Outdoor Learning in Nature Fund

The Outdoor Learning in Nature Fund has now closed.

The £600,000 Outdoor Learning in Nature (OLIN) Fund launched in March with the aim of supporting more young people to have regular, frequent, structured and progressive outdoor learning experiences. Funding was awarded to 16 projects in the first round and a further seven projects in the second round, as follows: 

Edinburgh

• The Outdoor Learning Map - City of Edinburgh Council
• Learning in Forests - Youth Vision
• Learning in Edinburgh Local Greenspace - Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust
• Grow and Learn in Nature - Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society

Dundee

• Dundee Learning in Nature - Arts and Communities Association

Glasgow

• Southside Schools Digging into Nature - Urban Roots Initiative
• Let Glasgow Flourish - RSPB Scotland

Round 2 - press release

Summaries of each project are included as funding agreements are finalised.

Find out more

Round 1 - press release

Applicant resources

• NatureScot Standard Terms and Conditions of Funding – you need to read and accept these conditions when you apply.
• Guidance for applicants: Financial information and records
• Guidance for Applicants - How to acknowledge our support for your project
• NatureScot funding and local authorities – our policy
• OLIN Round 1 - Information for Applicants - for reference only - fund closed for applications
• OLIN Round 2 - Information for Applicants - for reference only - fund closed for applications