Grants available
Stratford District Council initiatives
Stratford-on-Avon District Council currently offer a wide range of funding initiatives that aim to enhance biodiversity across the District. available to local councils, charities, community groups and more. Please find more details about each below. Links to the relevant web pages have also been included:
Community Climate and Nature Fund
Funding Available: up to £10,000
Deadline: 13th April 2026
The Community Climate and Nature Fund is currently open for applications from local councils, charities and community groups, and aims to support a wide range of climate change initiatives. Past biodiversity projects that have been funded include pond restorations, tree and wildflower planting, initiatives to increase hedgehog, bee and bat populations, and so much more. To find out more, please follow the above link or contact climate.emergency@stratford-dc.gov.uk.
Free Trees for Town and Parish Councils
Funding Available: up to £20,000
Deadline: Rolling fund
SDC are continuing to offer the Free Trees for Town and Parish Councils scheme throughout 2026! If you are a local council in Stratford District you can apply for funding for UK native species to be planted on your land. Applications of all sizes will be considered, and SDC have £50,000 available to fund these projects. If you would like to find out more about the scheme, please send any enquiries to climate.emergency@stratford-dc.gov.uk.
Wilder Communities Project
Funding Available: up to ()
Deadline: Rolling fund
SDC and WDC are both working with the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust on The Wilder Communities Project. The project aims to enable local councils, charities and community groups to plant trees, hedges and wildflowers on publicly accessible land across South Warwickshire. To find out more information about the project, please contact the project officer at the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust: Olivia.Williams@wkwt.org.uk.
Woodland Trust Free Trees for Schools and Communities
Funding Available: unspecified: up to 420 trees
Deadline: August 2026
The Woodland Trust offer their Free Trees for Schools and Communities scheme to any educational establishment and all kinds of local authorities and not-for-profit community groups, including resident associations, sports clubs, and local councils.
The National Lottery
Funding Available: between £300 and £20,000
Deadline: Rolling fund
The National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment is available to all community and voluntary groups, local councils, charities and schools. The scheme looks to fund projects that help people connect with and care for nature in their area, and that make a positive difference to the environment.
Severn Trent Community Fund
Funding Available: between £2,000 and £50,000
Deadline: Rolling fund
The Severn Trent Community Fund aims to support charities and community groups with over £2 million of funding per year. A wide range of biodiversity initiatives are eligible: see some examples of past projects below:
Environment case study: 2024-25
Environmental case study: 2023-24
Environment case study: 2022-23
The CSW Communities Fund
Funding Available: up to £3,000
Deadline: Rolling fund
The Coventry, Solihull & Warwickshire Communities Fund is a scheme run by the Heart of England Community Foundation. They offer grants for projects that meet one of the following aims:
• Promote health & wellbeing
• Tackling disadvantage
• Support local solutions to meet local needs
• Promote community cohesion
• Develop sustainable & supporting communities
The Nineveh Charitable Trust
Funding Available: up to £20,000
Deadline: Rolling fund
The Nineveh Charitable Trust supports a broad range of UK-based projects and activities of benefit to the General Public, with an emphasis on promoting better understanding of the countryside.
See the link below for some examples of projects previously funded by the scheme:
Grants awarded – Nineveh Charitable Trust
The Eddie Stobart Sustainability Fund
Funding Available: Unspecified
Deadline: Rolling fund
The Stobart Sustainability Fund is open to community groups, educational facilities and small businesses with project ideas that aim to benefit their local environment. Fill in their short expression of interest form. Applicants are invited to specify the amount of funding their wish to apply for when they fill in the EOI form.
FCC Community Action Fund
Funding Available: £10,000 – £100,000
Deadline: 20th May 2026
The FCC Community Action Fund is available to local councils, charities and community groups who are looking to make improvements to their owned assets, such as village halls, nature reserves, and other publicly accessible spaces. Their full eligibility criteria can be found here.
Applicants must be located within 10 miles of an FCC landfill site, which you can check by clicking here. Most locations nearby to Alcester and Leamington Spa are within the radius of a site.