Organisation(s) Project Brief description Landscape Further project Web links Biodiversity Areas details CC&WWD AONB A statutory management plan has 9 & 10 management plan been published and is reviewed CC&WWC AONB every 5 years. This should be Management Plan consulted for specific management objectives and policies for partners within the AONB The Cranborne Aims to achieve significant landscape 9 & 10 Chase Ancient scale benefits for ancient semi- Woodland Project natural woodlands through partnership working, advocacy and Further details The Cranborne enhanced grant aid incentives for on projects in Chase Ancient ancient woodland in south Wiltshire, CC&WWC AONB Woodland Project north and east Dorset, west can be viewed by Cranborne Chase & West Hampshire and east Somerset. clicking here Wiltshire Downs AONB Big Chalk A finalist in the bid for NIA status; All this project is a collaboration Big Chalk NIA extent between environmental groups across the western extent of the Cretaceous Chalk outcrop in Southern England to increase the extent and connectivity of chalk habitats. Stepping Stones This is a project that seeks to 7, 8 & 9 reconnect the landscape by creating functional links between high quality habitats, thereby reducing the ecological isolation of habitats such as species rich chalk grassland and populations that are at risk, such as marsh fritillary butterfly.

A project to raise public awareness of the importance of bumblebees Bumblebee and the problems that they face, and Further details Conservation Trust conducting active habitat on projects can website 8, 9, 10 ‘ Bees for Everyone’ management to safeguard, restore be viewed by and create valuable bumblebee clicking here

habitats.

Floodplain Meadows Partnership (based at the Open University) has been monitoring the plants, soils and water of key floodplain meadows for Floodplain many years. This information is used 1 - North Further details Meadows Meadow research to develop our understanding of how Meadow and on projects can Partnership project these rare plant communities change Clattinger Farm be viewed by research site in response to wider environmental SACs clicking here factors and help guide the management of floodplain meadows elsewhere.

The purpose of GWCF is to create a multi-purpose forest throughout Click icon for GWCF Swindon from the centre of the town webpage and into the surrounding Further details countryside. Multi-purpose forestry on projects can Great Western encompasses the creation and use of 1, 2, 3 & 5 be viewed by Community Forest a diverse natural and built clicking here

environment including trees and

woodland, grassland, wetlands,

hedgerows, ponds and rivers.

Coordinated by the CWP Nature Conservation Forum, the CWP Trust is responsible for the Cotswolds Water Around 46% of implementation of management Further details Park Biodiversity Area 01 is actions in line with the CWP BAP for on projects can Cotwolds Water Action Plan 2007- covered by the the monitoring, conservation and be viewed by Park BAP 2007 - 2016 CWP BAP enhancement of species and habitats clicking here 2016 within the Cotswold Water Park

The Wiltshire Wildlife Trust has 37 reserves across Wiltshire covering a Further details of range of habitats including ancient WWTs southern woodland, lowland hay meadows, operations can calcareous grasslands, lakes and be viewed here mires. The Trust endeavours to The Wiltshire Across All of the Wiltshire Wildlife manage these reserves to protect Wildlife Trust Landscape Trust’s reserves and enhance these important Further details Reserves Biodiversity Areas webpage habitats and to provide the best on the Braydon conditions to support their Forest Living associated species. This includes Landscape continued work to develop the Project can be Braydon Forest Living Landscapes viewed here project in Area 03. Funded by the Environment Agency, this project coordinates, trains and Volunteer River provides advice to a county wide Further details Monitoring scheme

network of volunteer river monitors on projects can webpage Wiltshire River who monitor river systems 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, be viewed by Monitoring Scheme throughout Wiltshire to check for 9, 10 & 11. clicking here W&S BRC link to signs of pollution incidents affecting River Monitoring riverine fauna and flora. Scheme

This partnership project is working to Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, in strategically remove and control Further details partnership with the priority Invasive Non Native Species on projects can Source to Sea Environment Agency and Source to Sea (INNS) in the whole Hampshire Avon 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 be viewed by webpage Hampshire & Isle of Wight catchment. clicking here and Dorset Wildlife Trusts

Objectives include uniting riparian landowners, managers and volunteers to promote wildlife- Further details Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, friendly river enhancement and on projects can Wessex Water, Environment Wessex Chalk management of the Salisbury Avon be viewed by Wessex Chalk Agency, Natural England, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 Stream in Wiltshire, including the tributaries, clicking here Stream webpage Wiltshire Fishery Association Wylye, Nadder, Till, Bourne and

Ebble, as well as associated wetlands and areas suitable for wetland restoration. The partnership aims to deliver the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, Strategic Framework for Restoration Wessex Water, Environment of the River Avon (SFfRRA) and the Further details Agency, Natural England, SFfRRA’s Directory of Actions, which on projects can Wiltshire Fishery details recommended measures to be viewed by River Avon Association, Wessex Chalk River Avon restore natural processes to the 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11 clicking details Restoration Plan Streams and Rivers Trust, Restoration Plan River Avon, moving towards more WWT site Hampshire and Isle of Wight naturally functioning and less Wildlife Trust, National constrained rivers that can adjust Farmers Union and respond to changes with

minimal intervention. PTES, supported by Natural England, has created a provisional inventory Further details of traditional orchards throughout on projects can www.ptes.org/orch Traditional Orchard All Landscape England. Volunteers verify potential be viewed by ards Mapping Project Biodiversity Areas traditional orchard sites identified clicking here from OS maps.

This is a protected landscape where work is determined by a statutory Further details North Wessex management plan. This plan covers on projects can NWD AONB Downs AONB all aspects of landscape and the be viewed by management plan Management Plan natural environment. Additionally 5, 7 & 8 clicking here and Sustainable the AONB has a Sustainable Sustainable Development Fund Development Fund to help small Development Fund scale conservation projects.

The Cotswolds Conservation Board exists to conserve and enhance the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and works to Cotswolds AONB Cotswolds AONB the Cotswolds AONB Management Area 04 Management Plan Management Plan Plan which can be viewed for general details on management within the AONB.

This is a partnership between the Forestry Commission, the Cotswolds Conservation Board, Natural England Further details Cotswolds Ancient Cotswolds Ancient and the Woodland Trust. The aim of on projects can Area 04 Woodland Project Woodland Project the project is to focus resources to be viewed by webpage protect and enhance ancient and clicking here native woodlands within the Cotswolds AONB. This is the Cotswolds Ecological Networks Partnership’s preferred method for the delivery of conservation effort at the landscape Further details Cotswolds Ecological Cotswold Scarp scale within the Cotswolds AONB. on projects can Networks Partnership Nature The aim is to promote landscape Area 04 be viewed by n/a Improvement Area scale conservation of Limestone clicking here grassland and ancient woodland and help to protect these from the impacts of climate change.

The central theme of the project is increasing habitat connectivity across the Marlborough Downs. The Further details Marlborough Downs project will support a range of on projects can www.mdnia.org.uk Area 05, small Nature undertakings, from the re- be viewed by (under construction) part of Area 02 Improvement Area introduction of appropriate clicking here management on chalk grassland sites to providing food and habitat for farmland birds. The project is based around habitat management along the Coate Water to Marlborough railway path. Actions Further details Coate Water to Friends of the will include hedgerow improvements on projects can Marlborough Areas 2 & 5 Railway Path (gap filling, and hedgerow laying), be viewed by Railway Path webpage grassland improvements, clicking here habitat/species surveying, siting of wildlife boxes along route. The aim is to re-create the largest network of chalk grassland sites in north-west Europe, connecting Salisbury Plain, Porton Down and the Stonehenge World Heritage Site, ‘Wiltshire Chalk redressing historic losses and re- Winterbourne Country’ linking remnant fragments. Includes Area 08 Downs webpage Futurescapes Project carrying out one of the largest chalk grassland creation programmes in the UK at the RSPB’s 305 ha Winterbourne Downs nature reserve north of Salisbury.

Advocacy of habitat creation and management for stone-curlew. Wessex Stone- Survey and monitoring of nesting Further details Areas 5, 8, 9 & 11 Stone-curlew curlew Recovery pairs, landowner liaison, species on RSPB projects project webpage Project protection and intervention to can be viewed by improve breeding success. clicking here

The overall objective of the project is to significantly increase the small population of great bustards on Reintroducing the Salisbury Plain to start to establish a Reintroducing the Bustard to southern self-sustaining population in the UK. Area 08 Bustard to southern England Includes habitat management, England webpage translocation of juveniles to the Plain each year and detailed monitoring programme. Help and advice for farmers, their agents and advisors, to create and Further details North Wessex manage habitat for farmland birds on RSPB projects North Wessex Areas 5, 7 & 8 Farmland Bird using Environmental Stewardship. can be viewed by Farmland Bird

Project clicking here Project

Project is concerned with the whole of the Hampshire Avon catchment. Further details Aims to promote riparian shading on projects can Environment Keeping Rivers Cool and wet woodland, primarily for Areas 8, 9, 10 be viewed by Agency webpage water temperature control but clicking here indirect habitat benefits also.

This is a joint venture between the Environment Agency and Natural England, funded by Defra and the Further details Rural Development Programme for on projects can England, working in priority Areas 7, 8, 9, 10 be viewed by catchments within England. CSF clicking here delivers practical solutions and The target areas targeted support to enable farmers are the sub- Catchment Sensitive Catchment sensitive and land managers to take voluntary catchments of the Farming farming webpage action to reduce diffuse water Nadder, Wylye, pollution from agriculture to protect East and West Click here for water bodies and the environment. Avon. catchment The Hampshire Avon is covered by summary of the CSF, with focus on the rivers and Hampshire Avon tributaries which are failing standards under the WFD, SSSI, SAC for which the river is designated. Forest Enterprise is the forestry agency with responsibility for the Further details management of the public forest on projects can Forestry estate. In Wiltshire they are be viewed by Forest Enterprise Primarily Area 05 Commission undertaking active management to clicking here webpage enhance forest structure and maintain woodland habitats and species Duke of Burgundy project launched in 2011 to survey sites where this Further details rapidly declining species is still on projects can Duke of Burgundy Area 08 (Porton thought to occur. These surveys will be viewed by Surveying be repeated in the coming years to Down) clicking here build a more detailed picture of this species current range. This project was part of the South East Woodlands Project, a five-year Further details project carried out by Butterfly on projects can Tytherley Woods Conservation to enhance woodlands be viewed by Area 11 Project for butterflies. In Wiltshire activities clicking here were centred on the Bentley Woods, part of the Tytherley Woods complex. The project aims to control invasive plants in the north of Wiltshire, Further details especially along the Rivers By Brook, on projects can Wiltshire Invasive Ray and Thames where they can Areas 01, 02 and be viewed by WIPP webpage Plant Project (WIPP) spread rapidly. The project 04 clicking here coordinates volunteers who undertake active removal as well as offering advice to landowners.

Funding and Grant schemes

Brief description Further Funder Grant or fund Landscape Biodiversity Areas information Forestry English woodland Includes a number of different grant schemes for woodland creation and management. All Commission grant schemes Environmental Stewardship is an agri-environment

scheme that provides funding to farmers and other land

Environmental managers in England to deliver effective environmental Natural Stewardship management on your land. All England Schemes SDF funding is aimed supporting a range of projects that bring environmental, social and economic benefits to the Sustainable North Wessex Downs AONB and contribute to the Development Fund objectives of Natural England. North Wessex Land within the NWD AONB, LBA Areas Downs AONB Open to projects in the AONB which contribute to 5, 7 and part of 8. delivering at least one of the themes in the Local LEADER Grants Development Strategy which can be viewed on the AONB LEADER webpage

Catchment Sensitive Farming Areas 7, 8, 9, 10 Grants have been made available to land managers in scheme with The Catchment priority catchments in England since 2007 to support the funding from Sensitive Farming The target areas are the sub- improvement or installation of facilities that would Defra’s Rural Capital Grant catchments of the Nadder, Wylye, East benefit water quality by reducing diffuse pollution from Development Scheme and West Avon. agriculture. Programme for England (RDPE). Grant Funding opportunities available within the South West opportunities Cranborne Chase and The Sustainable Development Fund is open to business Land within the CC&WWD AONB, Areas West and individuals as well as community groups. It is a grant 9 & 10 Wiltshire The Sustainable scheme that supports projects that bring environmental, Downs AONB Development Fund social and economic benefits to the AONB. This is a simple and open scheme that seeks to foster innovative solutions to the challenges faced in the AONB. The Cotswolds AONB Sustainable Development Fund is a Cotswolds The Sustainable regional grants scheme, available to individuals, groups or Land within the Cotswolds AONB, Area AONB Development Fund businesses that have ideas or projects that will improve the 04 Cotswolds both now and in the future.

Additional Resources and Information on Grants and Funding

General fundraising

 www.grantsnet.co.uk - Easy access to information on grants available to businesses and charities, with the ability to search grant schemes by area, project type or keywords  www.fundraising.co.uk - UK charity and non profit making fundraisers  www.ruralnet.org.uk - Details of rural funding sources  www.fundingcentral.org.uk - Funding Central is a free website for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises.

Charitable Trusts

 www.acf.org.uk - Provides a framework in which trusts and foundations can learn from each other's experience, explore matters of common concern and achieve good practice in grant-making.  www.funderfinder.org.uk - Information about the Fundfinder software and links to websites of trusts  www.dsc.org.uk - Information on the Directory of Socal Change, a guide to trust funding

Company giving  www.cafonline.org - Charities Aid Foundation, supports corporate community involvement

Government funding

 www.governmentfunding.org.uk - Provides information on grants awarded by government departments

European funding

 www.esf.gov.uk - European Social Fund site

Other useful websites

 www.charity-commission.gov.uk - Charity Commission publications and charity register  www.grantfinder.co.uk - Subscribing to Grantfinder, a leading commercial sourcing organisation, enables you to search its database  www.j4bgrants.co.uk - Registering on the website enables you to search for relevant grants and make use of other services