Schools  and early years Settings in England can apply for support from the Learning through Landscapes programme. The Local School Nature grants are intended to help schools and early years settings offer outdoor learning activities for their pupils.

The grants provide an assortment of nature equipment up to the value of £500 and a two hour training session. The packages are customisable, enabling Early Years settings*, Infant, Primary and Secondary schools to choose from a menu of items which best suit their learners and their setting.

Eligibility: All schools and early years settings who employ at least five staff and have a dedicated building, (either stand alone or part of a school) can apply for fully-funded outdoor learning training for staff and £500 of equipment for outdoor learning.  

Training: this includes a two-hour session for up to 30 members of staff that will be delivered outside at your school or setting. When applying you may choose your preferred course from the menu of options including gardening for biodiversity, tool use.

Equipment: when applying for the grant you can choose from a selection of pre-approved products  – including woodland activity kits, gardening kits, wildlife cameras and outdoor cooking equipment – up to a total of £500.

There are three remaining funding rounds in 2023. These are the

• 9th June,

• 8th September or

• 10th November.

To find out further information of apply please click here.