# The Windblown Trust

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1217346 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1217346)
- Website: https://www.windblowntrust.com
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Education / training, Environment / conservation / heritage
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales, Brazil, Cuba, Belgium, Angola
- Trustees: 5
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/windblown-trust

The charity awards grants to individuals and organisations to help conserve, protect and improve the physical and natural environment and to advance education in the subjects of conservation, biodiversity and sustainability, particularly concerning the world of plants and flowers.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The objects of the CIO are:to advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time including but not limited to advancing for the benefit of the public:the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment,the advancement of education in the subjects of conservation, biodiversity and sustainability, by undertaking and promoting research in this subject and making the useful results of such research available to the public.the CIO shall further its purposes principally (though not exclusively) by making grants to third parties.nothing in this constitution shall authorise an application of the property of the CIO for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the charities and trustee investment (Scotland) act 2005 and section 2 of the Charities Act (northern Ireland) 2008.

## What it funds

The Windblown Trust is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training and environment / conservation / heritage for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales, Brazil, Cuba, Belgium and Angola.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Windblown Trust in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (windblowntrust.com) 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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