HDH Wills Charitable Trust

Grants are available to support registered charities that are concerned with the preservation of wildlife and the environment. The Trust has three funds:

• General Grants: supports smaller charities with general charitable activities across a range of issues as well as charities focusing on the conservation of wildlife and the environment.
• Martin Wills Wildlife Maintenance Trust grants: supports the conservation and maintenance – for the benefit of the public – of the natural environment and its indigenous woodland flora and fauna with particular reference to the conservation and maintenance of the character and amenity of rural areas.
•  Large Grants: supports activities pertaining to environmental and wildlife issues only. (These grants are offered in fixed seven-year cycles, of which only two years are open to external applications.)

Small grants

• £500 - £2,000 to general charities, which are small enough in size or are applying for support for a modest project such that the charity will benefit substantially from a donation.
• £1,000 - £2,000 (though occasionally up to £5,000) to wildlife and conservation charities

Large grants

• Typically in the range of £5,000 - £50,000 to support wildlife and environmental causes