Learning through Landscapes

Registered charity 803270 · since 1990ltl.org.uk·England, Scotland, Wales·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£338k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your organisation is a school or early years setting in England, Scotland or Wales, the Local School Nature Grant fits work on outdoor learning and play, and it offers £500 of outdoor learning equipment alongside staff training.
Settings elsewhere, individual childminders, and any setting that has already received a Local School Nature Grant cannot apply for it, and early years settings must also employ at least five staff and have a dedicated building, with a school nursery and its attached school counted as one setting.
Applications open in January and close in March, and they start through the online application prompt, so plan the bid and check the stated deadlines for each round well ahead.
Applications are assessed against criteria and business objectives set by the sponsoring funders and agreed with the Trust, so tie your request closely to outdoor learning and play, and if your setting has already had a grant, look instead at LSNG XL, which is open to schools and nurseries that have received one.

Overview

Learning through Landscapes is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 803270).

Learning through Landscapes is a charity registered in England and Wales that works to make outdoor learning and play a regular, valued part of education. Its vision is a society where every child experiences high-quality learning and play in school grounds. Its Local School Nature Grants give schools and early years settings across England, Scotland and Wales staff training and £500 of outdoor learning equipment, and more than 5,000 settings have received grants. The annual report records £338,180 paid in grants, delivered through programmes funded by the People's Postcode Lottery Trusts Third Sector Fund, the Corra Foundation and the Allan and Gill Gray Foundation.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Learning through Landscapes funds schools and early years settings to develop and use outdoor spaces for education, learning and play. Its Local School Nature Grants offer eligible settings equipment for outdoor learning alongside staff training, a school grounds climate survey and a Climate Curriculum Kit. The Trust’s wider grant work supports schools and settings in developing, improving and using their grounds, and it administers grants through partnerships with sponsors whose criteria and business objectives shape assessment. It also offers LSNG XL to settings that have already received a Local School Nature Grant, with extended professional development, equipment and resources to embed a whole-school approach to outdoor learning. Its work is directed towards making outdoor learning and play integral to education and helping children connect with nature.

Themes

Outdoor learning and play

Geographic Focus

England; Scotland; Wales.

What they don't fund

Local School Nature Grants only:
- We cannot fund outside of the geographical limits
- Individual childminders are not eligible to apply
- If you have previously been awarded a Local School Nature Grant, you cannot apply again
- Early years settings must employ at least five staff and have a dedicated building, either stand alone or part of a school
- School nurseries and the attached school will be classed as one setting

How to apply

Eligible schools and early years settings can start an application for Local School Nature Grants through the page’s grant application prompt.

Deadlines: Each application round has a stated opening and closing date.

Application windows:

Local School Nature Grants: Opens in January, closes in March

Who can apply:

Local School Nature Grants: The grants are available to all schools and early years settings in England, Scotland, and Wales only. Early years settings must employ at least five staff and have a dedicated building, either stand alone or part of a school. School nurseries and the attached school will be classed as one setting.
LSNG XL: Schools and nurseries in England, Scotland, and Wales which have already received a Local Schools Nature Grant are eligible to apply for our Local Schools Nature Grant Year Long Programme (known as LSNG XL).

Applying again: Local School Nature Grants: If you have previously been awarded a Local School Nature Grant, you cannot apply again.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Applications are assessed against the specific criteria and business objectives set by the funders and agreed with the Trust.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Learning through Landscapes.

Ernest Cook TrustFixed deadlinesGave £2.1M The Daniell TrustInvitation onlyGave £109k CLA Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £267k Combe Bank Educational TrustRollingGave £236k The Mapp Charitable FoundationInvitation onlyGave £218k The National League TrustInvitation onlyGave £1.1M Localgiving FoundationNo public processGave £6.1M GesgbNo public process The Glass-House TrustInvitation onlyGave £63,500 The Latymer Foundation at EdmontonNo public processGave £807k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£1,074,309	£1,195,377	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£1,516,594	£1,659,003	£374,844	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£1,538,336	£1,668,260	£404,995	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,921,497	£1,834,620	£340,937	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,927,937	£1,751,747	£338,180	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2022

£375k grants

YE 2023

£405k grants

YE 2024

£341k grants

YE 2025

£338k paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— No grants figure for that year.

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.