Grow Wild

Are you 14-25 and want funding to flex your creative skills? 

Then we’re offering you the chance to apply for £500 to lead a project that celebrates UK native wildflowers and fungi in exciting and engaging ways.

N.B Applications are not yet open, so sign up to find out when you can start to apply.

That’s because at Grow Wild we’re all about UK native wildflowers and fungi. They’re amazing and beautiful, even mind-blowing! Wildflowers support our pollinators, but the UK has lost 97% of its wildflower habitat since the 1940s. We are also only just beginning to find out all the amazing things that Fungi can do. Scientists estimate that 90% of all plants rely on fungi to survive and thrive and they have saved countless human lives. Both wildflowers and fungi play an important part in the complex web of life within our natural world.

Our challenge is to make everyone else as passionate as us… and that’s where you come in!

We want your project to reach and inspire lots of people in your community, school or youth group. You can use visual art, music, poetry, dance, or theatre… whatever it is that you and your friends are good at. Use your imagination; the more creative the better!

Why should I apply?

• Improve your C.V. or personal statement
• Gain independence and develop new skills
• Inspire other people about the importance of UK native wildflowers and fungi.

Sounds great! Tell me more…

We’ve made it easy for you to apply. Just follow our four step approach:

Step 1: Come up with your great project idea!
Step 2: Find a Supporting Organisation to help you deliver the project
Step 3: Make a short video application on your phone and upload it securely
Step 4: Complete our online form, including a link to your video

For more information on how to apply, head on over to our guidance for applicants.

Don't have a Supporting Organisation?

It’s easy to find a local Supporting Organisation. It could be your school, university, youth club or a local community group.

For everything you need to know about who your Supporting Organisation can be, read our information for supporting organisations.

When’s the deadline?

Applications are not yet open, so sign up to find out when you can start to apply.

Find out what makes a great video application

A panel of young people from across the UK will meet in April to decide which projects to fund.

If successful, you and your Supporting Organisation will be asked for a few simple documents, and then receive funding about four weeks after this date (so your project will need to happen from or after May this year).

Projects can start as soon as you receive the £500 grant. All projects should be completed within five months of the date you receive the grant.

I’m in, but I need some inspiration…

Read all about the projects we've funded in the past.

Are you a ‘funguy’?

(sorry, bad joke, we won’t do it again!)

We’re especially keen to hear from someone who wants to do a project inspired by fungi.

Did you know that all our lives are dependent on fungi? Read why fungi matter, or sit back and enjoy rap poet Mark Grist explaining why fungi are so important.