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Environment and conservation grants in South West

Grants made 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 by UK trusts and foundations that publish through 360Giving to charities registered for environment and conservation with a registered address in South West.

50grants
£2.7mtotal awarded
£5,000median grant
16funders

Top funders

Trusts and foundations that gave the most to environment and conservation charities in South West in the last 12 months. Names link to their free funder profile where we have one.

FunderGrantsTotalMedian
Wolfson Foundation3£1.8m£150k
Barnwood Trust2£261k£130k
John Ellerman Foundation1£150k£150k
Paul Hamlyn Foundation1£100k£100k
The Clothworkers Foundation1£100k£100k
Devon Community Foundation13£73k£5,000
Quartet Community Foundation16£59k£4,412
CHK Foundation4£58k£15k
The Veterans' Foundation2£55k£28k
Garfield Weston Foundation1£30k£30k

Open and recurring programmes

Funder programmes behind these grants that have made grants in at least two years, so are likely to run again. Check each funder's website for current deadlines.

ProgrammeFunderGrants (12 months)Years with grantsLatest grant
Donor DirectedQuartet Community Foundation62023 to 20265 Feb 2026
DCC Food Fuel and MoreDevon Community Foundation42022 to 20265 Feb 2026
Arts and HumanitiesWolfson Foundation32018 to 202610 Jun 2026
Express GrantQuartet Community Foundation32023 to 202622 Jan 2026
StandardThe Veterans' Foundation22023 to 202630 Mar 2026
Supporting the SupportersDevon Community Foundation22023 to 202626 Mar 2026
Accessibility FundBarnwood Trust22025, 202626 Feb 2026
Bath & West Community Energy ProgrammeQuartet Community Foundation22023, 2024, 202510 Dec 2025
Wessex Water Community FundQuartet Community Foundation22023, 2024, 202519 Nov 2025
Violence Against Women & GirlsDevon Community Foundation12024, 2025, 20268 Apr 2026

Open government schemes charities can apply for

9 open schemes on Find a Grant covering South West in related sectors (live Grant Radar list). The 5 closing soonest:

SchemeFunderGrant sizeCloses
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in Schools Grant SchemeDepartment for Education (DfE)£10k to £1m9 Nov 2026
Exploring the frontiers of environmental research 2026 (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)£100k to £200k12 Nov 2026
Unlocking Space for Business Grant Call: Environmental Intelligence and EmissionsDepartment for Science Innovation and Technology£1 to £400k11 Dec 2026
Advancing solutions for critical mineral production and recycling (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, NERC, Innovate UK, AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC£1 to £305k7 Jan 2027
People and ResearchHistoric England£250 to £300k1 Apr 2027

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Source: grants data published by each funder through 360Giving (GrantNav), grants awarded 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 to registered charities, companies and other organisations (grants to individuals are left out). Cause and region come from the recipient charity's entry on the Charity Commission register (its registered charitable purposes and the postcode area of its registered address), so cause and region snapshots cover recipients registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Open government schemes are from Find a Grant (UK Government) via Grant Radar. "Recurring" programmes have grants in at least two calendar years. Figures are our own summary.

Licences: each funder publishes its data under its own open licence; we use only data licensed CC BY 4.0, CC0 or the Open Government Licence. Data from Benefact Trust, CHK Foundation, Devon Community Foundation, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Freemasons’ Charity, Garfield Weston Foundation, John Ellerman Foundation, Making a Difference Locally, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Quartet Community Foundation, The Clothworkers Foundation, The Dulverton Trust, The Veterans' Foundation, Wolfson Foundation: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Data from Architectural Heritage Fund, Barnwood Trust: Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0). Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Find a Grant: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check each funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to these funders.