Grants and Funding
Each year the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape is proud to open multiple 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: CLOSED
Geographic area: 5km radius of Sizewell, Suffolk. If you need an alternative map format please contact us above.
Project delivery time-frame: July 2026 - 10th March 2027
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 £3,000
Closing date: CLOSED
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. If you need an alternative map format please contact us above.
Project delivery time-frame: July 2026 - 10th March 2027
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 £3,000
Closing date: CLOSED
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. If you need an alternative map format please contact us above.
Project delivery time-frame: April 2026 - 10th March 2027
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 £6,000
A £10 million fund to mitigate residual landscape and visual impacts of the Sizewell C Project, contribute to the conservation and enhancement of landscape character, enhance biodiversity, and improve habitat connectivity and resilience in the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape and its setting.
Geographic area: The Natural Environment Improvement Area, or by exception
elsewhere.
Project delivery timeframe: During the Construction Period and three years following the end of the Construction Period of the Sizewell C Project.
The Farming in Protected Landscapes programme is open to all farmers and land managers (including from the private, public and charity sector) in the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape – or where activity on the ground can bring benefit to the National Landscape.
Funding is provided by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and by supporting the farmers, land managers and people who live and work in these areas, we can help protect these exceptional places and support local communities.
Defra Access Funding - Apply now!
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has allocated funding towards making National Landscapes more accessible for people of all ages, abilities and needs.
As part of this, the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape has received additional funding from Defra to support projects that improve access, and we are seeking ideas and expressions of interest for potential projects which can be delivered by March 2027.
Defra Capital Funding - Apply now!
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has allocated capital funding towards helping land within National Landscapes and National Parks become greener and wilder.
As part of this, the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape has received additional funding from Defra to support capital projects which can be delivered by March 2027.