How to apply

Start by getting in touch

You can:

email meithrinnatur@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk, or
call 0300 123 0735 (open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday)

We’ll put you in contact with a funding officer in your area within 5 days of contacting us.

Stage 1

There are 2 stages to our application process. If you’re suitable to apply, we’ll ask you to tell us about:

Your idea

Tell us:

your project name
the project location
how much funding you need
what you’ll use the funding for
who you’ll work with
what type of activities you might run to support partnerships funded by Meithrin Natur

Your experience

Tell us about your work with:

children under 5 years old
nature and the environment
health and wellbeing
safeguarding practices, particularly for children under 5 years old

We want to know about the work you’ve done in these areas across Wales.

Tell us about your experience of helping other organisations with:

capacity building. We’re particularly interested in examples of similar projects you’ve run with early years, environmental or health and wellbeing organisations
co-production with children under 5 years old and their caregivers
designing and caring for outdoor spaces that benefits people and nature
evaluation and sharing their learning
working in partnerships
working bilingually in Welsh and English
working across Wales

Your organisation

Tell us:

your organisation name
your organisation’s address
the type of organisation it is
what skills and experience your organisation has to deliver this work

We’ll let you know if we want to take your application to the next stage in 2 weeks of contacting us.

Stage 2

If you’re successful, we’ll ask you for documents about your project. For example, a project plan. You’ll need to submit your final application by 30 October 2025.

We’ll make our final decision by early 2026.

We’ll let you know if we’re going to fund your project or not. If you’re successful, we’ll tell you what you need to do next.

If you need communication support

If it's difficult or impossible for you to apply online, please let us know. We can offer other ways to apply, such as forms that works offline.

Funding in your area