Environment, energy & transport

With a focus on the low carbon economy, the funds featured in this section cover energy efficiency, renewables, resource management, biodiversity and nature conservation.

  • Chewing Gum Task Force

    The Chewing Gum Task Force grant scheme provides grants for local authorities to purchase specialist chewing gum cleaning equipment and/or increase street cleansing. The fund aims to clean up historic gum staining and change behaviour so that people don’t drop their gum in the first place. The funding can be used to undertake chewing gum […]

  • Garfield Weston Foundation

    The Garfield Weston Foundation is one of the largest UK grant-making foundations, supporting charities across the UK with donations totalling around £100m each year. Most grants from the foundation are in the range of £10,000 to £50,000 but smaller and larger grants can be awarded, including major grants of over £100,000. The grants can be […]

  • Sea-Changers

    Sea-Changers is a UK marine conservation charity that gives grants to UK marine charities and non-profits for conservation and research projects. The grant schemes currently available are: Applications are accepted from UK-based charities and not-for-profit organisations (including schools) carrying out marine conservation related activities.

  • Climate Action Fund: Food Systems

    The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) has launched a new fund to support the production and consumption of healthy, affordable food. The Climate Action Fund (Food Systems) is for projects that strengthen our food system and reduce food insecurity for people and communities. Grants of between £2.5m and £7m are available for large-scale, partnership projects […]

  • Naturesave Trust

    The Naturesave Trust has announced that its current theme for grant applications is ‘marine conservation’. Grants of up to £5,000 are available for work to protect and restore marine environments, including: Applications can be submitted by any organisation: the preference is to fund charities, social enterprises and grassroots community organisations. Your organisation and/or project must […]

  • Groundwork Grassroots Grants

    Small, local organisations that are making a positive difference in their communities can apply for between £500 and £2,000 in unrestricted funding from Groundwork Grassroots Grants. These are flexible grants and can therefore be used where they are most needed, including for core organisational costs. The aim is to support groups that provide vital services […]

  • GBE Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks

    Capital grants are on offer for manufacturers producing components for the offshore wind and electricity networks supply chain. The Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund is a new programme with a total budget of £300m to address constraints in the supply chain for the offshore wind sector. Manufacturing businesses can apply for funding to […]

  • The Giving Machine: Community Grants

    Small charities can apply for a £250 grant to support their work. There are eight unrestricted grants available each quarter. Any not-for-profit organisation with a turnover of less than £1m can apply, including: You just need to explain what your organisation does, how you would spend £250 and how it would make a difference to […]

  • Horizon Europe

    Horizon Europe is the EU research and innovation programme: UK organisations can apply for funding to participate in the programme, based on an EU/UK agreement which makes the UK an ‘associate country’ to Horizon Europe. The new Horizon Europe work programme for 2026/27 has now been published setting out the priorities for the final two […]

  • Rewilding Innovation Fund

    Rewilding Britain provides grants of up to £15,000 to help remove barriers to rewilding projects within Britain. The Rewilding Innovation Fund will support rewilding projects on land and at sea, at a scale of more than 40 hectares, that adhere to Rewilding Britain’s rewilding principles. The fund aims to support works that could potentially unlock […]