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Big Lottery Fund Community Wildlife

Archived Animal Welfare Natural environment and climate Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane Fermanagh and Omagh Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Medium (up to £60,000) Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

Overview

This new programme will fund projects that bring local people together to discover, enjoy or protect the wildlife in their local area.

The programme will fund between £300 and £10,000 for projects that:

improve rural or urban environments for people to enjoy, for example by:

  • protecting wildlife habitatsget people more active and healthier, for example by:
  • creating a nature trail, woodland walk or wildlife garden for people to enjoy
  • improving natural community spaces, such as rivers, ponds and woodlands.
  • exploring parks, rivers and the countryside to look for rare or endangered species
  • encouraging people to take up gardening or go on nature walks
  • providing opportunities for children to learn about nature through play.

How to Apply

Full guidelines and application forms are available from the Big Lottery Fund website.

The programme has three application deadlines: 21 July 2010, 22 September 2010 and 24 November 2010.

http://www2.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_community_wildlife?regioncode=-uk