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GREEN RESEARCH MICROGRANTS 2025

Following on from the success of our microgrant funds in 2023 & 2024, we’re continuing our focus on Intergenerational Green Action! 

We’re working with leading housing association Clarion Futures, alongside an Intergenerational Board, to create access to Green Microgrants for community groups working within social housing communities. 

We will be offering seasonal funding up to the value of £1000 for your patch. This could include money for creating a nature haven, making patches a bit prettier, or running some fun activities! 🌻🐝

In this round we are interested in projects that bring people young and old together to protect nature together through the seasons.

We will prioritise projects which are also youth led.  

The micro grant is available through a £1.2m programme funded by the participating housing associations with additional support from the #iwill Fund – a joint fund from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and The National Lottery Community Fund that supports young people to access high quality social action opportunities.

 

 

**PLEASE NOTE**

To access our Green Microgrants, participants will also need to complete our Green Research survey with an intergenerational group to collect information about the outdoor spaces in estates near them.  This survey can also help inform and develop your project!

We provide all of the questions, a toolkit and snacks so that research teams can have fun and tell us more about the spaces where they live.

The funding criteria

The project idea must: 

Engage minimum 10 young people aged 7-25

Be connected to a local housing association – preference will be given to those taking action on or near social housing estates

The ideas must be youth-led and intergenerational

Groups must fill out our green research survey by the end of each round.  

Action must be delivered and impact reporting completed by the end April (3 months). 

You must tell us what impact the project has had, as well as complete some basic info about who has taken part!

To kick start the action we will…
💸 Give you up to £1000 as a micro-grant 💸
Send you a nature pack & toolkit to get going
Feed your green spaces data back into our housing network

How to apply


Simply click on the button below to complete the application form on the ActionFunder platform. ⬇️

If you have any questions you can email us on:

With BIG THANKS to InCommon, our intergenerational partner, iWill and Clarion Housing Group or providing this funding!

Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group, has teamed up with Backyard Nature to launch a new two-year social action programme to provide opportunities for young residents, with the aim of connecting generations and embedding youth social action in communities nationwide.