The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.
Funding for nature projects in Scotland
The Nature Restoration Fund is a new £1 million programme funded by The Scottish Government. It will support a mix of urban and rural-focused projects, such as improving greenspace for outdoor learning, green active travel routes, planting of wildlife corridors and natural flood management.
Distributed by NatureScot, the Fund encourages applications from projects that restore nature, safeguard wildlife and tackle the causes of biodiversity loss and climate change across Scotland. The Fund has two themes:
- Making Space for Nature (urban focused nature based solutions for biodiversity and climate change); and
- Helping nature recover (rural focused biodiversity enhancement, climate resilience and reinstatement).
Capital funding is available to support projects over £20,000 in value. Projects should address the key priority areas identified by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
The closing date for application is midnight on 27 July 2021.