About the fund

Our £2.2m Green Opportunities Fund is a partnership between the Co-op Foundation and Co-op which will fund organisations across the UK that are supporting young people to consider green careers.

We’re proud to partner with Co-op to strengthen our mission to build sustainable communities with equal access to opportunity.

The Fund is informed by research. In 2023, our Gen Z(ero) report found that young people are keen to learn more about the transition to a sustainable economy, including what green job opportunities there were for them. This, along with the green skills gap in the UK, inspired us to consider a new fund that supported young people into green skills and jobs. Learn more about our research here.

We worked with a group of eight young people (the ‘Environmental Collective’) who have acted as advisors to the fund development and will continue to support key decision making until the completion of this funding programme.

Apply for our Green Opportunities Fund

Applications for the first round of our Green Opportunities Fund are now open.

APPLY HERE

We hosted a webinar on Wednesday 18th March to share more information about the fund and answer questions about applications. Missed it?

Watch the full webinar here.

We’d like to fund initiatives across the UK that are working to influence young people aged 14-20 to develop green skills and go into green jobs and careers.

We welcome applications from: