{"id":6099,"date":"2026-01-13T12:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/lancscan\/?page_id=6099"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:22:38","slug":"funding-for-large-scale-rewilding-projects-across-britain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/lancscan\/resources\/funding\/funding-for-large-scale-rewilding-projects-across-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding for Large-Scale Rewilding Projects Across Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rewilding Britain is accepting applications for the first 2026 funding round of the Rewilding Innovation Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/lancscan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/404\/2026\/01\/daisyfield.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Nick Page on Unsplash, low angle looking through a spring meadow of white daisies.\" class=\"wp-image-6098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/lancscan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/404\/2026\/01\/daisyfield.jpg 614w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/lancscan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/404\/2026\/01\/daisyfield-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Grants of up to \u00a315,000 are available to support rewilding projects at a scale of more than 40 hectares across England, Wales, and Scotland, which could potentially unlock further funding or move a project in scale, whether at the early planning stage or scaling up a pre-existing project, and that adheres to Rewilding Britain\u2019s rewilding principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding can be used to cover costs such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Business plans and strategies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community engagement activities or co-design.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feasibility studies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technological innovations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding can cover costs such as direct interventions or any expertise that a project requires. 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