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Inspiring Scotland - Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund

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The Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund seeks to inspire, encourage, and enable communities to explore and deliver ambitious ecosystem restoration projects locally. It also seeks to raise awareness about the importance of local ecosystem restoration and address barriers faced by community-led efforts.

They are most interested in funding the development stages and successful organisations will also receive professional fundraising support to move their projects from development stage to delivery.

Your project must focus on one (or more) parts of ecosystem restoration. These are:

Connecting nature corridors
Habitat and species restoration
Freshwater and wetland restoration
Coastal and marine initiatives
Control of invasive non-native species impacting on nature
Enhancing and connecting nature within villages, towns, or cities

This Fund is supported by the Carman Family Foundation, the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, which is managed by NatureScot, and others. Inspiring Scotland is administering this funding.

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Geographical areas funded: Scotland

Fund type

Type of funding:: Grant
Type of cost:: Capital, Revenue

Fund award sizes

Maximum:: Premium information

Notes on award amounts:: Premium information

Who can apply

To apply for this funding, you must be a not-for-profit community-led organisation based in a specific geographic area in Scotland.

Maximum annual income:: £200,000

When to apply

Applications are now closed. The Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund will reopen for applications in 2025.

How to apply

Read the fund guidance available on the Inspiring Scotland website and then submit an expression of interest. You will then have access to the online application form.

Contact information

Activites funded: Citizenship and community involvement Community development and regeneration Environment

Beneficiaries funded: Rural communities Local communities Urban communities

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