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