Grants made in 2002

Environment

Grants approved over £10,000

Abney Park Cemetery Trust - £51,675
Towards the salary over two years of an Education and Training Officer to provide opportunities for disadvantaged young people to learn in an urban nature reserve in London.

Argyll & Bute Local Biodiversity Partnership - £55,867
Towards the salary over three years of a Black Grouse Recovery Project Officer.

Beulah United Reformed Church, Rhiwbina, Cardiff - £13,525
Towards project costs to restore and conserve a green haven in the centre of a busy suburb for use by shoppers, the elderly and children attending a nursery.

Biological Recording in Scotland - £51,976
Towards the salary over three years of a Development Officer to increase participation in monitoring and enjoying wildlife by volunteers and the general public.

Buglife - £95,000
Towards the salaries and costs over three years of a Fundraiser and Administrator to establish a new invertebrate conservation organisation.

Buried Treasure - £50,625
Towards the salary of a Project Director to provide training, work experience and volunteer opportunities in organic horticulture in Bristol.

Carntogher Community Association - £36,888
Towards the costs over three years of a Project Officer to generate greater local appreciation of the landscape, environment and heritage of this rural community.

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - £26,433
Towards the costs of analysing factors affecting bird breeding success and survival and to recommend improvements to the habitat of small woods and parks for birds.

Clow Beck Children's Farm - £44,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Manager at a farm in North Yorkshire which helps children to understand the value of sustainable living.

Community Environmental Educational Developments - £56,039
Towards the salary and costs over two years of a Community and Education Manager to initiate environmental projects with local communities.

Community Scrap Scheme - £24,000
Towards the costs over three years of a scheme to reduce the amount of re-useable waste materials being sent to landfill.

Council for National Parks - £13,369
Towards the salary of the Welsh Officer to strengthen the supporter base for the Council for National Parks in Wales.

Cycle West - £45,000
Towards the salary and costs over three years of the Director, working to help people to overcome the barriers to cycling.

Devon Wildlife Trust - £100,000
Towards the costs over two years of a project to conserve the reefs of Lyme Bay by establishing sustainable fisheries.

Dorset Wildlife Trust - £79,750
Towards the salaries over two years of two Project Officers who will establish youth and community groups to undertake practical and educational wildlife and environmental activities.

Earthwatch - £57,500
Towards developing four new UK conservation projects on fragile habitats and vulnerable species and providing opportunities for different sectors of the community to participate in volunteer work in the UK.

Environmental Law Foundation - £87,054
Towards the salary over three years and running costs of the advice and referral service and community outreach programme for those seeking legal solutions to environmental issues.

Flora Locale - £73,000
Towards the costs over three years of an information and education project to encourage the use of British native flora for biodiversity, restoration and creative conservation.

Forum for the Future - £375,000
Towards the costs over two years of a communications strategy to increase understanding of sustainability issues in new sectors.

Global Action Plan UK - £90,000
Towards the salary and costs over three years of a Public Affairs Director and the development of a wider membership base.

Green Alliance Trust - £180,000
Towards the costs over three years of promoting environmental issues in public and private policy.

Green Light Trust - £60,000
Towards the costs over two years of establishing new community tree planting schemes around the UK, with an emphasis on urban areas.

Greenwich Mural Workshop - £50,000
Towards the costs of restoring Charlotte Turner Gardens, an urban park.

Gwelfror Community Centre - £35,000
Towards the costs of changing part of a car park into community space and gardens.

Hartcliffe Health and Environment Action Group - £36,319
Towards the salary of a Market Garden Manager to support and encourage a sustainable approach to the local growing and selling of fresh fruit and vegetables in Bristol.

Independent Transport Commission - £79,250
Towards salary costs of a project to identify community and environmental problems likely to result from future travel and transport growth.

Institute of Economic Affairs - £25,000
Towards the costs of research on the economic and social issues facing rural areas.

Island 2000 Trust - £50,000
Towards the core costs of exploring and demonstrating the role of landscape and local environment in improving people's quality of life in the Isle of Wight.

London Wildlife Trust - £97,070
Towards the salary over three years of a Project Officer to co-ordinate the delivery of the London Biodiversity Action Plan through targeted species and habitat plans for Greater London.

Manx Bird Atlas - £20,000
Towards the salary of the Project Manager to establish the population distribution, breeding status and abundance of each bird species on the Isle of Man.

Marine Conservation Society - £175,000
Towards the salary over three years of officers to continue developing the sustainable management of fisheries and protection of marine life from damaging fishing practices.

Meanwhile Gardens Community Association - £65,545
Towards the salary over three years of a Community Gardener.

Morecambe Bay Partnership - £75,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Project Officer to involve all sectors of the local community in marine and coastal conservation.

Mull & Iona Community Trust - £58,000
Towards the salary over three years of three workers toconserve and develop unique eco-systems on Mull & Iona through the production of local food and the development of local markets directed by local people.

National Society for Clean Air & Environmental Protection - £20,000
Towards the costs of developing a new website about airpollution, noise and contaminants.

Newhaven Trust - £39,000
Towards costs over two years to contribute to a paper recycling project and use the recycled product for animalbedding and insulation material.

NVA Organisation - £98,410
Towards the running costs of a new public garden on the site of an old car works in south Glasgow.

Oasis Children's Venture - £14,000
Towards the salary and costs over two years of an Environmental Project Manager at their nature garden.

Oxford Brookes University - £19,538
Towards the salary of a Project Worker to devise a computer model to identify optimum sites for rare habitat and species conservation.

Primrose Earth Awareness Trust - £39,500
Towards the salaries over three years of the Project Coordinator and Administrator to raise awareness of organic and sustainable methods of food production.

Record - £53,250
Towards the costs of additional fundraising capacity, a part-time Recording Officer and a feasibility study.

Rockingham Forest Trust - £36,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Project Worker to enable communities to contribute constructively to the planning process.

Scottish Native Woods Campaign - £90,000
Towards the salary over three years of a Fundraiser to support area staff in bringing native woodland into sustainable management.

Seahorse Trust - £80,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Project Director and associated project costs of a marine task force to promote marine conservation and sustainable development by helping the fishermen of the South West to diversify into new markets.

Shark Trust - £104,986
Towards the salary of a Conservation Officer to support work to protect sharks, skates and rays.

Small Farms Association - £150,000
Towards the costs over two years of developing new 'added value' products sourced from local small farming in South West England.

Sustrans Limited - £261,000
Towards the costs over three years of the Safe Routes to Schools Champions Project.

Swansea Community Farm - £40,000
Towards the salary over two years of a Volunteer Co-ordinator and match funding for a project to develop a sustainable farm and community centre for local people providing environmental information and education in an inclusive environment.

Thames Estuary Partnership - £64,726
Towards the salary over two years of an officer to improve the management of the Thames estuary for people and wildlife.

Thames Explorer Trust - £33,550
Towards the project costs to establish and train a volunteer force to support community groups and river-related organisations that work to improve the environment of the Thames.

The Association of West Coast Fisheries Trusts - £80,000
Towards core funding over two years to provide research, advice and management to fisheries on the west coast of Scotland.

The Gloucestershire Trust for Nature Conservation - £32,500
Towards the costs over three years of conservation tasks, survey work and interpretation at a new demonstration farm in the Cotswolds.

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - £88,955
Towards the salary over two years of a botanist to identify key habitats of bryophytes and lichens, and to secure their conservation.

University of Abertay Dundee - £61,637
Towards core costs including salaries for laboratory, field work and community conservation activities to conserve native hazel in Orkney and Shetland.

ViRSA Educational Trust - £60,000
Towards the costs of increasing the capacity of ViRSA to offer business and financial support to Village Shops and thereby maintain balanced rural communities.

Wild Things - £65,313
Towards core costs including salaries over two years of two Project Workers to support participation in positive environmental change by children and young people in the Nottinghamshire coalfield.

Wootton Conservation Trust - £42,000
Towards the purchase of Jubilee Meadows as a nature reserve with community access.


Grants approved up to £10,000

Agroforestry Research Trust - £5,000
Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens Trust - £3,250
British Beekeepers Assocation - £9,000
Camborne Produce Assocation - £2,000
Centre for Environmental Protection - £9,200
Churches in Co-operation - £10,000
Conservation Foundation - £10,000
Earth Balance 2000 Limited - £10,000
Environmental Group,West Kilbride Initiative - £7,000
Furniture Recycling Network - £9,887
Hawkridge Millennium Fund - £2,500
Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area Group - £6,000
Homewatch Tenants & Residents Association Penycraig - £8,000
Horspath Parish Council - £5,500
Lisson Green Tenants & Residents Association - £10,000
Melness Crofters Estate - £6,000
Scottish Seabird Centre - £10,000
Soil Association - £9,400
Streets Alive! Limited - £9,800
The Dartington North Devon Trust - £4,500
The Knoydart Forest Trust - £9,500
The University of London - £10,000
Upper Dearne Woodlands Conservation Group - £2,800
Voluntary Action Kirklees - £7,200
Westminster Tree Trust - £9,600
Wildlife Trust Herefordshire - £9,000
Wootton Conservation Trust - £10,000

		Environment Total value for Programme	£4,212,387
		Total number for Programme	84

Environment Strategic Initiative grants are under Strategic initiatives and Shared grants

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