Registered charity no: 1048505

The Naturesave Trust is funded directly from the premiums of Naturesave Policies Ltd household, travel and personal accident policies.

The scope of projects funded is broad. We seek to financially assist those projects that deal with the root of a specific environmental and/or conservationist problem and those that encourage the greater commercial adoption of sustainable development.

As a new business entrepreneur who is keen to set up a company/organisation, which seeks to promote greater awareness of sustainable development, you may be eligible for a business grant to assist your start up. Alternatively you may be an existing company and or charity which is seeking match funding or funding for a specific project. In either case have a look at the projects that we have funded below and if you feel your activities would be of interest to The Naturesave Trust, please fully complete, sign and date an application form and return it to us for consideration. There are no deadlines for applications, which are dealt with on a 'rolling' basis, and the funding available for projects ranges from £100 to £10,000, with the average grant being around £2,000.

Previously funded projects include:

1. Bioregional Reclaimed - a project to increase the quantity of reclaimed building materials that are diverted from the UK's demolition waste, and re-used on construction projects.

2. Triodos Renewables (formerly The Wind Fund) - a limited company set up to invest in wind power infrastructure to meet demand for electricity generation from renewable energy resources through the governments' Non Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO).

3. Fareshare: Vision for London Project - a project to redistribute surplus products from the food and drink industry, and deliver it to local organisations supporting the homeless and disadvantaged people of London. The Naturesave Trust enabled the purchase of a large chiller cabinet.

4. Greenmoves.com - a new website dedicated to advertising eco houses enabling sellers to target house buyers interested in more environmental living.

5. Sundance Renewables - a not-for-profit company committed to increasing renewable energy use in Wales.
6. Green Wood Trust Coppice Products - a website supporting the coppice industry, providing an e-shop window for coppice products.
7. Scotstream Turbine Development Project - development of a renewable energy system generating electricity from subsea tidal stream current.

8. The Greenhouse Trust: 101 Ways to combat climate change - publication of a booklet with ideas and information to promote more sustainable living.

9. Bioregional Development Group: Local Paper for Surrey - local recycling scheme aimed at businesses, encouraging more recycling, paper saving and use of 100% recycled paper in the office.

10. Parry People Movers - building light tramway systems and light rail vehicles powered by flywheel energy storage.
11. Edible Gardens in Schools - a project to enable primary schools in Devon to create and maintain sustainable organic vegetable gardens in the school grounds, and to help schools link the garden to the curriculum through a teaching resource.
12. REAP - Rural Crafts Revival Project - a project to train young people in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and the outskirts of Cheshire in rural crafts, ensuring these environmental skills are sustained.

13. Motov8 - training young people in Worcester to refurbish and reuse unwanted bicycles and recycle bicycle parts, teaching the ethics of recycling, promoting cycling as a sustainable alternative transport and teaching literacy, numeracy and ITC.

14. The Barn Owl Trust - the conversion of the Trust's vehicles to bio-diesel.

15. South Devon Community Supported Farming - a group based in South Devon which works with the local community to provide access to farms, small holdings and land projects through the hosting of vegetable planting and harvesting days and family-friendly guided walks, talks and rural activities and skills training.

16. The Woodland Trust - The Naturesave Trust has funded the planting of over 120 trees in UK woodlands owned by The Woodland Trust. These have been dedicated to long standing Naturesave Policies household clients as a 'thank you' for their years of patronage and continued support.

This is just a small selection of the projects funded to date. For a complete list of all the projects funded, please click here. Further information on all the above projects, and any other projects we have helped to fund, can be obtained from the Naturesave Trust on 01803 864 390. You can email us about the projects or see what we are up to by clicking on the links above.