About the fund
The Ecology Trust Fund can provide funding to support local environmental projects.
The fund is invested by the States Treasury to generate an income. The annual income from the invested sum varies depending on interest rates.
You can make donations to the fund through the States Treasury.
The fund was established in March 1991 by the States of Jersey with a sum of money received as an insurance settlement from the Amoco Cadiz oil tanker disaster of 1978.
For more information email
ecologytrustfund@gov.je.
Apply for funding
To apply for funding, you need to provide the following information:
- clear details of the specific aims of the project
- the targeted beneficiaries
- time scale of the project, including planned completion date
- detailed breakdown of costs, such as sources of other funding and estimates for third party work
- for site-based applications, details of the site including ownership, maps and accurate drawings together with plans for public and disabled access routes
- for projects such as the creation of nature areas, outline plans for the aftercare arrangements
Deadlines for applications in 2024 are:
- 31 January 2024
- 26 April 2024
- 26 July 2024
- 1 November 2024
The fund's trustees meet every 3 months to consider applications.
Projects eligible
You can apply for funding for projects in Jersey such as:
- practical conservation tasks, including scrub clearance, pond renovation and woodland management
- monitoring and survey programs, including studies and surveys of flora, fauna and vegetation including equipment purchases
- surveys of marine environment, perhaps to be carried out as part of, or in conjunction with, undergraduate or postgraduate studies
- participation in British and European projects, such as biological studies
- other conservation tasks, not included above, which the trustees of the fund believe to be of importance to the Island
Projects we supported
Find below projects that have been supported by the fund.
| St Mary's School | Create conservation area | £1,100 |
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| Jersey Bat Group | Bat detectors for woodland project | £1,800 |
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| Sangan Island Conservation | Wildlife Monitoring at Grouville Marsh | £1,490 |
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| Durrell - Chough Relocation Project | Monitoring equipment | £1,559 |
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| Birds on the Edge | Hedgerow planting | £3,000 |
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| Jersey Biodiversity Centre | Educational materials | £2,000 |
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| Marine Conservation Society | Reef and sub tidal surveys | £1,500
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Terms and conditions of grant support
Terms and conditions for grant support from the Ecology Trust Fund are:
- grants will be considered only for applications that are of direct importance to Jersey
- applications must be submitted in writing and include full information on the aims of the project and the targeted beneficiaries. If the application is site-based please provide: full site details including ownership/tenure; maps and site drawings; and time-scale and duration of the project along with a full and a detailed breakdown of the costs
- no grants for retrospective applications will be considered
- applications may be considered as supported only when a written confirmation is received from the Executive Officer of the Jersey Ecology Fund
- applications for support which will initiate longer term projects or stimulate funds from other sources will be encouraged
- applications of a commercial or a business nature or those which are intended to result in a financial benefit for the applicant will not be considered
- projects involving annual or seasonal repetition will not be considered beyond the initial cycle
- applications for research must provide a report for the inspection of the Trustees on completion of the project, within 4 months of project completion
- the grants applies to the application specified in the application letter. It is not transferable
- money granted for a specified project can not be transferred
- a request or invoice for money to the Jersey Ecology Fund for work carried out without written authorisation from the Executive Officer of the Ecology Trust Fund will not be paid
- unless provided for in the application, projects must be completed within 12 months of notification of support being provided. Should completion be delayed, authorisation to continue must be obtained from the Executive Officer of the Jersey Ecology Fund
- unclaimed funds will be written off after 12 months, unless otherwise agreed in writing and the applicant must re-apply to the scheme
- equipment purchased with grants from the Jersey Ecology Fund for temporary use in a research project will remain the property of the Fund and should be returned to the Fund when the research is completed as it may be used in other projects. Equipment purchased under these circumstances may continue to be used after the research is completed with written consent from the Executive Officer
- no application for grant support can be made by any Trustee of the Ecology Fund and applications for funding a project from which a Trustee derives direct economic benefit will not be considered
- applications that result in the provision of services or equipment for the exclusive or general benefit of a Trustee cannot be considered
- the decision of the Trustees is final
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