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Nature Networks Fund

From Welsh Government, run by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Capital-focused grants of £250,000 to £1 million for habitat work on and around Wales' protected sites, run by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for the Welsh Government with Natural Resources Wales. Round six is closed to new expressions of interest.

Summary in our words. Each fact below shows the funder’s own words and links to its page.

Closed

No call open right now

The last call we saw closed on 5 August 2026.

The facts, in the funder’s words

All quotes are from heritagefund.org.uk · nature networks fund round six unless marked. Checked 2 Nov 2026

How to apply

Apply directly

When a call is open, eligible applicants apply to the funder or the organisation running the call.

You must first submit an Expression of Interest to tell us about your idea. You may then be invited to make a full application.

Amount

£250,000 to £1,000,000 GBP

Awarding grants from £250,000 to £1million

Where

Wales: United Kingdom

The area you are improving must be in Wales, but you/your organisation can be based anywhere in the UK.

Who can apply

Not found on the pages we read

Rounds

Fixed rounds with deadlines

Expressions of Interest deadline: 12noon on 5 August 2026

Co-funding required

Not found on the pages we read

Run by

The National Lottery Heritage Fund

We're delivering the Nature Networks Fund on behalf of the Welsh Government

Restoration approach

Protected areas, Species conservation, Rivers and lakes and Coasts and oceans

Our classification, from the funder’s description of what it supports.

The call

Closed

Round six

Closed 5 August 2026

Quotes from heritagefund.org.uk · nature networks fund round six. Checked 2 Nov 2026

Status

Closed

Expressions of Interest deadline: 12noon on 5 August 2026

Deadline

5 August 2026, 12:00

Expressions of Interest deadline: 12noon on 5 August 2026

Applicants must first submit an expression of interest and may then be invited to apply in full..

What the funder asks grantees to report

Reporting

Grantees submit an evaluation report before the last 10% of the grant is paid, and share monitoring data and geo-spatial data on where the project worked.

At the end of your project, we will expect you to submit an evaluation report.

Checked 2 Nov 2026Source: heritagefund.org.uk · nature networks fund round six

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Something wrong?

Every fact above links to the page we read it from. If a deadline, amount or rule has changed, tell us and we will check it against the funder’s page.

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