Community and Conservation Fund (UK)

Deadline: 10-Aug-22

The Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is seeking applications for the Community and Conservation Fund. Whether you have a project that works in heritage, media, conservation, learning, health, accessibility, and diversity, to give but a few examples, they welcome your applications!

It primarily grows from their partnership with local businesses and others who raise money on their behalf to support grass roots conservation, access and education projects in the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB.

It is also into this fund that all their other donations find their way from individuals or organisations. The geographical area for this fund is the whole of the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB.

Funding Information

This is a small grant programme, of typically about £500-£700. Grants of up to 100% can be awarded towards project costs.

What kinds of schemes are eligible?

Community & Conservation Fund grants can be used for a range of purposes including:

• Enhancement schemes
• Practical conservation work
• Public access and infrastructure improvements
• Equipment purchases
• Information and interpretive material

Requirements

• Applications should seek to address one or more of the following:
  • To conserve and enhance natural beauty and maintain the special qualities of the landscape
    • Conserve landscape character and enhance the distinctive nature of the AONB
    • Conserve biodiversity and lessen fragmentation of habitats
    • Conserve the historic resources of the area including landscapes, archaeology and the built environment
    • Retain the tranquillity of the area
    • Conserve the geodiversity of the area
  • To manage the assets and resources of the AONB in a sustainable way and seek to meet environmental, economic and social needs
    • Suffolk tourism brand and the tourism industry based on sustainable practices
  • To meet the demand for recreation where this is consistent with the conservation of natural beauty and the management of the land and to help people enjoy, understand and value the AONB
    • Have access and recreation provision that respects biodiversity, landscape, geodiversity and historic assets
    • Provide interpretation that improves understanding, guides behaviour and helps people enjoy the AONB
    • Support community involvement in the active conservation and enhancement of the AONB

For more information, visit Suffolk Coast & Heaths.

For more information, visit https://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/managing/grants/ccf/