Three UK conservation organisations are set to receive up to £45,000 each through a new fund from venture philanthropy organisation The Fore. The grants will support habitat restoration and wildlife protection, with applications for the Spring 2027 round opening in November 2026.
The Nature Recovery Fund will offer unrestricted funding for up to three years to organisations selected in 2027. Each successful applicant will also receive professional mentoring, training, skilled volunteering and other practical support valued at £7,000, taking the total package to as much as £52,000 per organisation.
Registration opens at 12:00 on Wednesday 25 November 2026 and closes at 12:00 on Friday 4 December. The Fore will select recipients through a Dragons’ Den-style process, with funding panels in April 2027.
The fund is focused on rewilding and nature restoration. It will support work to restore and connect habitats, engage landowners and local communities, and encourage wider participation in conservation. The launch comes amid persistent pressures on wildlife: the RSPB’s State of Nature Report 2023 found monitored species abundance in the UK had fallen by an average of 19 per cent since 1970, and about one in six species assessed in Great Britain was threatened with extinction.
Environmental groups also face funding constraints. Big Give’s Green Match Fund Annual Impact Report 2025 said environmental causes received 5 per cent of UK public charitable giving. The new fund extends The Fore’s existing environmental support, including £315,000 awarded through its Sustainability and Environment Fund since December 2024. One previous recipient, youth-led initiative Youngwilders, has created 348 acres of new habitat and mobilised more than 1,600 young people since connecting with The Fore in 2023.
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