Access for All
The DEFRA Access for All grant is now open. To express your interest in this grant, please complete the Access for All Expression of Interest form and submit it to Jemima Sellwood
The access for all grants overall aim is to create physical and digital infrastructure improvements to make our protected landscapes more accessible for people of all ages and abilities and from all socio-economic backgrounds, to make them what the Glover Review called “places for everyone.”
Some of the outcomes the grant would like to achieve:
- More metres of accessible path
- Publicly available disabled toilets and rest stops
- More accessible gates and gaps
- An increase in visits facilitated by new equipment
- Volunteer days facilitated by new equipment
- More accessible or easy access routes for which wayfinding (physical or digital) has been created or improved.
Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme
This programme of grants runs from July 2021 to March 2025. It is open to farmers and land managers for projects on land within the boundary of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape.
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Mend the Gap
The Mend the Gap programme aims to enhance the areas of the North Wessex Downs and Chilterns National Landscapes that have been negatively impacted by the electrification of the Great Western Railway. We aim to identify and support projects that will contribute towards softening the scars left by the electrification of the mainline by enhancing and enriching the affected landscape for wildlife, residents and visitors.
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The North Wessex Downs National Landscape Sustainable Development Fund
This fund is aimed at supporting a range of projects that bring environmental, social and economic benefits to the North Wessex Downs National Landscape. The size of grant requested can be between £150 and £3000, however the grants awarded are generally small, with the majority being about £1000.
