Do you know a young person that deserves to be celebrated? The Community Champion Awards 2025 nominations are still open - celebrating young people making a difference in their schools and communities. The awards ceremony will take place on the evening of Thursday 12 February 2026. There are eight award categories including environmental leadership - do you know of a young person leading their school or community in environmental change?

The Centre for Joined up Sustainability Transformations (JUST) are a research centre focussed on delivering sustainability transitions in the North of England that are people centred, joined up and socially just. 

They have recently launched their new Net Zero Readiness Mapping Tool - helping to show individuals, organisations and authorities how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaption and a socially just sustainable transition. 

Watch a webinar about this tool here.

This free, step-by-step resource has been designed by our own website partners especially for mission-led teams. Because your website should help people connect with your purpose — not get in the way of it.

If you’ve ever struggled to find information on your own website, you’re not alone. And if it’s hard for you, it’s even harder for your visitors. This guide helps your organisation to clear the clutter, refresh, and make sure your site is truly supporting your goals.

The guide helps you through three clear steps, that by the end should help your website feel more focused, accessible, and intentional.

Up to £2,000– Deadline 11th February - 5pm

Groundwork is working with People’s Postcode Lottery for a third year to deliver Grassroots Grants.

This year, the programme will provide unrestricted funding to 700 small, local organisations in England that are making a positive difference in their communities. Funding can be used for project ideas such as access to food or basic essentials, improvements to local green spaces, cultural initiatives, support or wellbeing activities, volunteering opportunities to improve the local environment or support people or training to improve the capacity building of your organisation.

£250 to £5,000 – Deadline 27th February 

Northumberland Council are offering grants from a pot of £50,000 for projects aiming to help the environment and tackle climate change.​​

Examples of previous projects include insulation for cinemas and community pubs, repair cafes, active travel schemes, sustainability workshops, LED lights, solar panels, and heat pumps.

Donations are matched up to £25,000 in a calendar year

Aviva are supporting small charities and non-profit organisations responding to financial and climate challenges. Whether it’s helping people take control of their financial wellbeing, or protecting the places they love against the impact of climate change – this fund is open to help the organisations. The Communities Fund matches each donation you receive up to £250. 

£2,500,000 to £7,000,000 - Fund open now

The NLCF want to fund projects that strengthen our food system and reduce food insecurity for people and communities.

The NLCF want to support ways of producing enough healthy, affordable food without harming the planet. 

The NLCF will do this by supporting work that: 

• works with nature to create resilient, sustainable and equitable food systems (this is called agroecology) 
• addresses the root cause of long-term problems, not just the symptoms (this is called systems change) 

Up to £15,000 - Deadline 28th February

The Rewilding Innovation Fund aims to remove barriers to rewilding across Britain. Whether your site or project is in the early planning stages or looking to try out a new approach, you can apply to this fund.

From business plans to feasibility studies, community engagement to trialling the latest technology, Rewilding Britain funds work that could potentially unlock further funding for you or move you up the rewilding scale.

Going Green Together is a VONNE Climate Action Alliance initiative hosted by VONNE. Registered Company in England Number: 4061592. Registered Charity Number: 1084083