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This page was last updated: 5 March 2024
Below, you'll find a list of organisations which can provide assistance with grants or equipment to support outdoor learning.
Please note: Schools and groups will need to apply directly to the funder / provider.
We support schools and groups to experience and learn about food, farming and the countryside, and the important role they play in maintaining our health and the health of the planet. Our programmes are offered free, or low cost, to eligible schools and groups.
Find out more about our programmes
The Country Trust is partnering with The Ernest Cook Trust (ECT) to offer an innovative 3-night residential at YHA Buttermere.
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Schools / groups must meet our eligibility. Limited places - register your interest today!
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. Priority will be given to schools with underserved pupils in areas of high deprivation.
This current round of funding is a place-based offer focussing on specific geographical areas defined by postcodes. The Outdoor Essentials Grant is therefore available to schools located within the following prefixes only:
Their charitable purpose is to provide funding to schools for the implementation of innovative projects designed to raise the attainment of youngsters disadvantaged by poverty. First pilot round opens 20th March for projects of around £1000 – £1500
Closes: 16th May 2024
The Edina Trust offers £700 primary school science grants and £500 nursery science grants. Edina funding is non-competitive, meaning grants are guaranteed if your school is located within one of their current local authority areas. Schools can use their grants for science resources, gardening equipment, science weeks, science subscriptions, science visits (in or out of school) and improving school grounds for science.
Deadline: 14th June.
Tackle teaching challenges in primary science. Get to know and share knowledge with your fellow science teachers and technicians. Develop your leadership skills and strengthen your local network.
If you have an idea that will make an impact on science teaching where you are, the Primary Science Teaching Empowerment Fund can help cover your costs up to £600.
Must be located in these London areas: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, City of London.
Up to £5,000 to enable organisations to deliver fun and accessible activities for children and young people during the school holidays. This includes all half-term breaks, Easter, Christmas and the summer holiday. Organisations may apply for the running costs of holiday programmes that provide young people with activities in supportive and accessible environments.
Sea-Changers gives one-off grants (i.e. not continual funding) to UK-based charities and other organisations (including schools) carrying out marine conservation related activities.
*Schools are exempt unless they are a registered charity for children/young people with disabilities*
Grants up to £10,000 (avg. £4000) that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. The Company is looking for projects that deliver clearly defined educational benefits to a specific group of children or young people. Items of equipment will be considered only where a full explanation is given of how they will support this activity.
The Woodland Trust want to make sure everybody in the UK has the chance to plant a tree. So they're giving away hundreds of thousands of trees to schools and communities.
B&Q stores have been donating unsellable materials and products to local community groups for many years. From paint to pallets and tables to tiles, our surplus and display items go to those who need them the most, to help build a stronger communities.
For schools planning or wanting to set up an outdoor learning space or simply get kids outside in all weathers, they should first consider the need for proper clothing – waterproofs and wellies.
Nominate your school for a donation
Funding for residentials for children living in the Bradford Metropolitan District.
BTO Equipment Donation Scheme (EDS) supports young people across the UK by supplying them with equipment to make the most of their birdwatching experiences, and enabling them to further develop the scheme.
A number of LEAs are providing funding – particularly for children in receipt of Free School Meals
Ongoing deadline, grants between £300 > £10,000. This fund 'supports people, communities and organisations that are facing increased demands and challenges as a direct result of the cost-of-living crisis'. Schools are eligible to apply as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school.
£50 to £500 cash to individuals, community groups, schools and organisations to encourage people to get outdoors and have great experiences that otherwise couldn’t happen; e.g. giving a cash grant to a school to fund transport costs. Trustees meet every 2 months to consider applications. There's no limit to the number of times you can receive an award. If possible, please apply at least 3 months before the start of a project so that the trustees have time to consider it at their next meeting.
The Foundation supports improvements and new facilities at special needs schools and the purchase of new, adapted minibuses that benefit children with special needs and disabilities.
We aim to help children and young people reach their full potential by supporting projects which have the following objectives: Encouraging Independence; developing team working skills & self-confidence; promoting creativity & individuality; encouraging aspiration; enhancing educational achievement; widening educational horizons.
The people and organisations we fund will:
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Raising the aspirations of disadvantaged young people and supporting youth projects through education, the arts, sport and adventurous activities.
The AFMT awards grants to disadvantaged young people to develop an existing interest and experience in adventurous outdoor activities. This includes walking, climbing, cycling, kayaking, sailing, horse riding - either self-planned or for residential courses at an outdoor centre.
This outdoor learning grant fund has two elements – a fully funded outdoor learning training course for your staff and £500 of equipment for outdoor learning.
The Greggs Breakfast Club Programme was established in 1999 to help primary school children get a nutritious start to their school day. Every school is provided with fresh bread from their nearest Greggs shop, and a grant to support start-up and ongoing costs. The average club costs just £3,000 to set up and run for a year based on 65 children.
Provides grants to individual persons and other organisations to provide access and/or opportunities to recreational and leisure time outdoor activities and experiences to children, adults, persons who are disabled either permanently or temporarily and persons with special physical or mental health needs. You can apply for a minimum grant of £500. Whilst there is no maximum value, we are most unlikely to consider applications in excess of £5,000
Community Matters is our charitable giving scheme that runs throughout John Lewis & Partners shops. You'll come across a similar scheme at your local Waitrose & Partners too.
Every 3 months each shop selects 3 community groups or charities to help. Customers are directly involved in deciding how much each nominated group receives, by using a token to vote for the organisation they'd like to support.
The purpose of the Holiday Grants programme is to provide access to recreational trips or holidays for groups of children who experience disadvantage or who have disabilities. In particular we are interested in contributing to trips that would not take place without our funding. £500 – £2,500.
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Tesco Community Grants fund thousands of local community projects across the UK, helping to fight holiday hunger, tackle mental health, support young people, host community events and much more.
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'Use our powerful grants database to search for grants from Trusts & Foundations, the UK Government, Lottery and the EU. Match funding opportunities to your requirements.'. This is subscription service it’s worth checking the news page and signing up to the monthly newsletter.
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Designed to provide young people with an opportunity to take the lead on projects that involve their local nature and natural spaces, to aid young people in realising their influence to affect positive change, to have their voices heard, and see their ideas come to life.
Grants of £500 (six-week turnaround) for projects that; support mental health, enable participation in physical activity, prevent or reduce the impact of poverty, supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality, improve biodiversity and respond to the climate emergency and improving green spaces and increase access to the outdoors. Schools are eligible to apply if they are a registered charity.
The Get Out! Grant is awarded every month for equipment purchase, specialist training, travel, resources with the focus on supporting pupils getting outside learning
Supports projects that make a difference to life in the mainly rural communities where they operate (Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Lincolnshire). Keen to support community and voluntary organisations that are charitable, educational or benevolent in purpose.
Grants between £250 - £3000 to support projects focusing on education, environment, children, the disabled, youth activities and projects that provide clear benefits to the local communities close to their UK locations.
