The objectives of the Environmental Funders Network are the promotion of the effective use of resources in the Environmental sector, particularly in the areas conservation, and the protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment by:
o Liaising with, researching and acting as a forum for the exchange of information between organisations working in the Environmental Sector, in order to identify how the sector might better achieve charitable purposes in conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment, including but not limited to identifying funding gaps and gaps in service provision in the sector.
o Providing advice and information to existing and potential funders of charities and non-charitable bodies working in the Environmental Sector to encourage them to increase their funding and to provide funding in a way which increases the effective application of funding for charitable purposes by the Environmental Sector, and
o Providing charities working in the Environmental Sector with strategic and fundraising advice; and o Such other means as the charity trustees shall from time to time think fit.
The Network provides a Rapid Response Fund to support groups who are trying to take advantage of unexpected opportunities or react to unforeseen crises with a potentially significant environmental outcome. This includes supporting organisations who need immediate help in response to situations that are not possible to predict or anticipate.
Grants of up to £25,000 are available to UK environmental groups, with an average grant award of around £10,000. Preference is given to organisations working in areas that traditionally find it difficult to attract funding, such as consumption and waste, toxicity, fresh water, pollution and transport.
Applying organisations must be based in the UK, although funded activities can take place in any part of the world.
Further information, guidance and an application form is available on the Network’s website.
There are no application deadlines. Applications may be made at any time and are reviewed by the Network on an ongoing basis.
