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Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund: 2008/09 Grant Scheme

Natural England’s ALSF Grant Scheme aims to support projects that reduce the effects of aggregate extraction on local communities and the natural environment.

We support projects which involve and deliver benefits for one or more of the following themes:

  • Landscape and Nature Conservation
  • Access and Informal Recreation
  • Health and Well-being
  • Education and Understanding
  • Evidence Gathering

How to apply

All projects receiving funding this financial year must be completed by 20th March 2009, therefore in order to streamline the application process this year, there will be no Expression of Interest to complete.

Applicants are advised to follow this step by step guide when making an application:

Step 1 - Read through Guidance Notes

Step 2 - Contact relevant Grants Advisor to discuss your project proposal (see list below for which Grants Advisor to contact)

Defra Region Main Counties in that Region Contact
North West Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cumbria Rachel Howgate
Tel: 0161 234 0207
Email: Rachel.howgate@naturalengland.org.uk
North East Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Leeds Wendy Wilson
Tel: 0161 234 0206
Email: Wendy.wilson@naturalengland.org.uk
Yorkshire & Humber North, South and West Yorkshire, former county of Humberside, Sheffield Ian Williamson
Tel: 01476 584835
Email: Ian.williamson@naturalengland.org.uk
East Midlands Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire Jonathan Clarke
Tel: 01223 533641
Email: Jonathan.clarke@naturalengland.org.uk
East of England Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk Diana Curtis
Tel: 01223 533642
Email: Diana.curtis@naturalengland.org.uk
South East Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Greater London, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex Jonathan Clarke
Tel: 01223 533641
Email: Jonathan.clarke@naturalengland.org.uk
West Midlands Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands Wendy Wilson
Tel: 0161 234 0206
Email: Wendy.wilson@naturalengland.org.uk
South West County of Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Scilly Isles, Wiltshire Rachel Howgate
Tel: 0161 234 0207
Email: Rachel.howgate@naturalengland.org.uk
RSPB National Jonathan Clarke
Tel: 01223 533641
Email: Jonathan.clarke@naturalengland.org.uk
Geological Groups National Ian Williamson
Tel: 01476 584835
Email: Ian.williamson@naturalengland.org.uk

Step 3 – Complete application form supplied by Grants Advisor

Step 4 – Submit completed application form to alsfgrants@naturalengland.org.uk

The deadline for applications is 5pm Monday 15th September 2008

For General enquiries please contact the ALSF Grants Management team on Tel: 01476 584821 or Email: alsfgrants@naturalengland.org.uk

Postal Address:
ALSF Grants Team
Natural England
3rd Floor
Bridgewater House
Whitworth Street
Manchester
M1 6LT