Marine Communities Fund deadline – Monday 5 January 2009
The Crown Estate’s Marine Communities Fund provides funding for community projects which contribute to development of best practice and make a significant contribution to the environmental management and stewardship of our Marine Estate.
Since it was established in 1999 the Marine Communities Fund has contributed over £2m to a wide range of coastal and marine environmental projects. The Fund forms part of The Crown Estate's Marine Stewardship Programme which has provided over £5.5million to research into aquaculture, dredging, and community projects.
The next deadline for applications to The Crown Estate's Marine Communities Fund will be on Monday 5 January 2009. This funding round will consider projects due to take place during the 2009/10 financial year. The types of projects that could be considered include:
- Practical projects, including beach litter cleaning schemes, marine archaeological investigations, restoration of redundant buildings as coastal lookouts, renovation of slipways, installation of new pontoons/moorings, habitat creation initiatives.
- Provision of environmental information and interpretation such as information panels, codes of conduct, good practice guides, publications.
- Education and applied research related specifically to the management of Crown Estate property and the local community, support of seminars aimed at raising public awareness of offshore renewable energy.
This year the Fund is particularly encouraging large scale projects which can help to address a number of important priority issues for the management of the Marine Estate. These could include enhancing and conserving biodiversity, creating and improving access to public amenities, raising awareness within the community of the role of marine renewables in combating climate change, and identifying ways to reduce waste and pollution.
The Fund will not support projects that offer either commercial gain or which bring personal financial benefit to the applicant. Marine Communities Fund awards will not be made for the development of business plans. More information on the types of projects we have supported in the past can be found on the Marine Communities Fund case studies page of The Crown Estate website http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/marine_communities_fund
If you wish to discuss your project before you apply to the Fund please contact Fiona Wynne (020 7851 5268) fiona.wynne@thecrownestate.co.uk
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