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  • Environment Fund 2023 - 2028

    Topics:
    • Grants and Funding, 
    • Actions to Protect our Environment, 
    • Environment Grants, 
    • Local environmental issues

    The Environment Fund is administered by DAERA to support projects which will help deliver key environmental outcomes across Northern Ireland.

    General Information

    The Environment Fund is always oversubscribed. Successful projects will be those which, alongside existing and other proposed activity, will most effectively help to achieve the priority areas identified by the Department for each competition. 

    There are 3 Strands to the Environment Fund:

    1. Multi-year Strategic Environment Fund
    2. Strand 2 including Land Purchase and new projects levering significant match funding
    3. Environmental Challenge Competitions -
      • Peatland Challenge Fund 2024-2027 (Closed for Applications
      • Nature Recovery Challenge Fund 2025/26 - 2027/28

    Current Open Competitions

    The Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition is now closed for Applications.

    Environment Fund Contacts

    Click here for a list of Environment Fund Grant Team contacts

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    • Other Useful Information
    • Peatland Challenge Fund 2024-2027
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    • Strand 2 including Land Purchase and New Projects Levering Significant Match Funding
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