Rewilding Challenge Fund

Rewilding Britain is offering an annual award of £100,000 for a single large-scale rewilding project based in England, Scotland, or Wales, that is at least 1,000ha/10 km² in size, which brings ecological and social benefits for local communities and shows the maximum potential to work with others to scale up rewilding on land or at sea.

The Rewilding Challenge Fund will be awarded to a collaborative project that will:

• Work at nature’s scale by establishing large and ecologically connected rewilding initiatives across land and/​or sea.
• Let nature lead by creating areas where natural processes are given freedom to generate dynamic and complex mosaics of habitats and species which enhance resilience to the impacts of climate change.
• Create resilient local economies by providing opportunities for new, nature-based enterprises that in turn support thriving communities.
• Support people and nature together by bringing community voices to the fore in shaping rewilding initiatives, providing social and well-being benefits, and celebrating local culture.
• Secure benefits for the longer term by accelerating innovative projects that can act as a blueprint to inspire others and build a knowledge base of how to achieve large-scale rewilding.

Priority will be given to:

• Projects that restore and reinstate natural processes, habitats, and missing species to the maximum extent across land, sea, or both.
• Community-led/co-designed approaches to rewilding that bring lasting social, economic, and ecological benefits to local communities.

There is a multi-stage application process. Groups must first submit an online Expression of Interest before being shortlisted to complete a full application.

To read more about it visit their website here

The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is 11 October 2024.