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Funding opportunities
If you are aware of any grant opportunities related to outdoor education and learning that may be appropriate for education settings in Warwickshire, that are not listed here, please let us know via the contribute form so that they can be included. Similarly if any of these opportunities have closed, please let us know so we can remove them from this list.
Let us know about grant opportunities
If you successfully apply for funding from any of these sources, or elsewhere, please send an email to outdooreducation@warwickshire.gov.uk to tell us about your success – so that we can share with other education settings across Warwickshire.
Country Trust
The Outdoor Essentials Grant is an award to UK state-funded Primary, Special and Secondary Schools to remove barriers and enable pupils to connect to nature and learn outdoors. An award of £500 is offered to Primary and Special Schools and a double award of 2 x £500 (£1,000) to Secondary Schools.
Education Nature Park
Information on sources of funding available to education settings for biodiversity improvements and outdoor learning equipment.
WCC Councillor's Grant Fund
The Councillors’ Grant Fund provides each of Warwickshire County Council’s 57 councillors with an allocated fund of £8,000 each to support small-scale projects within their division.
WCC Various Grants - D&B's, community and others
Information on further grants within Warwickshire.
Evolve Get! Out!
A series of £500 grants to support schools with providing educational visits opportunities for children and young people. 2024 entries closed in June, but information for future grants will be made available.
Evolve
Funding finder.
Tesco Stronger Start
The scheme is open to all schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations, with priority given to projects that provide food and support to young people.
Woodland Trust
Free trees for schools and communities. The scheme makes two deliveries a year, in March and November.
Local School Nature
The fund is open to schools and early years settings and has two elements – £500 of outdoor equipment, and an outdoor learning training course for staff. Closes 8 November 2024 (future rounds may be announced).
BBC Children in Need
Various grant programmes.
Great British School Trip
Funding opportunities for school trips. 2023/24 applications are closed, but further opportunities may be posted.
Kingswood Hardship Fund
Financial support for individual young people who face barriers to accessing residential trips.
National Lottery - Awards for All
A broad funding opportunity that has a focus on community and cost-of-living challenges.
Co-op
The local community fund runs annually (2024 applications have closed).
One Stop
The programme supports community groups or organisations operating within two miles of a One Stop store.Applications close on 2 September and 2 December.
Royal Chemistry Society
Funding for chemistry-based engagement activities.
Nineveh Charitable Trust
Grant opportunity with a focus on promoting better understanding of the countryside.
Education Nature Park
Information on finding funding opportunities.
The Fore
The Spring 2025 funding round opens in December 2024.
Foyle Foundation
Small grants scheme.
Grocers Hall
One-off grants across a number of themes, including children and young people.
Morrisons Foundation
Grants are available for up to £10,000 for capital spend or direct project delivery.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – (age 14-25 only)
The Youth Fund aims to help young people to have their voices heard, and to have agency and autonomy to drive changes and improvements which transform their transitions to adulthood.
True Colours Trust
The True Colours Trust offers grants of up to £10,000 to small charities and projects working to support disabled children and their families.
The National Lottery – Climate Action Fund
Helping communities tackle climate change.
Government – EV Charging
Grant for eligible state-funded education institutes to provide support towards the costs of the purchase, installation and infrastructure of electric vehicle chargepoints.
The Royal Society
Schools can apply for grants of up to £3,000 to run investigative STEM projects in partnership with STEM professionals from academia or industry.
The Ernest Cook Trust
The Outdoor Essentials Grant is an award to UK state-funded Schools to remove barriers and enable pupils to connect to nature and learn outdoors.
If you need help clearing land and planting, don’t forget to think about the larger local company’s such as Jaguar Land Rover and National Grid, who give their employees time to help volunteer. It is worth contacting them so see how they can help your school.
Similarly, see if your PTA/Friends of would be able to support you with projects to improve and utilise your outdoor space.
