Environment

Applications for the Weston Charity Awards 2023 are open to environmental charities for the first time thanks to a collaboration between The Garfield Weston Foundation and charity partner, Pilotlight.

Delivered by the National Garden Scheme, the Community Gardens Award provides grants of £500 to £5,000 for the creation of a garden or a similar project (such as an allotment) with horticultural focus for the benefit of the local community.

The funding is available to projects in England, Northern Ireland and Wales run by amateur gardeners within community groups or Community Interest Companies (CICs).

The Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund gives grants to communities to improve accessible local green spaces or create new ones where they are needed most.

Following its successful first applications round earlier this year, round two of the £2.6m Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund is now open to applications, seeking community projects that will make a real difference to their local area.

Funding is available for capital projects that improve community facilities, enhance the local environment, and protect threatened habitats and biodiversity in communities near qualifying Veolia sites.

National Survivor User Network (NSUN) are awarding grants of £500-£1,000 to those facilitating community spaces where people with shared identities and experiences come together in support of one another’s wellbeing. This may be in the form of peer support, mutual aid or self-help groups, but is not limited to groups defining themselves in this way.

Community Camp is an immersive learning experience, offering a mix of practical activities, workshop sessions and networking opportunities for people from across the UK. The Community Camps take place either face-to-face at the Eden Project in Cornwall or online and dates for 2022 and 2023 have been announced.

Community Camp dates and times

Community-based organisations can apply for funding to support projects that promote, preserve, and protect trees, woodlands, and forests in local communities across the United Kingdom.

This funding aims to help communities across the UK to address climate change. The National Lottery Community Fund are looking for projects that focus on the link between nature and climate. The National Lottery Community Fund want to fund projects that use nature to encourage more community-led climate action. The National Lottery Community Fund expect these projects to bring other important social and economic benefits.

UK non-profit organisation Everything is Possible will once again salvage good quality reusable camping equipment at Leeds Festival with the help of their international volunteers. And once again they are offering local community organisations the occasion to apply for this camping gear.