Third Round of Northern Ireland's Sustainable Community Buildings Programme Invites Applications

Voluntary and community organisations in specified areas of Northern Ireland can apply for grants to make their buildings more energy-efficient, as part of an initiative aimed at reducing carbon footprints and saving on energy bills.

The Sustainable Community Buildings programme, administered by the National Lottery Community Fund, is designed to help organisations improve the environmental performance of their buildings. Grants of up to £50,000 are available to support energy-saving measures such as solar panels, energy-efficient lighting, insulation and other sustainability upgrades.

In addition to financial support, organisations that apply to the programme will receive free carbon literacy training, delivered by Business in the Community. This training will help organisations identify ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Action Renewables will also assist groups in developing and implementing environmental plans to guide sustainability improvements and cut long-term costs.

The programme is open to voluntary and community organisations with an annual income of less than £500,000, including registered charities, community interest companies, and not-for-profit organisations. Buildings eligible for funding must have been constructed before 2005 and be owned or under a long-term lease of at least six years. 

The grants can be used for capital funding, and priority will be given to buildings that are well-used by the community. Organisations will be guided by sustainability experts to identify the most appropriate energy-efficient improvements for their buildings.

By focusing on reducing carbon emissions and enhancing sustainability, the Sustainable Community Buildings programme offers a vital opportunity for community organisations to both improve their environmental impact and save on operating costs.

In this round, applications will be accepted from organisations in the Belfast City Council, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, and Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council areas.

The deadline for applications is 19 February 2025 (noon).

For more information, please visit Sustainable Community Buildings | The National Lottery Community Fund

Funding for Music and Heritage Projects Across the UK

Radcliffe Trust is offering grants averaging between £2,500 and £7,500 for charities, not-for-profit groups, and exempt organisations across the UK to support projects in the areas of music or heritage and crafts.

For music projects, the Trust will consider projects in the following categories:

• Composition and contemporary music - in the case of commission applications the lead composer must be named.

• Bursaries for courses and summer schools; limited to UK-based students.

• Music therapy and special needs.

• Academic research.

• Youth orchestras.

• Performance projects.

• Educational projects - excluding applications from individual mainstream primary and secondary schools.

• Miscellaneous.

For heritage and crafts projects, the Trust will support the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s traditional cultural heritage and crafts sectors. This includes support for:

• Emerging craftspeople.

• Craft and conservation projects and training.

• Projects demonstrating creative outcomes by designer-makers.

• Projects with potential for capacity building within the sector.

• Special needs projects focusing on the therapeutic benefits of skills development.

Other areas of cultural creativity related to heritage and crafts may also be considered, including theatre, performance, and literature, especially where projects can be shown to promote and develop high-level skills among early career practitioners and disadvantaged groups.

There are typically rounds per year, with trustee meetings held in June and December. Groups can apply for Music and Heritage & Crafts grants in the same funding round.

The next deadline for applications is 31 January 2025.

For more information, please visit The Radcliffe Trust

MSE Charity Accepting UK Applications for Summer Projects

Funded by Money Saving Expert, the MSE Charity offers a limited number of grants of up to £10,000 to UK not-for-profit organisations with an income of less than £750,000.

The funding is help them deliver activities within the UK that improve people’s ability to become more financially capable in their present and future circumstances.

Examples include:

• Money management workshops.

• Training volunteers to deliver workshops or to provide peer-support to others.

• Upskilling existing staff to access financial capability training to support their end-users directly.

• Provide access to financial inclusion activities for people who are disadvantaged in anyway such as by age, disability, ethnicity or gender.

The funding is to be used for specific activity costs related to financial capability projects only.

Up to £500 per application can be used for essential IT equipment for project delivery.

Full cost recovery is supported. Consideration will be given to requests for direct project costs and for a proportionate share of the organisation's overheads (core costs) up to a maximum of 15% of their project budget.

Applications will be accepted from UK registered charities, community interest companies (CICs), credit union, not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee, and social enterprise companies who have been established and active for at least 18 months, have an annual income of less than £750,000 and less than six months free reserves. They must be based and working within the UK.

There are two funding rounds per year (Winter and Summer) each with a two stage application process.

The deadline for Stage 1 proposals is 31 January 2025 (5pm).

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Grow Wild Youth Grants to Open ‘Soon’

Once again, Grow Wild will be offering grants of £500 to young people (aged 16 to 25 years) across the UK to deliver a creative project that celebrates why UK native plants and/or fungi are so special.

The project should be original and exciting and focus on UK native plants and/or fungi. Projects need to engage at least 100 other people (either in person or online). The grant be used to pay for anything to support the project, such as equipment, materials, training, resources, or expert help. Projects can start in May but must be completed by the end of October 2025.

Applications will be accepted from young people aged 16 to 25 years old who live in the UK and who can find a supporting organisation, such as a school, university, youth club or a local community group, to help them deliver the project.

Supporting organisations must be:

• An established and relevant organisation that is charitable in purpose or not-for-profit. In particular:

• Voluntary, youth or community group.

• Education body.

• Arts or environmental charity

• Local Authority or other council body

• Health Authority

• Able to provide a member of staff or volunteer to:

• Liaise with Grow Wild

• Support the young person as required (eg, providing access to facilities and equipment, publicity of activities, advice and guidance.)

• Financially responsible for the project with a bank account in the organisation's name or in the name of the local authority or other public sector body where relevant.

Groups can read through the 2025 guidance notes which are now available in anticipation of the spring round opening 'soon'.

The application deadline for funding in 2025 has been announced as 19 March 2025 (15:00).

For more information, please visit Youth Grants | Grow Wild | Kew

KFC Youth Foundation Accepting Applications for 2025 Funding Round

The KFC Youth Foundation is offering grants of up to £3,000 per year for up to two years for not-for-profit groups with a turnover of less than £400,000 to deliver projects that empower economically disadvantaged young people across the UK to fulfill their potential and build a positive future.

Applications will be considered from registered charities, registered community interest companies, unincorporated clubs or associations, or unregistered charities that:

• Benefit young people aged 11-25 years old.

• Support those in a position of economic disadvantage (including one of the following: care leavers, those experiencing homelessness, young carers, young parents, refugees, and young people at risk of or with experience of the criminal justice system).

• Empower young people to fulfill their potential and build a positive future by providing spaces that allow them to feel safe and secure, helping them unlock talent, build life skills, provide mentoring, and improve their chances to gain meaningful employment.

• Demonstrate positive results from their project within 12 months of KFC funding being received.

There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first submit an online Expression of Interest, including a two-minute video about their organisation, before being invited to submit a full application. 

The next deadline for applications is 14 February 2025 (23:59).

For more information, please visit The KFC Foundation Community Grants

Water Quality Improvement Strand of NI Environmental Challenge Fund Accepting Applications

Funding is available to community-focused organisations for projects to help people improve and to connect with Northern Ireland's aquatic environment.

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency has launched the 2025/26 call for applications to the Water Quality Improvement Strand of its Environmental Challenge Fund Competition. The competition is open to applications from constituted not-for-profit organisations and local authorities, with projects beginning from Spring 2025.

In 2024/25, 15 projects received funding totalling £310,000.

All on the ground project activity must take place in Northern Ireland, with the three key themes for funding under this challenge competition as follows:

• Connecting people with the aquatic environment to achieve behavioural change.

• Conservation and restoration of our aquatic environments.

• Nature-based solutions, particularly for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Capital grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 are available to cover up to 85% of eligible project costs. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that sufficient match funding is available to complete their project, and projects must be completed by 28 February 2026.

The deadline for applications is 14 February 2025 (23:59).

For more information, please visit Environment Fund 2023 - 2028 | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Asda Foundation Launches New Outdoor Community Spaces Fund (UK)

The Foundation is inviting local grassroots community organisations with an income of less than £250,000 to apply to their new £500,000 fund which will support improving or transforming an outdoor space by August 2025.

Grants of £500, £1,000, £1,500, £2,000, £2,500, or £3,000 are available for projects within the UK which meet at least one of the following aims:

• Transform an outdoor area, creating greener and more engaging community spaces.

• Create or enhance community growing projects.

• Enable community clean ups. (The maximum grant is £500.)

Applications are encouraged that:

• Increase access to outdoor spaces, particularly for marginalised or vulnerable groups of people.

• Bring local communities together.

• Make a lasting and demonstrable difference to an outdoor space.

• Enable groups to undertake a project that truly enhances a local space.

The funding can support a range of costs including but not limited to:

• Materials to build and transform outdoor areas (eg, planters, raised beds, benches, paint).

• Equipment to be able to deliver a community clear up.

• Machinery hire/purchase.

• Permanent fixtures and features (eg, sheds, outdoor furniture, pathways, gates and fencing).

• Gardening tools and equipment.

• Plants, shrubs, trees, bulbs, etc.

Groups should not wait to apply as the scheme may close early if demand for funding is high.

The deadline for applications is noon on 11 February 2025.

For more information please visitOutdoor Community Spaces Fund | Asda Foundation

Tree Council Accepting Applications for Tree Planting Projects Across the UK

Tree Council, in partnership with Network Rail, is offering grants of between £2,500 and £15,000 for community groups, schools, charities, community interest companies (CICs), and other organisations across the UK to deliver sustainable community tree planting projects that benefit local people and communities.

The Community Tree Planting Fund will support:

• Projects with strong community involvement in their design and delivery.

• The involvement of community volunteers in planting.

• Projects located close to communities, ie villages, towns, cities, urban areas, close to public spaces, or public rights of way.

• Projects that demonstrate robust establishment and aftercare plans to give trees the best chance of successful establishment.

• Projects located in the North West, Central, Eastern, and Southern Network Rail Regions. 

• Projects that will achieve a biodiversity net gain on completion.

• Proposals from partnerships or consortiums.

• Projects involving the younger generation that demonstrate an element of training, skills development, or enterprise.

• River and riparian-themed projects, including flood prevention or SUDS in urban communities.

Funding can be used for bare-root, UK-sourced, and grown native trees of an appropriate size for the projects (preference will be given to younger trees), bare-root whips (saplings), and cell-grown (root trainer) stock for hedging projects (40 to 120cm in height), hedgerow trees, and orchards. Non-native varieties may be considered if appropriate to the setting or chosen to consider climate change adaption and resilience. Priority will be given to trees planted in the ground, however, trees planted in containers or raised beds may be considered.

Applications can be submitted at any time. 

For more information, please visit Network Rail Community Tree Planting Fund - The Tree Council

EMPOWER Programme Offers Funding for Infrastructure Charities in NI

Funding is available to assist the operations of infrastructure charities, both regional or sub-regional, who work to support voluntary and community groups in Northern Ireland.

The EMPOWER programme is an initiative provided by the Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland as part of its 'Better Together' strategy for the 2024-2028 period. Grants of up to £20,000 are available to support infrastructure charities with the delivery of strategic and transformational projects that do not duplicate government-supported activities.

Applications will be accepted from community organisations registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland or other charity regulator within the UK or Ireland. Applications must support people residing in Northern Ireland.

Grants may be used for costs and activities including the following:

• Research/publication costs.

• Capacity building.

• Materials and equipment.

• Salary contributions.

• Overheads/core costs.

• Transport costs.

• Volunteer expenses.

• Training/tutor costs.

• Activity costs.

• Minor refurbishment.

Applicants are required to have a pre-application call with a member of the Halifax Foundation's Grants Team prior to submitting an application. 

Applications can be made at any time and will close when the funding pot has been exhausted.

For more information, please visit Empower - Halifax Foundation NI

Funding for NI Charities to Collaborate on Social Issues

Grants are available for collaborations between two or more registered charities in Northern Ireland coming together to tackle a social issue at a local level.

The COLLABORATE programme is provided and administered by the Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland as part of its 'Better Together' strategy for the 2024-2028 period. The Fund will prioritise collaborations between charities that assist people in greatest need, such as those living in poverty, the unemployed, and individuals with disabilities or mental health challenges.

Grants of up to £20,000 are available. The programme is likely to support between 5 to 10 grants.

Funding is intended to support work focused on social and community welfare and education and training.

Applicants are required to have a pre-application call with a member of the Halifax Foundation's Grants Team prior to submitting an application. 

Applications can be made at any time and will close when the funding pot has been exhausted.

For more information, please visit Collaborate - Halifax Foundation NI

Hospital Saturday Fund Opens for 2025 Applications

Registered charities with medical/health objectives, hospices and medical organisations based and operating within the UK can apply once per calendar for funding to assist with medical capital projects, medical care or research or support of medical training taking place in the UK.

There are two levels of awards:

• Standard Grants of £2,000

• Larger Grants of up to £10,000 to be used towards specific projects, research or equipment rather than running costs.

The 2025 deadlines for:

• Standard grant applications are 9 April 2025, 9 July 2025, 14 October 2025, and 5 January 2026.

• Large grant applications are 12 March 2025, 11 June 2025, 16 September 2025, and 2 December 2025.

For more information, please visit Hospital Saturday Fund – Making Medical Grants to Improve the Health of Communities

HRUK Announces 2025 Application Rounds for Healthy Heart Grants

Heart Research UK (HRUK) will be offering grants of up to £15,000 again this year to registered charities and community interest companies (CICs) in the UK with an annual income of less than £1 million.

The funding is for new projects that work with communities to prevent heart disease, particularly for vulnerable and isolated groups of individuals (adults) who are at an increased risk of developing heart problems in the future. Projects that are likely to have a big impact and have considered novel ways to encourage people to look after their hearts and promote positive lifestyle changes are also sought.

Activities must have a primary focus on one or more of the following four risk factors for heart disease:

• Nutrition and Healthy Eating.

• Physical Activity.

• Smoking.

• Alcohol.

The funding can support salaries, overhead expenses/on costs and equipment that is necessary for the successful delivery of the project which should be for at least three months but no more than 12 months. 

The funding rotates around the UK at different times of the year.

The application windows for 2025 are:

• Wales - 26 March to 23 April

• England North - 7 May to 4 June

• Scotland - 11 June to 9 July

• England South - 16 July to 13 August

• Northern Ireland - 20 August to 17 September.

Applications open at 9am and close at 5pm for all regions.

This is a competitive grant scheme as there is a funding pot of £15,000 for each region.

For more information, please visit Healthy Heart Grants - Heart Research UK

Belfast City Council’s Ending Violence Against Women & Girls Change Fund is now open for applications

Open to not-for-profit community, voluntary or social enterprise organisations, the purpose of the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Change Fund is to support the community voluntary sector in Belfast to deliver events, projects or programmes of activity aimed at ending violence against women and girls.

There are 3 grants available:

Grant

Awards

Submission deadline

Tier 1

Maximum award £5,000.00 - Deadline 12 noon on Friday 28 February 2025

Tier 2

Minimum award £5,001.00 Maximum award £15,000.00 - Deadline 12 noon on Monday 17 February 2025

Tier 3

Minimum award £15,001.00 Maximum award £25,000.00) - Deadline 12 noon on Monday 17 February 2025

For further details, guidance notes and to apply online please visit our website https://grants.belfastcity.gov.uk or contact the Central Grants Unit Belfast City Council at cgugrants@belfastcity.gov.uk

Each organisation can only make one application to the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Change Fund 2025-26 across Tiers 1, 2 and 3.

In other words, an organisation cannot submit more than one application and must only apply to either Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3.  

BCC will be hosting online information sessions about the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls grants on:

• Thursday 23 January 6.30-7pm

• Tuesday 28 January 2-2.30pm

To attend the sessions please email cgugrants@belfastcity.gov.uk  and tell us which session you would like to attend.

If you need any help or support accessing or completing the form, please reply to this email or email us at cgugrants@belfastcity.gov.uk 

Reach and Reconnect Grant Programme

LFT Charitable Trust is a family foundation based in Belfast. Our priority is to fund partner organisations which make a lasting difference to people’s lives; focus on reducing isolation, inequality and stigma; and inspire and empower individuals to realise their potential and share in the life of the whole community.

Identifying the right network of dedicated and ambitious partners enables us to deliver on our charitable purposes.

The aim of the Reach and Reconnect Grant Programme is to reduce social isolation and loneliness for older people who are not currently being reached by existing initiatives.

We believe there is a gap in research at a local level to identify how best to reach and engage those most at risk of social isolation and hope this programme can offer some insight into this.

This grantmaking programme will support organisations to offer programmes or initiatives that will engage new participants, who may otherwise be vulnerable to social isolation, to participate in existing, or new, community-based activities. 

The Programme is structured into stage 1-Research and stage 2-Project:

Stage 1- conduct community research on why some older people, who may be at risk of social isolation, do not participate in community activities.

Stage 2-deliver an engagement programme using your research that will reach out and reconnect older people in their area with new and existing community-based activities.

Please visit Reach & Reconnect Grantmaking Programme – LFT Charitable Trust, Belfast

for more information and to learn how you can apply for a grant of up £6,000. (£500 for Stage 1-Research and £5,500 for Stage 2-Project delivery)

Please check assessment criteria and eligibility carefully before applying.

Submissions for stage 1 -Research Project must be made by 12 noon Tuesday 11th February 2025.

Please consult the Timeline for the Grant Programme provided for all programme deadlines.

Call 1 for Financial Assistance 2025-26

Newry Mourne and Down District Council Call 1 2025-26 Financial Assistance will be:

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council invites applications for financial assistance towards the programme areas outlines below:

•Arts & Culture Projects

•Community Engagement

•Community Events & Festivals (Halloween and Christmas)

•Community Summer Schemes

•Good Relations

•Let’s Grow

•Local Biodiversity

•Suicide Prevention & Emotional Wellbeing

•Irish Language

•Minority Communities Fund

•Sports Programmes

•PCSP Community Safety Support

•Tourism Events

•Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG)

Opening date: 13 January 2025 at 12 noon

Closing: 24 February 2025 at 12 noon

Application and guidance notes can be reviewed online via: https://www.newrymournedown.org/residents-grants-and-funding

Information workshops, booked via TicketSource (http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/newry-mourne-down-district-council ), will take place as follows:

•21 January 2025, 7pm – Bagenal’s Castle Newry

•23 January 2025, 7pm – Down County Museum

•28 January 2024 11:30am – Teams

Groups wishing to be notified of future funding opportunities should request their details be added to the Council’s database by contacting:

Grants & Funding Unit

T: 0330 137 4040

E: programmesunit@nmandd.org

Reconciliation Fund Outreach Workshops & Attendance at Funding Fairs 2025

The Department of Foreign Affairs’ Reconciliation Fund invites you to attend our series of Outreach Workshops, or visit our stand at a range of funding fairs, over the course of January and February 2025.

This year we will host sessions in Belfast, Derry, Enniskillen, Armagh & Monaghan which will outline the application process for the Reconciliation Fund step-by-step in advance of the Annual Funding Round opening in February 2025 and answer any questions that you may have.

The Reconciliation Fund will also be in attendance at a number of funding fairs, details as follows:

Fermanagh-Omagh District Council Funding Fair, St Macartin’s Cathedral Hall, Enniskillen, Thursday 6th February 2025, 4pm – 8pm

NICVA Funding Fair, Belfast, 26th February 2025, 10am-1pm

You are most welcome to attend the location and time that suits you best.

If you would like to attend one of our outreach sessions, please register your attendance using the following Eventbrite links:

Belfast- Thursday, 23 January 2025 - Morning - Reconciliation Fund Outreach Workshop Belfast 23 January 2025 at 10:00 |Eventbrite

Belfast – Thursday, 23 January 2025 - Afternoon - Reconciliation Fund Outreach Workshop Belfast 23 January 2025 at 14:00 | Eventbrite

Armagh – Thursday, 30 January 2025 – Morning - Reconciliation Fund Outreach Workshop Armagh 30 January 2025 at 10:30 | Eventbrite

Monaghan – Thursday, 30 January 2025 – Afternoon - Reconciliation Fund Outreach Workshop Monaghan 30 January 2025 at 14:30 | Eventbrite

Derry – Wednesday, 5 February 2025 - Afternoon - Reconciliation Fund Outreach Workshop Derry 5 February 2025 at 14:00 | Eventbrite

Enniskillen  - Thursday, 6 February 2025 – Afternoon - Reconciliation Fund Outreach Workshop Enniskillen 6 February 2025 at 14:30 | Eventbrite

If you have any questions regarding these outreach workshops, please contact the Reconciliation Fund team at reconciliation@dfa.ie

The James Kane Foundation

The James Kane Foundation is an independent Charity. In 2025 the Foundation will be moving to an online grant application process. Expressions of Interest will open on Monday 6th January 2025 and close on Friday 28th March 2025 at 4pm.

Expressions of Interest will be reviewed on a fortnightly basis during this application period and we will let you know asap once a decision is made whether to proceed to application or reject.  

 The Foundation will focus on two themes:

• Enabling STEM related education and career opportunities.
• Enabling students to make the correct choices between employment/career and higher-level education pathways.

Only projects within Northern Ireland meeting one or both these themes will be eligible. The James Kane Foundation will not fund initiatives which it believes schools, colleges or councils have a statutory obligation to provide.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Foundation will support applications that are aligned to its mission that is “To progress and facilitate education and career opportunities” and the themes as stated above.

• The Foundation can fund Individuals and the wider community with a focus on:

– Education bodies including schools, colleges and third level institutions (but will not fund activity which these have a statutory duty to provide.)

 – Employers including private sector companies.

 – Charities and Social Enterprises

• The Foundation can fund on a multi-year basis.

• Priority may be given to projects that benefit those living in Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Council area.

• Grants can be used in conjunction with other funding sources you may have already secured.

• The Foundation can fund the same organisation more than once. Applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• The Foundation seeks additionality in all projects that it funds. 

Grant Budget

The Foundation intends to allocate in the region of £400,000 per year for large scale projects and will consider multi-year funding. 75% of the budget will be allocated to large grants and 25% to small grants – under £25,000.

How to apply
All potential applicants are asked to submit an Expression of Interest form. This is an opportunity to summarise your project and explain how it meets the theme/themes of the James Kane Foundation. This information will be used to decide whether you’ll be invited to submit a full application or not.

The James Kane Foundation recognise the time and amount of work that is involved in planning a project and applying for funding. The Expression of Interest acts as a filter regarding any projects which are unlikely to receive funding and saves the time involved on working on a full application.

 More information available here : https://jameskanefoundation.org/our-approach/

Charles Hayward Foundation

UK registered charities with an annual income of less than £350,000 can apply for a grant of up to £7,000. The funding will support programmes in the following areas:

• Aiming to alleviate isolation and depression in older people, including informal day care or social, physical and recreational activities which give practical help, assistance and support for older people living in their own homes.

• Addressing the emotional and practical needs of older carers.

• Designed to meet the specific needs of people with dementia.

The Charles Hayward Foundation, who offers these grants, wish to fund preventative and early intervention programmes being delivered at the community level which allow older people to stay in their own homes and remain independent. Programmes need to demonstrate their effectiveness in improving the quality of life of older people. The Foundation favours projects that offer a consistent and sustained benefit rather than one-off events or short-lived activities. Please note this is a very popular fund and is usually oversubscribed. Applications are currently being accepted. There are no deadlines.

For more information, please visit the website- www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk

ABC Funding Opportunities

Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council is offering financial assistance to eligible groups in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector for Capital projects 2025/2026.

Large Capital Project Fund 2025/2026

Opens for applications at 9.00am on Monday 13 January and closes at 12noon on Friday 17 October 2025, or when the budget is fully committed, whichever comes first.

Small Capital Project Fund 2025/2026

Opens for applications at 9.00am on Monday 13 January and closes at 12noon on Friday 7 February 2025. Projects must not commence before 1 April 2025.

Groups wishing to be notified of future funding opportunities and other relevant information should request their details be added to the Council database by emailing fap@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk

Further information including details of how to apply can be found at Funding Hub | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

First point of contact is Valerie Armstrong 07515 607 480

Funding for Sustainable and Active Travel in the UK

Naturesave Trust is currently accepting applications to its Spring 2025 round.

This small, registered charity is the charitable arm of Naturesave Insurance, an ethical insurance provider, and provides funding three times a year to support specific UK-based environmental, conservation and community renewable energy projects.

The Trust offers funding for a different theme each year.

This year, grants of up to £5,000 are for projects that actively promote sustainable and eco-friendly approaches to travel and transport.

NatureSave is looking to support the following types of projects:

• Vehicles – clean fuel, batteries or both. This can include electric vehicles, hybrid power systems and fuel cells.

• Infrastructure – such as public transportation systems.

• Energy source – using renewable energy sources instead of fossil fuels like coal.

• Activity – walking, cycling or using a scooter instead of driving. 

Applications are accepted from a range of UK based organisations, including charities, social enterprises, voluntary organisations, small grassroots community groups and businesses.

To be eligible, the organisation and/or project must be entirely based in the UK and have a website or social media presence.

There are three funding windows per year: January to February; May to June; and September to October.

The application deadline for the current round is 27 February 2025 (12 noon).

For more information, please visit The Naturesave Trust - Naturesave Insurance