Continuation Funding

Make twice the impact for Whitley Award winners and grassroots conservation

See the latest Whitley Award winners to receive follow-on conservation grants

One donation, twice the funding

To close our 30th anniversary year, WFN awarded £1.4 million in Continuation Funding in 2023 – our largest ever round of funding!

£700,000 in project funding awarded to 11 Whitley Award alumni to scale up proven approaches

For the first time in the charity’s history, this year WFN is awarding over £1 million pounds of Continuation Funding.

The WFN funding stream supporting community-led action for conservation and climate.

UPDATE: Continuation Funding applications for 2020 are now closed.

Help WFN unlock matched funding to support grassroots conservation leaders

Over £740k granted to 13 Whitley Alumni in WFN’s largest round of Continuation Funding

£455k granted to five Whitley Alumni to fund largescale, collaborative initiatives

Now accepting Continuation Funding applications from Whitley alumni