Keep Wales Tidy

Registered charity 1082058 · since 2000keepwalestidy.cymru·Wales·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Keep Wales Tidy suits projects in Wales that transform green spaces, gardens or orchards with strong community involvement, and its Garden Packages are open to community groups, schools, the NHS, third-sector organisations and others.
Individuals, private gardens and private-sector organisations are excluded, as are sites that are Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Local Nature Reserves or species-rich areas, or that contain protected species.
The annual report gives no grant range, and support comes as pre-paid packages of plants, tools and materials, so ask for a package rather than a cash sum.
Before you apply, have written landowner permission, a constitution or charity number, and a commitment to maintain the site for five years with a plan for future upkeep, and note that schools must include volunteers from the wider community.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but the form cannot be saved once started, so prepare your documents first.

Overview

Keep Wales Tidy is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1082058).

Keep Wales Tidy is a charity that exists to protect, preserve and enhance the environment of Wales for current and future generations. It works through education, advocacy and community action to help people understand their natural environment and take practical steps to protect it. Its Local Places for Nature programme offers pre-paid packages, from small gardening projects to orchards and large-scale makeovers, that transform underused spaces into community habitats.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Keep Wales Tidy works with local communities across Wales to protect the environment, supported by education, advocacy and practical community action. Its wider work addresses litter and waste, empowers young people, creates and restores green spaces, and sets standards for environmental excellence. One route for organisations is Local Places for Nature: groups and organisations can apply for pre-paid packages for garden projects, orchards and larger transformations, with plants, tools and materials supplied. The programme gives priority to strong community involvement and projects in towns, cities, deprived areas or spaces with little access to nature, and welcomes underrepresented groups. Garden Packages are for organisations with land in not-for-profit ownership and applications are open to community groups, schools, public bodies and third-sector organisations.

Themes

Green spaces

Geographic Focus

Wales.

What they don't fund

Garden Packages only:
- Individuals / private gardens
- Private sector organisations
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Local Nature Reserves, species-rich areas or locations that contain protected species
- Applicants must agree to maintain the site for a minimum of five years and have a plan for future maintenance
- If you don’t agree to maintain the site for five years then your application will be unsuccessful
- If you are applying on behalf of a school, you must include volunteers from the wider community (not staff or pupils) in both the installation and maintenance of the garden
Mini Garden Packages only:
- Individuals / private gardens
- Private sector organisations
- Large green spaces, or locations where wildlife and biodiversity is flourishing, such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Local Nature Reserves, and species-rich areas
- Applicants must agree to maintain the site for a minimum of five years and have a plan for future maintenance
- If you don’t agree to maintain the site for five years then your application will be unsuccessful

How to apply

Submit the relevant application form via the Keep Wales Tidy website. An account or login is not required; once started, the application cannot be saved and resumed.

Who can apply:

Garden Packages
- Applications are open to community groups of all shapes and sizes, and other organisations such as: the NHS, Town and Community Councils, public schools and nurseries, third sector organisations, religious organisations, social enterprises, universities, housing associations, and wider Welsh public service, including Transport for Wales.
- Social enterprises and community groups will need to provide a copy of their constitution and charities will need to provide us with their charity number.
Mini Garden Packages: Applications are open to community groups of all shapes and sizes, and other organisations such as NHS, Local and National governments (including Town and Community councils), public schools and nurseries, third sector organisation, religious organisations, social enterprises, universities, housing associations, and wider Welsh Public Service including Transport for Wales.

What to send:

Garden Packages
- A copy of their constitution (social enterprises and community groups); charities must provide their charity number.
- Consent from the director, headteacher, clerk, or person with authority that they are happy with the application to proceed (for other organisations such as schools, registered social landlords, health boards etc).
Garden Packages, Mini Garden Packages: Written evidence of landowner permission before submitting the application.

Applying again: Garden Packages: If you have already successful installed a Mini or Starter Package and now wish to expand to a Garden Package, you can do. If you have already received a Garden Package or Development Package, you meet all this year’s key criteria and want to apply for another package, then you may be able to apply, but we would suggest you apply for a different site or for a different volunteer group.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The programme prioritises urban, peri-urban or rural town locations, community or volunteer involvement, disadvantaged communities and places with high deprivation or little access to nature.
Applications involving Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and/or disabled participants receive priority.
The panel may prioritise sites connected to another nature site or more than 200m from green space or a watercourse.
Applicants should demonstrate wide community involvement, with at least five regular volunteers and organisations able to access the garden.
The programme gives priority to applications meeting at least three of its key scheme criteria.
The panel seeks to award packages across a broad range of locations, partners and organisations to trial and monitor different approaches.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Wales

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Keep Wales Tidy.

Groundwork WalesNo public process The Gwendoline and Margaret Davies CharityFixed deadlinesGave £208k The Millennium Stadium Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £365k Environment Centre SwanseaNo public process Welsh GovernmentMixed deadlinesGave £1.1bn Community Foundation WalesRollingGave £2.3M The Llysdinam TrustNo public processGave £127k Nature Networks FundFixed deadlinesGave £15M WcvaMixed deadlinesGave £29.3M The Ashley Family FoundationRollingGave £427k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£3,899,234	£3,865,232	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£5,751,633	£4,948,716	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£5,710,031	£5,764,365	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£4,583,438	£5,194,955	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£6,492,493	£6,459,697	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.