Funding Opportunities

Peatland Action is a peatland restoration project run by Scottish Natural Heritage and funded mainly by Scottish Government. The funding primarily supports on-the-ground restoration activities.

Through their Powering Communities to Net Zero Fund, SSEN aim to help communities become more resilient and to support the adoption of low-carbon technologies. 

The fund has been divided in two:

• Physical and Environmental Resilience - enables communities to apply for grants that will bolster community-led physical and environmental resilience measures.
• Low-carbon technology (LTC) - provides grants to non-profit organisations which can go towards the purchase of new low-carbon technologies.

The Innovation Fund supports ideas that are new and/or experimental solutions in the field of marine conservation. This  may be aimed at:

• addressing root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK
• preventing/reducing negative impacts on UK coastal and marine environments/species
• adding to the body of knowledge about marine conservation threats and ways to overcome them

They may award one or two large grants of around £10k or several smaller ones depending on the applications. 

This funding is for projects that will help people connect more with each other. For the Community Action funding programme, The National Lottery Community Fund define communities as people who share an identity, interest or experience. They also include people living in the same place. They will support projects that are open, inclusive and led by their community.

Greener Spaces, Fairer Places’ - grants up to £500 are available for local faith groups or related organisations working primarily in a small, specific geographic communities to tackle poverty and climate change.

The Craighnish Trust focuses on environmental and human rights issues as well as the particular special interests of the trustees. Previous awards have included grants to organisations working in conservation, refugees, youth, and music. The fund has a Scottish bias but is not exclusive to Scotland.

The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded, charitable grant-making foundation, which supports a wide range of causes across the UK.

The Esmee Fairburn Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. They also offer social investment.

As well as making direct investments into organisations seeking to create impact towards their aims, the foundation also invests into impact funds, which are managed by other social investors. They offer loans (secured and unsecured), equity, fund investments and everything else.

Expressions of Interest can be submitted at any time.

Members of the Climate Hub can apply for up to £1000 to either kickstart a climate action project in their community or carry out community engagement around climate change. 

The Aviva Foundation's Communities Fund supports organisations and projects that focus on either:

• Financial wellbeing - helping people feel more secure and in control of their money. This could include budgeting support, debt advice, financial education or money management.
• Climate action - helping communities prevent, prepare for and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. This might involve restoring nature, improving access to green spaces, or providing education and skills for a sustainable future.