Access to Nature is a £25 million grant scheme to encourage people from all backgrounds to understand, access and enjoy our natural environment.
Latest news
- 28 Jul 08 | There has been a high level of interest in Access to Nature since the programme opened to applications in April 2008. We expect this high level of interest to continue. Currently, Stage 1 applications received to date have tended to be at the higher end of the grants range. We would encourage prospective applicants to examine closely the costs of their project to ensure that these are both reasonable and realistic and have a clear connection with the intended outcomes.
- 28 Jul 08 | Guidance Note 3 - Recreation/Outdoor Pursuits Guidance
- 06 Jun 08 | Guidance Note 2 - Education Learning and Volunteering
- 28 Apr 08 | Access to Nature is now open for applications.
What is Access to Nature?
Access to Nature aims to encourage more people to enjoy the outdoors, particularly those who face social exclusion or those that currently have little or no contact with the natural environment - perhaps because they lack the confidence to get out and enjoy natural places or have few opportunities to do so.
By 2014 we want 1.7 million people - in urban, rural and coastal communities across England - to have benefited from this grant programme by giving them improved opportunities to experience and enjoy the natural environment and providing more opportunities to gain new skills .
Funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme and Natural England, Access to Nature is run by Natural England on behalf of a consortium of major environmental organisations.
How much can I apply for?
We will award grants of between £50,000 and £500,000 to support projects that deliver one or more of the scheme’s main outcomes. In addition we will make a small number of larger grants of over £500,000 for projects which have a national significance or impact.
