We welcome applications that make major environmental impacts and/or involve mass participation.

Activities should emphasise local nature enrichment and biodiversity improvements. This could include creating or improving community gardens, shared spaces, wildflower meadows, ponds, community woodlands and creating other wildlife habitats. Please note that we cannot support applications for activities which are primarily about food growing.

Projects must complete and submit feedback by February 28 2026.

We prioritise applications from volunteer groups that do any of the following:

• Work in areas where there is substantial social and/or economic deprivation
• Improve and develop the health and wellbeing of their local community
• Involve disabled people, vulnerable people and those at risk of exclusion
• Encourage and involve people aged 26 or under in practical outdoor conservation

Types of activities that qualify for a grant:

• The project must involve practical outdoor activity by volunteers in Scotland. They should make environmental improvements to urban green spaces – planting projects, wildlife habitat creation and greenspace restoration or improvements.
• A minimum of 15 volunteers (and preferably more) must be involved in the project, each giving at least 5 hours of volunteering time
• Sites to be worked on must be accessible to the general public
• Plants, tools, materials and some volunteer expenses can be claimed. Our strong recommendation is to plant native species only.

What we are unable to fund:

• Activities which are primarily about food growing.
• Staff time, freelance or sessional workers wages, accommodation, cameras, large pieces of equipment (lawnmowers, power tools etc), fuel costs, garden furniture, garden ornaments or compost that is not ‘peat-free’,
• Projects in remote rural settings (unless involving disabled people/defined health groups or working in areas of multiple deprivation)
• Any project taking place on school grounds.