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Rewilding Britain is offering a £100,000 grant to support one large-scale rewilding project.
The Rewilding Challenge Fund encourages community groups, farmers, landowners, and land managers to work collaboratively and ‘Think Big, Act Wild’.
Rewilding is a conservation approach that aims to restore and revitalise ecosystems by reintroducing native species, reestablishing natural processes, and minimising human intervention to create self-sustaining and biodiverse environments.
The fund will nurture innovative and pioneering initiatives that show maximum potential for upscaling rewilding on land and at sea, and demonstrate the extensive economic and social benefits of rewilding to local communities, as well as to biodiversity.
Projects must be:
- based in Britain (England, Wales or Scotland)
- part of/eligible to join Rewilding Britain’s Rewilding Network
- at least 1,000ha/10 km² in size (the majority of which is contiguous and proposed for rewilding)
Expressions of interest should be submitted by the 10th October 2025. The form is available on the Rewilding Britain website (link below)
Shortlisted projects will be invited to submit a full application.
The first-ever Rewilding Challenge fund winner was Kent Wildlife Trust. The Trust introduced the UK’s only free-roaming bison with the aim of rewilding tens of thousands of hectares across South East England – connecting a range of habitats, creating green corridors for wildlife, and boosting eco-tourism.
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