LATEST NEWS : Please note we currently have no funding available for conservation and rural heritage projects.  If you have an idea for a project please contact us direct and and we will advise if further funding is likely to become available in the future.

Support is available for the conservation and upgrading of rural heritage and culture. This especially relates to the traditional farmed landscape in rural areas.

Examples may include;

• the restoration and maintenance of traditional features such as building walls and hedges
• local research studies
• environmental and heritage audits
• small-scale infrastructure improvements 

Eligible Activities:-

• environmental awareness actions and investments associated with the maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the natural heritage
• undertake small-scale infrastructural improvements
• studies and investments associated with maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the cultural heritage, such as the cultural features of cultural and environmental heritage.

Eligilbe Costs:-

• grant aid towards the costs of capital investments
• interpretation and materials
• research studies
• audits

Outputs - we will expect eligible grant recipients to achieve the following:-

• number of rural heritage actions supported

Contact Details

For further information, please contact:-

Frances McIntyre
Local Action Group Manager
Wash Fens Rural Development Programme
c/o South Holland District Council
Priory Road
Spalding
Lincolnshire    PE11 2XE

Tel:  01775 7644496 or 07920 295150
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