Deadline: 22-Jun-23
The Veolia Environmental Trust’s Habitat and Biodiversity Grant Scheme is now open for applications.
The Veolia Environmental Trust funds improvements to natural habitats and their vision is for a healthy environment where native species can thrive.
When considering your application, the Trustees will want to see that your project:
- Protects and enhances biodiversity and natural habitats.
- Your project will increase biodiversity at the project site.
- The delivery of this project will not damage or destroy natural habitats.
- Inspires the creation of a sustainable carbon neutral space.
- The project will reduce the carbon footprint of the site.
- You will be working towards goals to make the project site carbon neutral.
- Promotes community action and wellbeing.
- You need to have consulted everyone who uses the project site (current and potential) who will benefit from this project.
- Ensure the results of the consultation are included in the project aims.
- You will, where possible, make use of volunteers to deliver the project.
- Volunteering opportunities will increase as a result of this project.
- Is inclusive and accessible to everyone and anyone to use?
- The project actively encourages greater use by all members of the general public, from different cultures, religions, ages, genders, backgrounds and disabilities from accessing and using the site.
Funding Information
- A project with a total cost of no more than £350,000.
- A grant application requesting between £10,000 and £75,000.
Timescale
- A project that will physically start within four months of being awarded a grant.
- A project that will complete within 12 months of its start date.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisation
- An application from an organisation which:
- is charitable and operated on a not-for-profit basis.
- is constituted, with a set of signed governing documents.
- has been established for a minimum of two years.
- has a minimum of two directors, trustees or committee members who are not related to each other.
- does not financially benefit directors, trustees, members.
- An application from an organisation which:
- Project Site
- A project which will take place on a single site.
- A project resulting in structural improvements to a single site e.g. woodland, nature reserve, waterway.
- A project with all permissions (e.g. Environment Agency) in place at the time of application.
- A project where the applicant is the landowner or has a formal agreement (e.g. a lease) with the landowner, with at least six years of the term remaining.
- Project Costs
- Physical improvement works which will result in habitat improvements and/or increase in biodiversity.
- Staff costs which directly relate to completing the physical improvements at the project site (e.g. Volunteer management).
- Equipment required for project delivery.
Ineligible
- A project which takes places on multiple sites.
- The purchase of land.
- EB overheads and site running costs (e.g. staff salaries, rent and maintenance fees).
- A project that forms part of a larger project.
- A project that has already started or is anticipated to start before formal agreements are signed.
- A project that intends to generate an income for use other than for the upkeep of the project site.
For more information, visit Veolia Environmental Trust.