The Banister Charitable Trust
Archived
environment
Natural environment and climate
Antrim & Newtownabbey
Ards & North Down
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon
Belfast City
Causeway Coast and Glens
Derry City and Strabane
England
Fermanagh and Omagh
Great Britain
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Mid and East Antrim
Mid Ulster
Newry, Mourne and Down
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Medium (up to £60,000)
Small (up to £10,000)
Overview
The Trust’s objects are to:
- Promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in the United Kingdom, and
- Further such other purpose or purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales in such manner as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit.
Funding Available
Approximately £1.3 million was awarded in grants last year.
Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. Grants tend to be in the £5,000 to £50,000 range, with a few lower or higher grants awarded.
The funding is intended to be used for charitable projects that promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in the UK.
In the past, this has included:
- The purchase of land
- Improving access to a nature reserve
- Creating a lakeside path
- Orchard projects
- Protecting and recovering threatened plant species
- Habitat restoration.
- Conservation, research and education
- Education centre gardens and wildlife areas.
- Bird boxes for churches and village halls.
- Volunteering projects.
Examples of previously funded organisations include:
- Buglife
- Cumbria Wildlife Trust
- Future Trees Trust
- Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
- Plant Heritage
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- RSPB
- Speyside Fields for Wildlife
- The National Lobster Hatchery
- The Species Recovery Trust
- Trees for Life
- Zoological Society of London