Natural England - Who we fund
Who we fund
To be eligible for a grant, organisations need to meet certain criteria.
Access to Nature only awards grants to:
- Community groups governed by a written constitution
- Registered charities and trusts
- Statutory bodies, including schools, colleges, local authorities, town and parish councils, health organisations
- Companies that are not registered charities but have a charitable purpose and a community focus (for example, a company limited by guarantee and some community interest companies or social enterprises, where any surpluses are mainly reinvested for community benefit)
- Mutual societies
- Charitable or not-for-profit companies
- Church based and other faith groups.
We do not award grants to:
- Individuals and sole traders
- Profit-making organisations, except social enterprises
- Companies limited by guarantee whose main purpose is not community-focused.
We do not normally award grants to organisations that:
- Are in poor financial health
- Have demonstrated poor management of previous Big Lottery Fund grants
- Are not established in England.
To qualify for funding, organisations are required to show evidence of partnership working and how they intend to involve the people they are trying to reach in developing, making decisions about and implementing the project.
Find out more about What we will fund
