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    Heritage Lottery – Government’s £40million Green Recovery Challenge Fund Opens for Applications

    16 Sep 2020 by Libby Mahoney

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    Grants from £50,000 to £5m are now available to kick-start the nation’s green recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

    Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive of The National Lottery Heritage Fund, said: “I am delighted that we are distributing the Green Recovery Challenge Fund on behalf of Defra. We are committed to supporting the nature and environment sector quickly and effectively through this fund.”

    Who is it for

    The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is open to environmental charities and partnerships that include at least one environmental charity, with projects in England that are ready to start.

    All projects must contribute to at least one of the following themes:

    • nature conservation and restoration
    • nature based solutions, particularly focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation such as through tree planting and restoring peatland
    • connecting people with nature
    • Projects will be favoured that create or retain jobs, providing opportunities and benefits for all ages, including young people. Projects from both rural, urban and inshore marine areas are welcomed.

    How to apply

    Applications for grants up to £250,000 must be submitted by midday on 2 October 2020. For applications over £250,000, there is a two-step process, with initial expressions of interest required by midday on 24 September 2020.

    Up to 100% of project costs will be available.

    Please read the full criteria and application guidance before submitting your application.

    Applications under £250k

    When you are ready to apply, complete and submit your application via their Application Portal.
    If you do not already have a logon you will need to register.

    Applications over £250k: Expressions of Interest

    For applications for a grant above £250,000 a short Expression of Interest (EOI) form is mandatory. Guidance on the questions to be answered and a copy of the form is available.

    An assessment panel involving all the Fund partners will use the information you provide to decide whether or not to invite you to submit a full grant application. If you are not invited to apply we will explain our reason.

    We will aim to respond to all EOIs within ten working days of the deadline. You will then have three weeks to submit a full application.

    Click here to submit your Expression of Interest.

    A greener future

    The Green Recovery Challenge Fund, part of a wider HM Government green economic recovery jobs and skills package, will enable environmental charities and their partners to restore nature and tackle climate change.

    The fund will help create up to 3,000 jobs such as ecologists, surveyors, nature reserve staff and education workers. In additional, it will safeguard up to 2,000 existing jobs in areas such as protecting species, finding nature-based solutions to tackling climate change, conservation rangers and connecting people with nature. It will also support suppliers in areas such as agricultural engineering, horticulture, and equipment and seed supply.

    The National Lottery Heritage Fund is distributing the Green Recovery Challenge Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency, on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). It has been made possible by bringing forward funding announced at Budget 2020 including £10m from the Nature Recovery Fund and £30m of Nature for Climate Funding.

    For more information click here.

    Source: Heritage Fund

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