Freshwater Community Grant Fund

An opportunity for community groups within a 20 mile radius of Dunham Massey (which includes the whole of Stockport) to bid for funding of between £500 and £5,000 for initiatives that create, look after, or improve local freshwater habitats and provide opportunities for people to connect with nature. 

The money has to provide some sort of positive benefit for water and habitats. This could be as large scale as building a pond, or it could also be smaller scale community activity such as a river litter pick. This money could be spent by groups to take communities on trips to freshwater areas, so long as there is a positive impact on the freshwater area while they are there (e.g. litter pick, citizen science data collection, learning how to make a good freshwater habitat at home). The money could also be used by the groups to purchase outdoors equipment or to provide training in outdoors activities. The criteria is purposefully broad to allow creativity in applications. 

Projects must be completed by 31 December 2025.

This project is funded by the Government's Species Survival Fund. The fund was developed by Defra and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency.