{"id":12548,"date":"2022-03-29T15:10:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/?p=12548"},"modified":"2022-10-09T18:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T18:47:10","slug":"grants-of-up-to-500-for-community-wildlife-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/?p=12548","title":{"rendered":"Grants of up to \u00a3500 for community wildlife projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/93D50E4A-312F-4F33-AE33-96CF8AA31F7F-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12550 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/93D50E4A-312F-4F33-AE33-96CF8AA31F7F-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/93D50E4A-312F-4F33-AE33-96CF8AA31F7F-1.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/93D50E4A-312F-4F33-AE33-96CF8AA31F7F-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/93D50E4A-312F-4F33-AE33-96CF8AA31F7F-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/93D50E4A-312F-4F33-AE33-96CF8AA31F7F-1-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">The independent charity <em>Devon Communities Together<\/em> (DCT) has announced the launch of a new Community Wildlife Grant scheme, which has been\u00a0developed by the Devon Local Nature Partnership (DLNP) to provide small\u00a0grants of up to \u00a3500 to community wildlife projects.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Applications are open to parish and town councils, community groups and\u00a0community partnerships that wish to fund initiatives that will benefit\u00a0local wildlife.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This includes funding a new idea, continuing an existing\u00a0project or starting a new group. \u00a0The scheme is being managed by Devon Communities Together and has been\u00a0funded by Devon Environment Foundation, DCT and Devon County Council\u00a0(DCC), as part of their shared commitment to help tackle the ecological\u00a0emergency.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The aim of the grant scheme is to provide a very simple way for\u00a0community groups to access small amounts of funding to kickstart their\u00a0groups and initiatives, as well as benefit from advice, equipment and\u00a0other resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re encouraging anyone with a great community-based wildlife<br \/>\nproject to visit our web page and get your applications in via our<br \/>\nsimple form,\u201d said Geraldine Addo, Project Manager at DCT. \u201cWe<br \/>\nrecognise the vital role community action can play in tackling the<br \/>\necological emergency; this could range from initiatives around gardens,\u00a0parks and green spaces, to churchyards, orchards, window boxes, ponds\u00a0and ditches, buildings and lots more. We\u2019re excited to support\u00a0communities in Devon to provide lots of long term benefits for\u00a0wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devoncommunities.org.uk\/projects\/wild-about-devon-community-wildlife-grant-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guidance for applicants may be found by clicking here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The independent charity Devon Communities Together (DCT) has announced the launch of a new Community Wildlife Grant scheme, which has been\u00a0developed by the Devon Local Nature Partnership (DLNP) to provide small\u00a0grants of up to \u00a3500 to community wildlife projects. Applications are open to parish and town councils, community groups and\u00a0community partnerships that wish to fund [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13836,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12548\/revisions\/13836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brentorpc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}