Cairngorms Trust Nature Resilience Fund
Posted on 1 June 2022 by Christie McAlpine in Funding Grants Aberdeenshire Council Scottish Rural Network (SRN)
The Cairngorms Trust Nature Resilience Fund has been established by the Cairngorms Trust to support the building of nature resilience to climate change and tackling biodiversity decline within the Cairngorms National Park.
The key areas the Fund hopes to address are:
- Habitat connectivity and/or habitat quality and functionality (tree planting, pond creation, native wildflower meadows, pollinator habitats ((i.e. bee homes, banks, decaying wood habitats)), creating stepping stones for nature).
- Species in need (Cairngorms Nature Action plan priority species, pollinators).
- Education and awareness (interpretation, demonstration, knowledge building and monitoring).
The fund will be split into two strands:
- Main fund: Allocated towards large projects (indicative £7k to £10k grant per project) that concentrate on nature resilience to climate change and reversing biodiversity decline in the Park. Expressions of Interest for this strand close on 10 July 2022 and final applications by 24 July 2022.
- Second fund: Allocated to Community Pollinator projects (indicative £750 per project) that concentrate on materials and equipment for wildflower meadows, verge creation and maintaining wildflower areas. Applications for this strand close on 24 July 2022.