Enabling people to restore nature and connect with Oxfordshire’s wild side
We are Oxfordshire’s independent environmental funder.
Our Local Environment Fund raises money and allocates grants for local projects that benefit wildlife and promote access to green spaces. We work with developers and landowners to administer Biodiversity Net Gain funds, ensuring that responsible development results in more biodiversity in our county, not less.
TOE acts as both fundraiser and grant maker. This makes it easy for a wide range of donors to connect with many of the best local projects in need of financial support.
Our Priorities
Create
Biodiverse habitats where nature can restore
Connect
People to the environment
Our Impact
Interactive Map
Our impact represents a significant investment in the future health, wellbeing and prosperity of our county, for both people and wildlife in our county.
Use this interactive map to find out more about the projects funded by TOE since 2011.
Apply for Funding
It’s vital that local people can access grants for good quality projects that will help tackle the climate and ecological emergency in Oxfordshire. TOE’s local knowledge, strategic partnerships and robust processes have been developed over many years, which makes us very good at providing this level of support.
TOE exists to help finance local environmental projects, large and small. If you’ve got a good idea that matches our priorities, we’d love to hear from you.
Local Environment Fund
Our Local Environment Fund can provide up to £15,000 for projects, delivered by community groups and not-for-profit organisations, which improve biodiversity and/or access to the countryside and green spaces.
Biodiversity Net Gain
We also run additional schemes, like our Biodiversity Net Gain programme, which makes other grants available using funds that have been ring-fenced for specific outcomes.
Help Restore Nature’s Richness
Anyone can contribute to TOE’s mission. By pooling our resources we can achieve far more. Every contribution - no matter how big or small - makes a significant difference.
Corporate Partnerships
Legacies
Donate
Do you want to see more local projects making a real difference for wildlife, people and the planet?
Do you need to find ways of responding to the climate emergency and supporting nature’s recovery?
Are you committed to reaching zero carbon and placing nature at the heart of a strong local economy?
Are you in the business of creating sustainable places that are rich in nature and great to live in?
““In our experience TOE staff have been very supportive, clear in their correspondence and helpful. We gained grant funding to create a community orchard last year and the project is already bringing great benefits to local people and wildlife.””
funders and partners
