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SUSTAINABALE FUNDING CYMRU
Look for funding opportunities on the website of
Sustainable Funding Cymru, home of the Wales Funding Portal – a new
one-stop shop for funding advice and opportunities.
www.sustainablefundingcymru.org.uk
Download the
Countryside Council for Wales
Funding Newsletter Some funding
opportunities may be of interest to churchyard projects.
Monmouthshire’s Community Environmental Grants are
now available. These grants, of up to £1000, could be just what you
need if your school or community group is looking for a cash boost to
help with a project which will benefit your local community.
There are four different types of grant:
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Environment and Countryside Grants - fund projects
that help people to enjoy and understand the countryside.
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Community Pride Grants - help local communities
celebrate what is special about their locality and foster pride in
their local area.
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Schools Sustainable Development Grants - enable
schools to improve their sustainability
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Biodiversity Grants - enhance important habitats,
such as Local Wildlife Sites and increase the numbers of important
species.
The Countryside Council for Wales has contributed to
the Community Environmental Grants.
Last year over 40 projects received funding through this grants scheme
including:
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An accessible garden area with raised beds created
Bailey Court Residents Association,
“The project brought together elderly retired people to share and
enjoy each other’s company. It has truly relaunched the community
spirit in our court.”
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Habitat creation days at Goytre Fawr Primary
School :
“The habitat days were a great success and the children learned a
huge amount, from DT skills to caring for wildlife, and thoroughly
enjoyed themselves. All the habitats have now been placed around the
school grounds and we are watching and waiting to see who comes to
stay!”
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New notice board for Llanddewi Skirrid Village
Hall:
“The support given to the hall by Monmouthshire County Council will
enable us to keep our village up to date. The new notice board will
be a great asset to inform people about village, church and other
local events.”
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Tree and shrub planting by Usk in Bloom:
“The funding will increase wildlife-friendly tree and bush planting
within the town of Usk . As well as being good for wildlife, it will
enhance the enjoyment of residents and visitors”
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Developing a wildlife garden and wildlife areas in
Monmouth Comprehensive School :
“It is important that we create a wildlife haven that reflects our
environment in Monmouthshire. Our garden will support our local
species and reflect the changes that each season brings.”
These grants have helped many community groups take
practical steps to look after and enhance their local environment. This
really is sustainable development in action.
The closing date for applications is Friday 24th July 2008.
For more information/an application form see:
http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=814&pageNumber=1
or contact the Sustainable Communities Officer on 01633 644644 or email:
sustainabledevelopment@monmouthshire.gov.uk
If you would like to discuss your project, then please contact Colette
Mooney (Sustainable Communities Officer) on (01633) 644108 or by email
at
colettemooney@monmouthshire.gov.uk
B&Q one planet living awards
B&Q, the do-it-yourself superstore business, is
inviting applications to its One Planet Living Awards for 2009. This is
the second year of the Awards, which were previously known as ‘You Can
Do It’. To celebrate B&Q’s 40th year in business the Awards have been
extended this year, with almost twice the number of winners than last
year. Community organisations and charities across the UK and Ireland
can win between £2,000 and £10,000 worth of B&Q products to do up their
premises or provide materials for their project.
Applications are invited by 27 March 2009. Further
details are available from www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/templates/content_lookup.jsp?content=
/aboutbandq/2004/social_responsibility/YCDI_Awards/faqs.jsp, or by
calling the 24 hour application hotline on 0845 300 1001.
Architectural Heritage Fund
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has published
its application closing dates for 2009. The Fund provides grants and
low-cost loans for the conservation of listed or scheduled buildings, or
those in conservation areas, within the UK.
Applicants must be registered charities or Building
Preservation Trusts. Grants for repair are not available, only grants
for conservation appraisal. There are extensive guidance notes for both
grants and loans. There are quarterly application deadlines, and the
next three for 2009 are 7 May, 13 August and 22 October.
(Source: www.fundinginformation.org, 18 Feb 09)
Brecon Beacons Trust Opens for Business
The newly formed Brecon Beacons Trust is now open for business and is
looking forward to receiving exciting and imaginative grant applications
from voluntary and community groups, for projects which conserve and
enhance their local environment and that of the Brecon Beacons National
Park . The Trust has awarded its first grant to Cradoc School , just
outside Brecon, for an access and education project in a small wood
within the school grounds; which is accessible to local people via a
public footpath.
Further details about the Trust are available from its new web site at:
http://www.breconbeaconstrust.org/ .
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