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IDB Winter Resilience Fund

A competitive government grant scheme open only to Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) in England, funding one-off maintenance, repair and improvement of flood and water management assets that protect farmland and rural communities. It follows the wet winter of 2025 to 2026, when rainfall ran 35% above the long-term average. Projects must be complete by 31 March 2027.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£10,000 – £600,000
Deadline
28 days left
11 December
Where
England
England

Who can apply

  • Internal Drainage Boards in England only; the fund is open to all of them
  • Projects must benefit farmers and rural communities by reducing or managing flood risk, provide value for money, be consistent with existing flood and coastal plans, not duplicate work funded elsewhere, be new or an expansion of an existing project with additional benefits, and comply with environmental regulations

What it funds

One-off maintenance, repair and improvement of flood and water management assets, to:

  • Increase the resilience of agricultural land and rural communities to the effects of flooding
  • Improve performance of rural and agricultural flood risk assets
  • Support environmentally sustainable flood risk management
  • Provide accessible support for rural flood risk management aligned with FCERM strategies

Projects must be new, or the expansion of an existing project that provides additional benefits, and must complete by 31 March 2027.

What it will not fund

  • Work or asset purchases already committed or ongoing from other funding sources, including projects funded through the Environment Agency's flood risk investment programme
  • Repairs costing more than the value of the existing assets and the future benefits they provide
  • Projects inconsistent with existing flood and coastal plans (local flood risk management strategies, maintenance protocols, flood risk management plans, shoreline management plans)
  • Projects that damage the environment or breach environmental regulations, including on designated sites

How to apply

  1. Read the scheme prospectus, application form and FAQs, which the Environment Agency sends directly to every IDB in England
  2. Apply through Find a Grant (opens 12 noon, 13 November 2026; closes 11:59pm, 11 December 2026)

Questions go to IDBWRFund@environment-agency.gov.uk.

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