Funding creativeresponses toenvironmentalinjustice.
Environmental injustice creates barriers between people and land, communities and the decisions that shape their lives, between those whose voices are heard and those who are silenced.
We aim to address this injustice by supporting people experiencing it to shape local, community-led nature spaces through our Nature Communities fund; and by supporting artistic research that contributes to ecological knowledge and care through our Artistic Research fund.
Afield funds community-led nature projects that create joyful and biodiverse spaces.
We aim to address environmental injustice driven by structural inequalities in urban planning, land use, and development. These failures result in biodiversity loss, degraded habitats, poor physical and mental health, and increased climate vulnerability, all of which disproportionately affect low-income communities.
We believe that those with experience of environmental injustice are best placed to identify and prioritise what matters to them, and to shape joyful, biodiverse spaces they can enjoy.
Our philosophy is rooted in mutuality: encouraging partnerships between humans and nature, supporting shared ecological spaces, and promoting giving back to ecosystems as much as we take from them.
We will be launching the Nature Communities fund in autumn 2026 to support creative, long-term, community-led projects that benefit both people and other species. This first call will be open to people living in 9 priority London boroughs, offering up to £60,000 over two years, alongside cohort-based learning and support.
Afield funds community-led nature projects that create joyful and biodiverse spaces.
We aim to address environmental injustice driven by structural inequalities in urban planning, land use, and development. These failures result in biodiversity loss, degraded habitats, poor physical and mental health, and increased climate vulnerability, all of which disproportionately affect low-income communities.
We believe that those with experience of environmental injustice are best placed to identify and prioritise what matters to them, and to shape joyful, biodiverse spaces they can enjoy.
Our philosophy is rooted in mutuality: encouraging partnerships between humans and nature, supporting shared ecological spaces, and promoting giving back to ecosystems as much as we take from them.
We will be launching the Nature Communities fund in autumn 2026 to support creative, long-term, community-led projects that benefit both people and other species. This first call will be open to people living in 9 priority London boroughs, offering up to £60,000 over two years, alongside cohort-based learning and support.
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Afield funds artistic research that contributes to ecological knowledge and care.
Afield will be launching the first round of its arts grants in London in winter 2026.
Artists make vital contributions to ecological inquiry and understanding — rooted in imagination, embodied knowledge and connection — that go beyond established scientific, technical, and cultural frameworks.
Artistic research can build connections where current crises build divisions: between making and thinking, bodies and ideas, knowledge and action. It can hold the unknown, the difficult and the uncertain alongside grief, loss, wonder, joy and love.
We fund artists on low incomes or financial hardship. We are particularly interested in applications from artists who have been historically excluded from arts funding: artists from global majority backgrounds, disabled and chronically ill artists, and LGBTQIA+ artists.
We Afield will be launching our its first open call for the Artistic Research fund in winter 2026. It will be open to artists from all disciplines and career stages, offering up to £30,000 over two years, alongside cohort-based learning and support.
Afield funds artistic research that contributes to ecological knowledge and care.
Afield will be launching the first round of its arts grants in London in winter 2026.
Artists make vital contributions to ecological inquiry and understanding — rooted in imagination, embodied knowledge and connection — that go beyond established scientific, technical, and cultural frameworks.
Artistic research can build connections where current crises build divisions: between making and thinking, bodies and ideas, knowledge and action. It can hold the unknown, the difficult and the uncertain alongside grief, loss, wonder, joy and love.
We fund artists on low incomes or financial hardship. We are particularly interested in applications from artists who have been historically excluded from arts funding: artists from global majority backgrounds, disabled and chronically ill artists, and LGBTQIA+ artists.
We Afield will be launching our its first open call for the Artistic Research fund in winter 2026. It will be open to artists from all disciplines and career stages, offering up to £30,000 over two years, alongside cohort-based learning and support.
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