Phone: 01394 445225 | Email: [email protected]

Grants and Funding

Each year the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape is proud to open four grants schemes that fund local community projects. The schemes vary in purpose, scale of funding and geographic area with which they benefit, so it's important to find the right fund for your project.

Whether you have a project that works in the arts, media, conservation, learning, heritage, food, health, accessibility, and diversity, to give you but a few examples, we welcome your applications. Please use the following links and respective fund webpages to find out more about how you can help support conservation, or apply for funding.

For more information about the various grants that are open and available, and the criteria and funding guidelines, please contact Oka Last, National Landscape Grants Officer, on 01394 445225 or [email protected].

Closing date: 3rd March 2025

Geographic area: The entire Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape (see Google Maps green shaded area). Please check that your project benefits the fund area. If your project does not benefit the fund area it will not be eligible to receive a grant.

Project delivery time-frame: April 2025 - 12th March 2026

Amount you may apply for per application: This is a small grant fund, you may wish to consider applying for in the region of/up to £500 to £700

Russ Rainger, Chairman of the Leiston Community Land Trust (left) with Town Councillor and Chairman of Leiston-cum Sizewell Town Council, John Last BEM, (right)

Closing date: 3rd March 2025

Geographic area: 5km diameter of Sizewell, Suffolk

Project delivery time-frame: April 2025 - 12th March 2026

Amount you may apply for per application: No limit but as a guideline you may wish to consider applying for in the region of/up to £2,000 to £2,500

Closing date: 3rd March 2025

Geographic area: The specific Amenity & Accessibility Fund area. Please check that your project benefits the fund area. If your project does not benefit the fund area it will not be eligible to receive a grant.

Project delivery time-frame: April 2025 to 12th March 2026

Amount you may apply for per application: No limit but as a guideline you may wish to consider applying for in the region of/up to £2,500

Closing date: 3rd March 2025

Geographic area: The entire Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape (see Google Maps green shaded area). Please check that your project benefits the fund area. If your project does not benefit the fund area it will not be eligible to receive a grant.

Project delivery time-frame: April 2025 - 12th March 2026

Amount you may apply for per application: No limit but as a guideline you may wish to consider applying for in the region of/up to £5,000

The Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape Team is allocating up to £10,000 of funding made available by the National Lottery Heritage Fund under the auspices of our Celebrating 50 Years project. 

This is a ‘one-off’ opportunity to apply for funding for an activity from March to end of September 2024. We are offering up to 100% of funding to be paid in advance for activities which can be completed by the end of December 2024. 

Geographic area: The entire Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape only (see Google Maps green shaded area)

Project delivery time-frame: March 2024 – December 2024

Amount you may apply for per application: no limit but as a guideline you may wish to consider applying for in the region of/up to £2,000