FAQs

No. Unfortunately, we are currently unable to register ANY  Proposal Forms for the Award, whether you have delivered the Award before or not. The Trust is committed to continue its work to redesign and improve the John Muir Award, which will launch in March 2025. We will be sharing updates on progress throughout the autumn and winter via our website and Award eBulletin – you can sign up to receive these here.

We are no longer accepting Proposal Forms or Certificate Completion Forms.  

John Muir Award staff will dedicate their time to continue working on redesigning and improving the John Muir Award, which will launch in March 2025. In the meantime, we’ll be holding workshops to consult with providers about the proposed changes. 

We will be sharing updates on progress through the autumn and winter via our website and Award eBulletin – you can sign up to receive these here. 

We encourage you to keep connecting with, enjoying, and caring for wild places during this time. Unfortunately, we can’t offer to support you through this process or offer certificates upon John Muir Award completion. 

No. You will need to plan your activities in alignment with the redesigned John Muir Award and submit a Proposal Form to reflect this. Activities should begin after the Proposal Form has been approved by a member of staff.  

To mark 25 years since the Trust’s launch of the John Muir Award, we are excited to refresh it – building on its success, ensuring it remains relevant and preparing it for a bright future.

We aim to align it with our wider work – particularly to help more clearly demonstrate impact for people and places; identify and articulate cost benefits; create lasting connections with participants, providers and partners, and generate greater actions and advocacy for wild places. We want to improve it.

We would ask for your patience with communications.  If you have an urgent question that is not answered above, you can contact us via info@johnmuiraward.org and we’ll respond as soon as we can.