Alpkit Foundation particularly like to support projects that:
- Encourage responsible outdoor activity
- Have long lasting benefits
- Introduce new people to get outdoors
- Demonstrate value for money
So this might include such things as;
- Providing discounted equipment for outdoor adventures and trips to individuals, groups, schools and organisations that wouldn’t be viable without support from the Alpkit Foundation.
- Support outdoor educational programs; e.g. grants for outdoor First Aiders or Mountain Leader Training.
- Support proactive conservation and environmental projects; e.g. community gardens and allotments or grants to help re-wild woodland and protect our wild places.
- Support projects which encourage the development of facilities for outdoor skills and activities to be experienced by wider groups who otherwise may miss out e.g. cycling, climbing, outdoor swimming facilities.
They would love to support:
- Diversity and Inclusion Projects that engage individual and groups from a diverse range of backgrounds
- Environmental Projects that seek to support, conserve, or generate understanding of our environment and wild places
- Health Projects enabling people to gain physical and mental wellbeing from the Great Outdoors
- Education Projects such as First Aid, D of E, Forest Schools and Mountain Leader
- Participation Projects that get more people experiencing the Great Outdoors
There’s no limit to the number of times you can apply for an award. They welcome multiple awards over time and each award is assessed on its own merit. The only criteria they apply in making awards is that the project meets the funding criteria and the Alpkit Foundation has enough money in the pot.
If possible, please apply at least 3 months before the start of a project so that the trustees have time to consider it at their next meeting.
