Community and Conservation Fund (United Kingdom)

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

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

The Community and Conservation Fund wishes to attract applications from the widest range of society possible and supports equality of opportunities to access this fund.

Aims 

• To conserve and enhance natural beauty and maintain the special qualities of the landscape
• Conserve landscape character and enhance the distinctive nature of the National Landscape
• 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 National Landscape in a sustainable way and seek to meet environmental, economic and social needs
• 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 National Landscape
• 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 National Landscape
• Support community involvement in the active conservation and enhancement of the National Landscape

Funding Information

• The Community & Conservation Fund is the National Landscape small grants scheme, and grants are typically awarded in the region of £500-£750.
• Grants can be awarded to fund up to 100% of project costs. Projects are encouraged to include their own contributions to the project delivery in the project budget, for example their own ‘in kind’ contributions such as volunteer time may be reflected in the budget. Up to 20% of the project value may be grant support of overhead costs e.g. staff and office costs.

Eligible Schemes 

• 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

For more information, visit Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape.