Description
Grants are available to boost locally led land and marine nature recovery projects across Britain.Current StatusOpen for ApplicationsMaximum value:£ 15,000
Objectives of Fund
This fund aims to foster new and ambitious community rewilding projects, and to remove barriers to rewilding projects within Britain, whether they’re at the early planning stages or want to move a project one step wilder. Funding will be awarded to projects with potential for the highest impact for people and nature.
Value Notes
Grants of up to £15,000 are available. It is expected that most awards will be less than £10,000.
In the pilot round of the Rewilding Innovation Fund (August 2021), a total of £55,000 was awarded to six projects.
It is anticipated that around 10 projects will be awarded funding in this round.
Who Can Apply
To apply for funding, projects must be:
- Based in Britain
- Part of the Rewilding Network (includes community, private and public landowners, and managers of rewilding areas on the land and at sea).
- Rewilding at scale (more than 40 hectares) according to Rewilding Britain’s rewilding principles. This can be an individual landholding or a cluster of landholdings. It is recommended that applicants who are rewilding on a smaller scale form a group or network to apply.
Priority will be given to applicants who are taking an innovative approach to land and marine rewilding, and applicants that will help develop learning and evidence for others within the Rewilding Network.
Previously unsuccessful applicants can reapply for funding in this round.
Restrictions
Funding cannot be provided for land purchase or capital costs, such as fencing.
Eligible Expenditure
Funding is for works that could potentially unlock further funding or move a project in scale.
Examples of potential applications include:
- Business plans and strategies.
- Community engagement activities or co-design.
- Feasibility studies.
- Technological innovations.
Previously successful projects have included:
- A carbon capture project.
- A seagrass restoration study.
- A tree seeding experiment.
- Developing a new rewilding strategy.
- A feasibility study and community consultation.
Funding can cover costs such as direct interventions, or any expertise that a project requires.
All funding must be spent within 15 months.
How To Apply
There are two regular rounds per year. The next deadline for applications is 14 October 2022.
There is a two-stage application process:
- Applicants should first become a Rewilding Network member through the online portal on the Rewilding Britain website.
- Applicants can then submit an online application form.
Guidance notes are available from the Rewilding Britain website.