Who We Are Able to Support 

This programme is able to consider applications from:

• Constituted community and voluntary groups
• Registered charities
• Social Enterprises

Who We Are Not Able to Support 

Organisations that cannot demonstrate that they have been established for at least 12 months

Projects We Can Support 

Your project must meet one of the following aims:

• Increase or enhance local services
• Provide activities in the natural environment
• Provide a local support to groups or individuals to get involved in
• Relieve poverty or disadvantage for local people

All projects must be for the purpose of sustaining the natural environment within the community. The activity should aim to engage people to improve healthy living pursuits.

Grants Available

Grants of up to £1000 are available 

Higher awards may be made at the discretion of the advisers.  Awards made will be commensurate with the project and the scope of work that they aim to undertake.

Eligible Costs

• Core costs
• Equipment costs
• Capital costs
• Training costs
• One of event costs
• Project costs

Ineligible Costs

• Funding towards religious projects or projects that promote religion. Projects delivered by faith-based organisations will be considered, as long as the services they provide are available to people or all faiths or no faith
• Political campaigning activities specific to any one party, including participation in political demonstrations, support of a political party, or the issuing of material which supports or opposes a particular party or government
• Statutory bodies or provision, including towards the provision of core statutory services or services that carry out a statutory responsibility
• Retrospective funding, where the project has already occurred or for goods and services which have already been ordered or purchased prior to funding being approved

1. What will you do during your project / activity?
2. What need or disadvantage are you trying to address?
3. How will your project improve the lives of the people that engage with it?
4. How will your project address sustainability or improve healthy living pursuits?
5. How does your proposed project meet the aims of the fund as set out in the criteria? 
6. Have your potential beneficiaries been engaged in the design of the project or activity? How do you know they want it?
7. How will you measure the impact of your project or activity?
8. Have you managed similar projects before? What was the impact of your work?

3) You will be asked beneficiary data, including target numbers (please be realistic with this as we will expect monitoring to reflect support)

4) Finally, you will be asked to provide a full budget breakdown to show how you will spend the grant

Documents You Need to Send Us

The following documents must be provided with your application. If you fail to provide these documents, your application will not be considered. All documents should be submitted at the time of application

• Governance document (Constitution, Memorandum and Articles of Association)
• Accounts – either audited, independently examined or financial forecast
• Bank Statement – must be no older than 3 months and needs to clearly show the bank account name (which matches the application), number and sort code
• Safeguarding policy
• Equality Policy
• Quotes for capital items

During the assessment stage, we carry out due diligence checks to ensure all submitted documents meet the legal requirements for grant giving. It is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their submitted documents meet these requirements

Submission Dates

Next Closing Date : 19th February 2027

Assessment Period: 22nd February 2027 to 8th March 2027

Panel Date: 17th March 2027

Panel Construction: Funder Advised

Notifications: From 17th March 2027

Payment: From 28th March 2027