A fund for planting trees which can inlcude the design and planning of the planting
Open Until:
Posted: 10/03/2022
Orchard
Windfalls Fund 2015 (UK)
The Tree Council has announced that its Orchard Windfalls Fund 2015 is
open for applications. Through the Fund grants of between £100 and £700 are
available to schools and community groups for the planting of apple and pear
trees with the condition that children aged sixteen or under with the condition
that children aged sixteen or under are involved in the planting or, where the
trees are too large to be directly handled by them, related educational
activities.
This educational aspect might be during the design, planning and planting of
the orchard or, in schools, it might be part of curriculum related projects
that will be enhanced by the preliminary activities or the subsequent
availability of fruit trees on or near to the school site. To be eligible
planting must take place on publicly accessible land, usually in public or
charity ownership. In addition the School or Community Group must be able to
raise 25% of planting costs.
The closing date for applications is the 31st March 2015. Read more at: http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/grants/orchard-windfalls
