Grant application guidelines

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Conservation

The Trust awards grants to UK registered or exempt charities whose work fulfils the criterion:

Care of the countryside including its flora and fauna.

The Trust welcomes applications but receives far more than it can afford to support. In a typical year we are able to respond positively to around 1 in 7 applications in this particular field.

Around 5 charities are supported each year with grants varying from around £5,000 to £20,000. Charities which exist primarily for conservation purposes are most likely to succeed but other charities will be considered where their projects fulfil our conservation criterion.

The Trustees are unlikely to respond positively to requests for running costs of organisations unless there are exceptional reasons, preferring instead to support individual projects. The Trust supports charities and projects of all sizes, but in this field locally-based or smaller national charities are likely to be preferred. Examples of recent successful applications are given below.

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A wildlife trust was given £12,000 towards the £17,000 cost of de-silting and other works to a large lake on a nature reserve.

A wildlife trust was given £6,000 to fund habitat work on a newly-acquired area of woodland for the benefit of dormice.

A wildlife trust was given £10,000 towards the £15,000 cost of improving vehicular access to one of their reserves.

Local charity was given £16,000 towards a £700,000 capital appeal to fund the purchase of a substantial area of intensively grazed woodland so they could restore it to its natural habitat.

Small national charity was given £14,000 towards a £54,000 project to encourage habitat management for the benefit of rare moths.

If you wish to discuss a particular project before submitting an application, please email or telephone the Grants Administrator.

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