knepp Wildland Foundation
Annual grant size: £100,000
Planned duration of grant: 3 years
Theme: Terrestrial Ecosystems and Food & Agriculture
Approach: Conservation Action and Community Engagement
Status: Active (2025-2028`)
Solent Seascape Project
Organisation: Blue Marine Foundation
Annual grant size: £100,000
Planned duration of grant: 3 years
Theme: Marine & Coastal Ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action and Nature Finance
Status: Active (2025-2028`)
Making Peatlands Work for Lepidoptera
Organisation: Butterfly Conservation
Annual grant size: £100,000
Planned duration of grant: 3 years
Theme: Species Preservation of Under-Represented Groups and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action and Training, Skills & Advice
Status: Active (2025-2028`)
National Nature Parks Programme
Organisation: Natural History Museum
Annual grant size: £66,666
Planned duration of grant: 2 years
Theme: Terrestrial Ecosystems
Approach: Community Engagement and Research & Monitoring
Status: Active (2024-2027)
Strengthening Community-Led Conservation in Scotland
Organisation: Fauna & Flora
Annual grant size: £70,000
Planned duration of grant: 3 years
Theme: Marine & Coastal Ecosystems and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action and Community Engagement
Status: Active (2024-2027`)
Rapid Grants
Orkney Native Wildlife Project
Organisation: RSPB and Orkney Native Wildlife Project
Annual grant size: £37,000
Planned duration of grant: 1 year
Theme: Species Preservation of Under-Represented Groups
Approach: Conservation Action
Status: Active (2025-2028`)
Wildlife Conservation Internships
Organisation: People’s Trust for Endangered Species
Annual grant size: £16,333
Planned duration of grant: 3 year
Theme: Species Preservation of Under-Represented Groups
Approach: Training, Skills & Advice
Status: Active (2024-2026`)
The Walcot Wiggle Project
Organisation: Severn Rivers Trust
Annual grant size: £57,000
Planned duration of grant: 1 year
Theme: Freshwater Ecosystems and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action
Status: Active (2025-2026`)
Woodland Trust BNG Pilot
Organisation: Woodland Trust
Annual grant size: £50,000
Planned duration of grant: 1 year
Theme: Terrestrial Ecosystems
Approach: Nature Finance
Status: Active (2025-2026`)
Pond Network for Nature
Organisation: Freshwater Habitats Trust
Annual grant size: £40,000
Planned duration of grant: 1 year & 10 year monitoring plan
Theme: Freshwater Ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action and Research & Monitoring
Status: Active (2025-2037`)
Laid Common Grazing’s Restoration Project
Organisation: Laid Common Grazing’s Community Committee with Fauna & Flora
Annual grant size: £50,000
Planned duration of grant: 3 years
Theme: Terrestrial Ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action and Community Engagement
Status: Active (2024-2026)
Above and Below
Organisation: Edinburgh Shoreline with Fauna & Flora
Annual grant size: £50,000
Planned duration of grant: 3 year
Theme: Marine and Coastal Ecosystems and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Approach: Conservation Action and Community Engagement
Status: Active (2024-2026`)