The £1 million Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund

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Supporting local communities to take action for nature

Applications for this fund have now closed. However, you can still apply to the Aviva Community Fund to get your climate action project funded here.

The UK is home to some of the most incredible species on Earth, but it’s also one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. We wanted to change that, together. Our £1 million Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund helped community groups across the UK to protect and restore nature in their local area.

How our funding is helping nature in your community

1. Nature restoration – activities that boosts local biodiversity, by protecting or restoring habitats, creating space for nature, connecting green spaces and/or addressing activities that directly impact biodiversity.

2. Nature connectedness and pro-environmental behaviours – action that supports greater connection to nature and promotes pro-environmental behaviours at the community level that will benefit nature.

3. Community cohesion and connection – nature positive activities that encourages collaboration in the local community, by connecting people of diverse backgrounds, generations, and abilities to nature and one another.

You can view the projects supported by this funding below.

Aviva Climate Fund

*Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund match funding criteria

Climate Action projects focused on taking action for nature, may have been eligible to receive additional funding through the Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund. To qualify for this additional funding projects must have demonstrated the following:

1. It will support communities in areas where the need is greatest, specifically areas that are ranked 1-5 according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).

To check the IMD rank for a local area, see: for England / for Northern Ireland / for Scotland / for Wales.

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2. It is working towards one of the following outcomes:

• Nature restoration – activities that boosts local biodiversity by protecting or restoring habitats, creating space for nature, connecting green spaces and/or addressing activities that directly impact biodiversity.

• Nature connectedness and pro-environmental behaviours – action that supports greater connection to nature and promotes pro-environmental behaviours at the community level that will benefit nature.

• Community cohesion and connection – nature-positive activities that encourages collaboration in the local community by connecting people of diverse backgrounds, generations and abilities to nature and to one another.

Projects that were accepted to the Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund received 2:1 match funding from Aviva. From 30 March 2023 until £1 million of funding has been allocated, pledges will be matched at a rate of £2 to every £1 donated. 2:1 match funding will apply to pledges of up to £250. The maximum value of 2:1 match funding a project can receive is £15,000.

Please refer to the full eligibility criteria and terms and conditions for more information.

Everyone has a part to play

Our wildlife is amazing - but it’s in crisis. Working together, WWF, the RSPB and the National Trust have developed the Save Our Wild Isles campaign to bring nature back from the brink. It’s an urgent call to action for all of us to put an immediate end to the destruction of UK nature.

See how you can get involved to help reverse the harm that’s been done to nature over the last two centuries.

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