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GrantScape Launches £1.6 million Biodiversity Fund

08/12/2008 11:48:21 December 2008. Environmental grant-making charity, GrantScape, has launched two exciting new grant programmes totalling £1.6 million to support nature conservation and the UK's precious biodiversity.

GrantScape's £1.3 million "Working with Nature" programme will support nationally-important biodiversity projects in England and Wales. Meanwhile, its £300,000 fund for Inner London will provide grants for urban nature conservation projects in the capital which improve people's access to nature.

Welcoming these initiatives, Naturalist and TV Presenter Nick Baker said: "This is great news, particularly because so much of the UK's wildlife is under growing threat from pressures such as climate change and development. It's really good to know that there are charities out there like GrantScape, committed to protecting and conserving our habitats and species. It's funding on this scale that will help make a real difference."

Inner London Nature Conservation Fund
Also welcoming the new grant programme for Inner London, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: "It is fantastic news that GrantScape has £300,000 on offer to help improve the quality of London's inner city green spaces. Londoners can derive a host of benefits from places where nature is encouraged to thrive. This is why I have also pledged funds to plant 10,000 more street trees in the capital and makeover some of London's most rundown parks."

For full details of these new programmes, please visit: www.grantscape.org.uk

About "Working with Nature"

The biodiversity value of applicants' projects will be the main criteria used by GrantScape in assessing applications to the fund, specifically how these contribute to meeting the objectives for priority habitats and/or species listed within the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (see: http://www.ukbap.org.uk/).

Grants will be available to not-for-profit organisations, charities and Local Authorities. Applications can be made to GrantScape for amounts ranging between £150,000 and £300,000, and grants can be drawn down over three years.

For full details of the new programme's criteria, including how to apply for grants, please visit: www.grantscape.org.uk

About the Inner London Nature Conservation Fund

The biodiversity value of applicants' projects will be the main criteria used by GrantScape in assessing applications, specifically how these contribute to meeting the London Biodiversity Plan's goals. However, in choosing between projects, the charity will also be looking to support the Mayor of London's objective to improve Londoners' access to nature, particularly where there is a present deficiency.

The priority habitats being targeted through the Fund are parks and urban green spaces, reedbeds, standing water and canals, the River Thames, grassland, built structures (including living/green roofs), churchyards and cemeteries, and open habitat mosaics such as wasteland, plus all the wildlife that they support.

Grants will be available to not-for-profit organisations, including "friends of" groups, charities and Boroughs. Applications can be made to GrantScape for amounts ranging between £20,000 and £50,000, and grants can be spread over two years. Better still, no match funding is required.

For full details of the new programme's criteria, including how to apply for grants, please visit: www.grantscape.org.uk

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