# The Broads Society

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1214527 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1214527)
- Website: https://www.broads-society.org
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Education / training, Arts / culture / heritage / science, Environment / conservation / heritage
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Provides advocacy / advice / information
- Area of operation: Norfolk, Suffolk
- Trustees: 6
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/broads-society

Our members share a common purpose to help secure a sustainable future for the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads as a unique and protected landscape in which leisure, tourism and the local economy can thrive in harmony with the natural environment.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The objects of the CIO are: a. To advance the education of the public in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads. B. To maintain, restore, conserve, improve and develop, objects, features, buildings and sites of historical, artistic, ecological and scientific interest relating to the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads for the public benefit. C. To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life. In furtherance of these purposes the CIO shall provide such meetings, exhibitions, lectures, publications, other forms of instruction and programmes as the trustees may decide.

## What it funds

The Broads Society is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, arts / culture / heritage / science and environment / conservation / heritage for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy / advice / information.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Norfolk and Suffolk.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Broads Society in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (broads-society.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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