Funding
There are a number of funding opportunities available designed specifically to help initiatives or projects which support the Park aims.
Cairngorms National Park Authority and its partners have a range of grant funds available. Details of funding opportunities, designed to meet specific aims, can be found below.
If you have a project idea, even if it doesn’t look to fit exactly, please use the enquiry form.
If you prefer a Word version of the enquiry form, please contact us at [email protected] or telephone +44 (0) 1479 873 535
What types of funding are available?
Transforming transport
The Cairngorms National Park Authority is welcoming applications for a new ‘Transforming Transport’ grant fund as part of the Cairngorms 2030 programme.
The £170,000 funding pot is open to projects working to make significant improvements to travel choices in the National Park. Applications are being invited for a minimum of £1000 and maximum of £25,000. Click here to find out more.
Climate adaptation fund
The fund has been established to support capital works and investments in response to the change that we have seen in our climate over the last decades and to prepare for the challenges that we will face as our climate continues to change. The value of this second year of funding is to be confirmed. Expressions of interest will be opening shortly. Meanwhile you are invited to make an enquiry using this enquiry form.
Details of projects funded in year one can be found here.
Visitor infrastructure programme
Support for path networks, visitor and active travel focused infrastructure; targeting path networks and active travel improvements.
Travel grants scheme
Supports schools and voluntary groups making educational visits to the Cairngorms National Park. Further details and application form available here.
Cairngorms Trust is a small independent charity based in the Cairngorms with a mission to promote sustainable and community-led development throughout the local area for the benefit of the people who live here and the visitors who come to enjoy all that the Cairngorms National Park has to offer.
For more information about each fund and when they are open visit the Cairngorms Trust website.