Summary: Funding is available for community-led tree planting projects across the UK that help protect, restore and expand native trees and woodlands while engaging local people in planting and long-term care.

Deadline: 11 December 2026.

Value notes:

• • Discretionary, with support for projects planting between 100 and 10,000 trees per year.
  • Funding is available at up to £2.15 per tree (including tree protection and mulch).
  • Additional maintenance grants of £0.10 per tree are available in each of the first two summers after planting.

Who Can Apply?

• • Schools
  • Community groups
  • Social enterprises
  • NGOs
  • Parish councils

Projects must:

• • Plant trees in publicly accessible spaces such as parks, schools, public rights of way or community-managed land.
  • Use indigenous tree species (including traditional fruit trees where appropriate).
  • Involve local communities in planting and benefiting from woodlands.
  • Demonstrate clear maintenance and sustainability plans.

Priority Themes

• • Engage children and young people.
  • Engage vulnerable groups or communities with limited access to woodlands.
  • Enhance biodiversity.
  • Conserve soil and water.
  • Trial innovative approaches such as agroforestry.
  • Support rewilding or natural regeneration.
  • Address tree disease resistance or climate adaptation.
  • Deliver urban tree planting.