FULL LIST OF SUSSEX LUND AWARDS – JUNE 2016 Organisation awarded Amount Project description Area of ££ grant Arun & Rother Rivers Trust 9,364 The grant is to restore and make river Petworth improvements at Fittleworth Mill, an ancient mill on the Rother, fed by numerous chalk and sandstone streams from the surrounding catchment. The work will enhance fish passage and so help slow failing local fish populations. It is a restoration and river improvement project that will yield clear ecological benefits, socio-economic advantages and maintenance of this historic landscape of cultural heritage. Battle Town Council 8,745 The grant will fund a path project at Mansers Battle Shaw, a. 2.3 hectares of ancient woodland consisting of mature trees. A stone footpath will be constructed between two existing stone path entry points. The new path will provide firm and safe access and stop further damage to the ground flora in the woodland. Baldwins Farm £4,500 This grant will help fund the purchase and Robertsbridge installation of fencing to enable grazing of meadow and the protection of woodland. Bluebell Railway Preservation 4,450 To fund the removal of non-native trees Nr Uckfield Society from a public area adjacent to Sheffield Park station which is used by members of the public for picnics and a children’s play area. The group plans to remove fourteen mature laurel trees, clear a bank of overgrowth/brambles, and plant natives, such as hawthorn and birch and restore the bank to a condition supporting wild flowers, such as primrose and violet. Company Limited by Guarantee No. 5670692 Registered in England and Wales Registered Charity 1113226 Butterfly Conservation 6,901 This 18-month project will safeguard the Wareham future of the Silver-studded Blue butterfly within the High Weald AONB and deliver targeted restoration management and monitoring at sites in the landscape. The project will establish a long-term volunteer monitoring programme for the Silver- studded Blue. Cranbrook and Sissinghurst 9,724 The grant is to improve the Crane Valley Cranbrook Parish Council Local Nature Reserve, a small 1.5 hectare nature haven with woodland, wet meadow, a stream and scrub, offering great habitat for wildlife and a beautiful green space for people to enjoy. Five Ashes Memorial Hall and 9,714 The grant will fund a sensory garden on a Mayfield Playing Field Trust poorly maintained area of land owned by the trustees of the village hall in Five Ashes. This will provide an opportunity to engage young people from the village school and toddler group in environmental studies, as well as providing an area for others to enjoy and relax. Freemans Farm 5,458 This grant will help fund the improvement of Rotherfield farmland by planting and laying hedges and installing stock fencing to improve wildlife habitat. Forest Row Parish Council 2,000 This grant will support the restoration of the Forest Row tree bank to its original ornamental state for public enjoyment and the historic water spring to its original state with a 'feature' outlet, but enclosed with railings to prevent damage and the addition of public noticeboards to commemorate the original tree planting and also the historic origins of the spring. This will restore the bank and spring to their intended state as a site for public enjoyment, incorporating as a central feature an ancient water source. Hadlow Down Volunteers 8,825 This grant will allow volunteers to clear a 200 Hadlow Down metre long footpath that connects Waghorns Lane to the village hall. They will also reinstate the drainage ditch that runs along one side, install several sandbag walls and sow wild flower grass seed on the verges. Hastings Borough Council 8,494 The grant will help to recreate areas of Hastings heather on the Firehills, restoring the landscape to a heathland mosaic of shrubs, including heather and gorse interspersed with acid grassland. A mixed-species hedge on an ancient boundary bank by the heathland will be replanted, to act as a wildlife corridor and a wind break. The species-richness of grassland fields will be enhanced to create flower-rich meadows which will improve biodiversity and benefit a wide range of wildlife, in particular pollinating insects. Homestall Hedges Project 900 The grant will fund the installation of Ashurst Wood hedging around a small holding and pony paddock. Hornshurst Wood £10,000 This grant will fund the removal of non- Rotherfield native trees in woodland, using horses. Kent High Weald Partnership 3,661 The grant will fund a project at Cinderhill Goudhurst Community Woodland near Mayfield in Kent, to move 200m of the northerly fence so that the grazed area can be increased by approximately 0.5 hectares. This will create an area of wooded heath and provide a shaded area for livestock. Kent High Weald Partnership 5,000 This grant will help to fund the reinstitution Bedgebury of the Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk. This comprises a 27.5 mile circular walk through the spectacular High Weald AONB landscape around Royal Tunbridge Wells that incorporates four shorter walks radiating from the town. Kent Wildlife Trust 9,594 The grant is to fund the restoration of Edenbridge grassland at Cowden Pond Nature Reserve, including coppicing and fencing. Kimswood Meadow 1,362 The grant will fund the creation of a Rotherfield wildflower meadow by installing fencing to enable grazing. 5,000 The grant will fund the creation of gravel Petworth Leconfield Fly Fishing Club riffle features in the Western Rother where siltation is a major issue. Artificial gravel riffles have been successfully used on the Western Rother, as part of wider management practices to help restore the river to its original form, encouraging natural processes and therefore a more diverse range of habitats to re-establish themselves. Little Gate Farm 10,000 The grant will help fund a project to make Beckley and sell charcoal from the Farm's 9.4 hectare of ancient semi-natural woodland to benefit the ecology and landscape and importantly, the learning disabled adults who work in the woodland. Jobs will be created, and woodland skills and knowledge increased. Little Goldings 3,950 The grant will fund the planting of Turners Green hedgerows, trees and wildflowers on a smallholding. Lower Crowbourne Meadow 1,474 The grant will fund the turning of a fallow Goudhurst field into wildflower meadow. Mayfield and Five Ashes Parish 5,515 This project will improve the appearance of Mayfield Council the Mayfield and Five Ashes conservation area, including Mayfield High Street, Fletching Street, the areas of land surrounding the car parks, Memorial Hall and the communal recreation ground. It will encourage the community to take pride in the local environment. Netherfield Hedges project 3,960 The grant will fund installation of hedging Netherfield around a smallholding. Powdermill Trust for Nature 2,950 This grant will fund fencing to enable Rotherfield Conservation sensitive grazing by Dexter cattle at the Trust’s Rotherfield Nature Reserve, which is enjoyed by many local visitors. Grazing the grass would be the ideal and a much more ecologically sound management method than previously used. Red Barn Working Group / 1,161 This is a volunteer-led project to improve the Catsfield Sedlescombe Parish Council village field, replace the benches and table and encourage people to come and enjoy a visit. The field is used by the villagers who walk to the village hall, the church and to the pre-school. Rotherfield Millennium Green 900 The grant will fund the enhancement of the Crowborough wildflowers within one field of the Green by increasing the number and diversity of species. Access between the two fields will also be improved by the replacement of an existing wooden kissing gate with a self- closing metal gate. Royal Society for the 10,000 The grant will fund the fencing of a paddock Tunbridge Protection of Birds at Broadwater Warren nature reserve to Wells enable grazing and also improve heathland habitat. Stonegate Church of England 4,550 This grant will fund a significant 're-greening' Stonegate Primary School of the school playing field with a new orchard, wildflower meadow, hedging and living willow domes. Stonelynk Valley 9,905 The grant will help to establish and improve Hastings a new nature reserve at Stonelynk Valley including coppicing, hedgerows, orchard and footpath improvements. Sussex Wildlife Trust 5,197 Eridge Rocks is a site of special scientific Tunbridge interest because of the majestic sandstone Wells rocks which are 135 million years old and are home to a community of rare plants. The grant will fund the clearance of bramble and bramble and the re-coppicing of five-year- old sweet chestnut to maintain open, sunny areas to benefit flowers and insects. Ticehurst Parish Council 6,200 This grant will improve the land around the Ticehurst pond close to the centre of Stonegate, through hedge-laying coppicing and improving the path and steps. It will encourage locals to visit the pond and enjoy the setting. Wadhurst Parish Council 10,000 The project will help to improve the dark sky Wadhurst of Wadhurst, focusing on the priority areas as identified by the Wadhust and District's Astronomical Society's Dark Sky Survey with the effect of minimising the effect of light pollution and reducing night time lighting on wildlife and people in Wadhurst. Waldron Meadow 1,536 This grant will fund the restoration of a Heathfield wildlife meadow and seeding an adjacent meadow. Winchelsea National Trust 9,828 The grant will fund a project to transform a Winchelsea neglected area of former pasture into a wild flower meadow for all to enjoy. The site, in the heart of the town of Battle, is a gateway to the High Weald AONB and is accessed by a large number of local people daily.