Grants are available to UK state funded Primary and Secondary schools to enable them to get their pupils learning outdoors.

The Ernest Cook Trust is an educational charity that gives grants to not-for-profit organisations in the UK wishing to encourage an environmentally engaged society.

The COVID pandemic/cost of living has demonstrated how important being outdoors is to the mental and physical wellbeing of everyone. It has also highlighted inequalities in people’s abilities to access the outdoors.

This current round of funding is for grants to be used for transport and travel costs to outdoor learning venues.

Applications are accepted from UK state funded Primary and Secondary schools.

Priority will be given to:

• Schools who are committed to enabling Outdoor Learning and see environmental engagement as an important part of education.
• Schools who can demonstrate that Outdoor Learning has a wider benefit to families and their local community.
• Schools with disadvantaged pupils.
• Schools that are located in areas of high deprivation and/or have pupils who are living in challenging circumstances.

Grants of £500 per school are available.

The application window will close when a ceiling number of applications is reached. From previous rounds, an average 14% of applications are unsuccessful.

How To Apply

Applications are currently being accepted. The application window will close when a ceiling number of applications is reached. From previous rounds, an average 14% of applications are unsuccessful.

The online application form is available to complete on the Trust's website.