INTRODUCTION
Launched during Scottish Biodiversity Week in May, our new website now
includes the Tayside Biodiversity Action Plan in its entirety, plus easy
access to the species lists (Priority Species and Species of Conservation
Concern). A number of publications, including the first two issues of the
Tayside Biodiversity Funding Newsletter, are also on the site. Survey forms
and a Newsletter giving details of projects under-way in the area are included.
The website will be regularly updated, so please add it to your ‘favourites’ to
keep in touch. Check out www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk. Positive feedback
continues on this Funding Newsletter and thanks are due to the various
contributors. If you know of any sources of funding that may be of interest
to our readership, please let us know. The copy date for news for Issue
4 will be 31 January 2006. Catherine Lloyd Tayside Biodiversity Co-ordinator |
TAYSIDE BIODIVERSITY ACTION FUND
In the past few months negotiations have been underway between the Tayside
Biodiversity Partnership and SITA Environmental Trust to set up a Tayside
Biodiversity Action Fund. The new Fund will be launched on 12th September.
The aim of the Fund will be to deliver biodiversity conservation and enhancement
for UK species and habitats in Tayside in line with objective DA of the
Landfill Tax Credit Scheme regulations. Projects and actions supported
by the Fund will contribute to the implementation of the Tayside Biodiversity
Action Plan and to the achievements of outcomes and targets identified
within the Plan.
The funding will be shared equitably between the three local authority
areas (i.e. Angus, Dundee, and Perth and Kinross) over a three-year funding
period. It is hoped some projects will be cross–cutting and cover
the whole of Tayside. Upper and lower grant limits have yet to be confirmed,
but may be a maximum of £30,000. Smaller grant applications of c£500
to £1,000 will be welcomed. The funding will be for 100% project
costs, although match funding will be encouraged for larger projects.
Further information and finalised details will be announced via the new
website: www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk, or further details can be obtained
from late August via the Biodiversity Co-ordinator. |
LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP
SCHEMES
The Heritage Lottery Fund has a number of funding strands. A new scheme
was launched in 2004 called Landscape Partnerships.
Landscape Partnership Schemes must include programmes of work that meet
all four of the following priorities:
•
Conserving or restoring the built and natural features that
create the historic character of the landscape;
•
Conserving and celebrating the cultural associations and
activities of the landscape area;
•
Encouraging more people to access, learn about, become involved
in and make decisions on their landscape heritage;
•
Improving understanding of local craft and other skills by
providing training opportunities.
As the Programme title suggests, a partnership approach is key to developing
a successful application. The Programme will support Partnerships that
conserve areas of land with distinct character.
Grants of between £250,000 and £2m are available to deliver
(up to) a 3-year programme. The next deadline is 1st of October 2005. Further
information can be obtained from the Heritage Lottery Fund website: http://www.hlf.org.uk |
HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND
SURGERIES
The Heritage Lottery Fund is holding monthly pre-application advice surgeries
on the last Wednesday of the month at its office in Edinburgh. You can
reserve a 45-minute slot with a development officer from 10am to 1pm and
2pm to 4.15pm. To make the best use of your appointment, send brief details
of your project in advance on the pre-application form downloadable from
www.hlf.org.uk. Your appointment will be confirmed once they receive your
project information. There will also be a Regional Surgery in Dundee on
29th September. |
LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION
FOR SCOTLAND SURGERIES
The Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland will be holding a series of surgeries
throughout Scotland to discuss potential projects for which the Foundation
may be able to provide financial support. Surgeries are for local recognised
charities and are by appointment only. For a one-to-one session with
an assessor, and to discuss how to go about putting in an application
to the Foundation call 0870 902 1201 to arrange an appointment, or check
the website: www.ltsbfoundationforscotland.org.uk.
|
AWARDS FOR ALL
Here are some important changes and reminders:
•
There has been an increase in the amount of funds going to the Awards for
All scheme – up to £6.2m from £4.5m last year.
• There has also been a downturn in applications.
•
There is now a two-month turnaround. You are advised to submit
your application three months before the money is needed.
•
In the last three months, 43% of applicants had their forms
returned to them as they were incomplete.
•
If your project involves children, your referee must be in
a child-related occupation e.g. head teacher, youth worker.
•
Schools that apply must enclose a letter of endorsement from
the head teacher.
•
The name on your bank account must be identical to that on
your constitution – this is to overcome some fraudulent
applications that have taken place.
•
Running costs are only funded for new organisations, for
a maximum of one year.
•
If you have had a previous Award for All grant they will
want to see this highlighted in your annual accounts.
•
If you have previously had a grant from them and not submitted
an end of award monitoring report, you will not be eligible
for a second grant.
•
10% of groups will receive a monitoring visit.
Application forms can be downloaded from www.awardsforall.org.uk/scotland. |
B&Q BETTER NEIGHBOUR GRANT
SCHEME
Schools, community groups and charitable organisations can apply to their
local B&Q store for funding to support a local community project.
The B&Q Better Neighbour Grants are available to help get a community
project up and running. The scheme provides £50 to £500 (at
retail cost) of B&Q materials - for example, pond liners, plants, or
peat-free compost for projects such as a pond or wildlife garden, or paints
for redecoration projects. It is important that the project is sustainable.
For example, the materials and methods used should not cause environmental
damage in the short or long-term. The final result should have long-lasting
benefit to the community. Better Neighbour Grants do not cover maintenance,
so the project should be designed for easy care.
Further information is available on http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/index.jsp,
or you can call 0845 300 1001. |
UKVILLAGES COMMUNITY KITTY
www.UKVillages.co.uk is a web site that provides a news and information
portal for small towns and villages throughout the UK, with information
for residents, tourists and businesses, as well as helping individuals,
clubs, societies and local businesses share information between themselves
within a four-mile area. Over 30,000 communities have already joined.
UKVillages operates a Community Kitty for community projects across the
UK, e.g. environmental projects, community activity groups, playgroups,
playgrounds, village halls, youth initiatives, fetes, technology and heritage.
The closing date for the next round is 10th October 2005. Allow at least
six weeks for a decision. |
ARGOS IN THE COMMUNITY
Another community-based funding source – Argos focuses on charities
and groups that help young people get the best opportunities in life, for
better health, education and the environment - especially projects that
offer support to local communities.
Support is only given to registered charities and non-profit making organisations.
The charities supported must focus on children in the areas of health related
issues, education, disadvantaged groups, or improvement to environmental
conditions. All charitable requests must be made using the Argos Charitable
Donation application form available on the Argos website: www.argos.co.uk. |
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
The Scottish Arts Council has a new £1.4m lottery-funded grant-making
programme called Arts Partners in Scotland. It aims to enable artists to
take their work into deprived communities by creating artists residences
across Scotland, giving communities with little experience of the arts
new opportunities to participate. Priority will be given to proposals focusing
on Community Regeneration Fund areas and residences can last between 3
months and 2 years. Artists can still dedicate up to 50% of the time to
develop their own work.
Sixteen schemes are already in existence across Scotland. Grants can be
for between £4,000 and £40,000. Check out www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/funding.aspxand. |
NEW CAIRNGORMS BIODIVERSITY
SMALL GRANTS SCHEME
A new scheme will be officially launched at the beginning of August along
with five other grant schemes supported by the Cairngorms National Park
Authority, SNH, EU LEADER+ and Local Authorities.
The scheme is open to constituted groups (not individuals or businesses)
and covers the old Cairngorms Partnership area (the Local Biodiversity
Action Plan area), i.e. including the Tayside areas of Highland Perthshire
and the Angus Glens. It will offer 100% funding up to £5,000 for
projects over a 2-year period (to March 2007).
The grant criteria will include delivering actions in the Cairngorms Local
Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP), or one or more of the key themes of the
LBAP, i.e.
•
lack of data;
•
raising awareness;
•
access to appropriate policy/funding;
•
direct habitat loss or fragmentation;
•
inappropriate management,
•
climate change & pollution;
•
non-native species;
or delivering objectives from the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy, and involving
the local community, communities of interest or visitors.
The Biodiversity Grants scheme will be part of a wider "Integrated
Grants Scheme" being developed by the CNPA with LEADER+. There are
five other themes in the grant package (see below) that are either small
grants up to £5,000, or medium grants up to £20,000 but only
offer 90%. Some of these schemes can also delivery biodiversity actions.
The contact details for the scheme "Champion" are:
- Local marketing & events (Ruathy Donald – Tel. 01479 870 519)
- Local interpretation planning & implementations (Andy Ford – Tel.
01479 870 558)
- Small scale access infrastructure (Fran Pothecary – Tel. 01479
870 533) - Investing in communities (Rita Callander – Tel. 01339
753 602)
- Cultural heritage (Rita Callander – Tel. 01339 753 602)
For general information about the Cairngorms Biodiversity Grant Scheme
contact Stephen Corcoran, the Cairngorms Biodiversity Officer on Tel. 01479
870 528. |
RIGHT TO BUY LEGISLATION
The Land Reform Act came into force in June 2004, but many communities
remain unaware of the opportunities the Act gives them. The Act allows
communities to register an interest in any land including small plots and
buildings. The only land that cannot be registered is land in settlements
that have a population over 10,000 - making 98.5% of land in Scotland eligible
to be registered.
Once registered, the land cannot be sold without the community having an
opportunity to buy it. The legislation can be used to give communities
the option to buy all types of land and property, including farms and estates,
individual fields and plots of land, local business premises such as local
Post Offices, waste ground, industrial sites, housing or woodlands.
A registration does not oblige you to purchase the land in future - it
merely gives you the option. Funding such as the Scottish Land Fund may
be available to community groups wishing to subsequently purchase land.
If you fail to register and the land comes on the market, you will have
to rely on provisions that allow the submission of "late" applications.
These require a much stronger case to be made and there are indications
that this may become increasingly difficult.
Check out the website: http://www.landreformact.com. Advice notes on the
website provide a good simple introduc-tion to the Act. |
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL RENEWAL
SCHEME (CERS) 2004-2007
If you are Dundee-based and interested in finding sources of potential
funding, visit Dundee City Council's website and register to use the new
Grantnet facility. You will then be able to give details about your organisation
and your project idea and the database search engine will identify appropriate
funding sources and provide detailed information.
Visit the Council website: http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk and look for Funding
in the A to Z, or contact Alex Scott on 01382 434212. |
SCHOOLS EU TWINNING SCHEME
Over 250 UK primary and secondary schools have already signed up to twin
with European schools through the Internet (including Arbroath High and
Monifieth High, in Angus). It aims to help build partnerships between schools,
and their staff and pupils. Cultural exchange is a big part of the ambition
of the scheme, so it ties in very much with the 2005 ‘European Year
of Citizenship Through Education’. Check out http://www.etwinning.net
for further information. |
KIDS GET ACTIVE
If you are involved in a local community group, or keeping children busy
over the summer, consider having your own Eco Adventure -
•
What flora and fauna are there in your local parks or in
your own backyard? Complete a Tayside Local Patch Survey
form and let us know what you find—available on the
website: www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk
•
How can you help protect and encourage native species? Grow
flowering herbs or annual plants that attract hoverflies
or bumblebees—you don’t even need a garden—just
a window box or a hanging basket. No room at home? Then encourage
your workplace, doctor’s surgery or health centre,
or local school to “grow for wildlife”.
•
Water—with another hot summer on the way how can you
help your local community conserve water?
•
Are local businesses wasting energy? How could you help them
cut costs and improve the environment?
Register on-line to get the Eco Adventure newsletter and to find out how
you could win one of ten awards for £500 for your environmental project:
www.volvocars.co.uk/ecoadventure
If you’re not already a member of a community group why not contact
Wildlife Watch to find out about activities in your area that anyone—whatever
age they are—can participate in. Visit www.wildlifewatch.org.uk or
call 0870 0367711. |
PUBLICATIONS
A New Toolkit
The Fife Environment Network has launched a new toolkit designed to help
community groups and individuals set up environment projects.
What Do Your MEPs Do?
Free copies of this publication are available for schools, organisations
and individuals from the UK Office of the European Parliament - Tel: 0131
577 7866; email: epedinburgh@europarl.eu.int |
WEBSITES
Application Advice and Budgetary Advice – Click on http://www.funderfinder.org.uk/freeware.php
to download two free software programmes. One is called "apply yourself" and
gives guidance in writing a grant application and the other is "budget
yourself" which helps voluntary groups to write their budgets.
Allotments Regeneration Initiative—www.farmgarden.org.uk
Awards for All—www.awardsforall.org.uk/scotland
Big Lottery Fund—www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Biodiversity Action Grant—www.scotland.gov.uk/biodiversity
BT Community Connection— www.btcommunityconnections.com
BT Schools Awards— www.btplc.com/ict/bt_schools_awards
Community Fund—www.community-fund.org.uk
Communities Scotland— www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk
CSV Action Earth— www.actionearth.org.uk
Forward Scotland— www.forward-scotland.org.uk
Greenspace Scotland— www.greenspacescotland.org.uk
Heritage Lottery Fund— www.hlf.org.uk
New Opportunities Fund— www.nof.org.uk
Scottish Arts Council— www.scottisharts.org.uk
Scottish Natural Heritage— www.snh.org.uk
The Crown Estate— www.crownestate.co.uk
The MacRobert Trust— www.themacroberttrust.org.uk
The Tudor Trust— www.tudortrust.org.uk
Tree Council— www.treecouncil.org.uk
Tubney Charitable Trust— www.tubney.org.uk |
ANGUS4COMMUNITY WEBSITE LAUNCHED
The Angus4Community website is now up and running and is available for
carrying out funding searches – free of charge. To access the site,
visit http://www.angus4community.com/ and register. Local information on
the site will develop as time goes on, so visit it regularly and regard
the site as an additional resource – someone is still available to
speak to you if you prefer and visits can still be made to your organisation. |
|
|
|
LOCAL FUNDING SUCCESSES—SCOTTISH
EXECUTIVE BIODIVERSITY ACTION GRANT 2005
In the latest round of BAGS applications the wider Tayside partnership
achieved five successful bids:
•
Small Cow-Wheat Species Recovery Project (Forest Research on behalf of
the Melampyrum sylvaticum UK SAP National Steering Group): Species recovery
project aimed to create and monitor five new populations of Small Cow-Wheat
in the Perthshire and Central Highlands area.
•
Dundee Red Squirrel Project (Sustain Dundee): A red squirrel protection
and enhancement project in the city of Dundee.
•
Community Woodland Biodiversity Training (Community Woodlands Association):
a project to provide relevant, local and up to the minute training about
the biodiversity of woodlands. Scotland-wide, but starting in Tayside.
•
Project Sandcastle (Murton Wildlife Trust for Environmental Education,
Forfar): A sand martin conservation project in Angus involving building
a sand martin wall on the site of a sand and gravel quarry, supporting
another wall and building a pond in close proximity.
•
The Living Field Study Centre - Flora and Fauna of Scotland’s Arable
Farmland (Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie): Project based
on rare arable plants, aimed to increase public knowledge, and to reintroduce
some rare arable plants to the Scottish Crop Research Institute farm.
There were 106 Scotland-wide applications and 31 successful bids. Further
details are available via www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/Wildlife-Habitats/16118/successfulprojects2005. |
ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION—NEW
CRITERIA
The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation has published its new guidelines for support.
There are four key priorities:
1. Environment: this programme aims to promote environmental improvements
that create a country side which is rich in diverse habitats and species,
reduces carbon emissions, and a UK food industry which supplies a wide
range of high quality, sustainably produced goods. It will support the
conservation of hard-to-fund native species and habitats, marine reserves,
and the control of invasive species.
2. Arts: the scheme will focus on contemporary visual arts including architecture,
crafts, design, new media, photography, public art and sculpture. There
is also a heritage theme to preserve and provide public access to collections
of historical significance and preserve and provide public access to buildings
of historical or architectural significance.
3. Education: looking at new approaches to education and hard-to-reach
learners of all ages.
4. Social Change - Enterprise and Independence: to enable people and communities
facing disadvantage to improve their lives.
There are no set deadlines for applications as the trustees meet four times
a year to decide on applications. More information is available on the
Foundation's website: http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk or you can contact
the Environment team on 020 7297 4722. |
G04 VOLUNTEERING
This is a grant programme designed to help small voluntary organisations
and community groups that rely on volunteers.
The programme provides grants of between £500 and £2,000
to help small organisations become more effective and confident about
involving volunteers. Funding for the programme comes from the Scottish
Executive and is administered by the Voluntary Action Fund.
The aim of the funding programme is to help local, grassroots organisations
build on their skills around recruiting and supporting their volunteers.
The deadline for applications is 1st September 2005. Check - www.voluntaryactionfund.org.uk.
|
AWARDS FOR
ALL ‘FORMATHON’
In May, Dundee City Council, Dundee Voluntary Action and Angus Council
hosted an Awards for All ‘Formathon’. The number of organisations
applying for an Awards for All grant in the City has decreased in recent
years. The organisers recognise that the grant is easy to access and
a good source of support for small groups. Over eighty organisations
attended the event and received advice and guidance on sub-mitting an
application. The City and the organisations could benefit to the tune
of over £200,000 if all applications are sub-mitted and successful.
Following on from the ‘Formathon’, organisations in Dundee,
Angus and Perth & Kinross are now involved in the development of
a funding event, called ‘Get Funded!’ to be held in Dundee
on the 1st of November. The event will be in the Marryat Hall from 11am
to 6pm and a host of funding bodies - including The Big Lottery Fund,
Awards for All, Invertay Social Investment Fund, and Lloyds TSB will
be on hand to give advice and guidance to potential applicants and give
presentations. A mini-Formathon (for Awards for All applications) will
form part of the event, as will training sessions for local groups seeking
to use Grantnet. Access to other funding information sources will also
be available. For further information about the event, check www.awardsforall.org.uk/scotland.
|
FORWARD SCOTLAND—SMALL
GRANTS SCHEME FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
Constituted groups operating in Scotland can apply for up to 75% of their
project costs to a maximum of £1,000 where their environmental project
has wider social or economic benefits. The grant can provide vital support
by helping fund preparatory work such as feasibility studies, community
capacity building, consultation exercises and publicity.
The types of projects that can be funded are:
•
Conducting a feasibility study
•
Carrying out research
•
Producing a business plan
•
Holding a public meeting, seminar or conference
•
Conducting a survey
•
Producing a one-off publication
•
Helping to purchase training or professional support
•
Attending a seminar or conference
•
Designing a website
•
Sustainable Development
More Information is available from: www.forward-scotland.org.uk. |
FAITHWORKS AWARDS
“Faithworks” exists to inspire individual Christians and every local
church to develop their role at the hub of their community. It is administered
by the Oasis Charitable Trust. The Faithworks Awards seek to promote awareness
of “the excellent community work being done by over 144,000 church-based
projects in the UK”.
Award 1 – The Christian Resources Exhibitions/Faithworks Community
Resource Award 2005 The purpose of this award - which consists of a £5,000
development grant and ongoing strategic support from the Faithworks Consultancy
- is to recognise the role of established projects inspired by Christian
faith in delivering holistic community development. Projects applying for
this award should demonstrate:
•
A track record of measurable delivery over three years or more;
•
A reflection of best practice developed through application and experience.
Award 2 – The Spring Harvest/Faithworks Community Innovation Awards
2005 These awards are for relatively new church-based projects which demonstrate
Christian involvement in a way that is new to their local area. There will
be two recipients of this award, each receiving a development grant of £5,000
and ongoing strategic support from the Faithworks Consultancy. These awards
are for projects that have:
•
Been in existence and delivering services for less than three years;
•
Demonstrated innovation in their local community.
Contact – Further information is available via http://www.faithworks.info/awards
or by calling Faithworks on 020 7450 9088. |
EVENT SCOTLAND
EventScotland runs two grant schemes to support events in Scotland. The
Major Events Programme may support existing events with the potential to
grow into world-class events and help create new events on an annual or
bi-annual basis.
The Regional Events Programme seeks to develop a portfolio of events that
will:
•
bring economic benefit to Scotland;
•
attract visitors to the region involved from other parts of the country;
•
inspire and involve local communities and enhance the profile and appeal
of the host region.
Applicants can apply for between £2,000 and £25,000. The deadline
for applications is 5th August for events taking place throughout 2006.
Further information is available on the EventScotland website: www.eventscotland.org/supportprogrammes.htm |
THE WOMEN’S
FUND
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to voluntary organisa-tions
that seek to support women in Scotland - in particular groups that help
contribute to the regeneration or develop-ment of the local community. “Fast-track” grants
of up to £1,000 are also available. Organisations run by and for
women or organisations that wish to celebrate International Women’s
Day 2006 can apply.
Applications can be made anytime but 30th December 2005 is the closing
date for all Women’s Fund applications. You don’t have to be
a “women only” organisation, but your project or activity must
only be for women. For an applica-tion form and further information about
the Women’s Fund for Scotland or for information about other funds
available from the Scottish Community Foundation please contact: Helen
Leah on 0141 225 6670, Email: grants@scottishcommunityfoundation.com. |
IT HARDWARE
Are you finding it hard to keep up with the ever-increasing pace of computer
technology and the need to replace your computers regularly? One solution
might be to investigate some of the companies offering special deals to
charities, or web sites offering used equipment.
www.itforcharities gives information about organisations that supply re-cycled
PCs and/or PCs at a special price for charities.
Computer Market Central web site offering a large range of second-hand
PCs and other IT equipment sourced from a number of other vendors.
Dell Factory Outlet Dell UK provides "Unopened, Unused or returned
systems that have been previously sold by Dell but have been returned to
Dell for a variety of reasons. The great majority are unused." Full
support & maintenance options.
DonateAPC.org.uk Free web site service where individuals/ organisations
can offer their old computers & other ICT equipment to charities.
In Kind Direct A charity that receives PCs from companies, puts on new
software and re-distributes them to other charities. Tel. 020 7860 5930. |
BACK TO SCHOOL
An environmental project can be incorporated into the curriculum or used
as a focus for a breakfast club or after-school activities. Any youth group
could enter an environmental project into the Volvo Eco Adventure and win £500!
In a classroom scenario, though, a project could be included in:
Geography—as part of developing a class’s knowledge of environmental
change a project could be entered into the Volvo Eco Adventure. Completing
an application on-line also enables ICT skills to be improved.
Science—the class could develop a project to look at biodiversity
or water in a whole variety of ways. One of last year’s winning groups
looked at water quality in their local rivers. Preparing such a project
encourages the group to research and present clear data as well as developing
good investigative skills.
The Volvo Eco Adventure application form is simple to complete. There are
ten annual awards of £500 available and the overall UK winner will
meet other groups from around the world at the International Volvo Adventure
Conference in Sweden.
www.volvocars.co.uk/ecoadventure |
VOLVO ECO ADVENTURE GRANTS
Aimed at young environmentalists aged 10 to 16, the Volvo Eco Adventure
provides awards of £500 to environ-mental projects designed and run
by young people. The dead for applications is not until December 16th,
2005 so you have plenty of time to get involved.
The website gives information on how to apply as well as some useful tips
and ideas on how to run your own pro-ject, either in the community or linking
into the national curriculum:
www.volvocars.co.uk/ecoadventure |
FUNDING CONTACTS
If you wish to discuss a potential project idea, together with sources
of funding, please contact one of the following people:
Dundee -
Diane Milne, Senior Policy Officer
Economic Development Department
Tel: 01382 434653
E-mail: diane.milne@dundeecity.gov.uk
Angus –
Linda Caston,
External Funding Officer External Funding Team
Tel: 01307 473760
E-mail: externalfunding@angus.gov.uk
Perth and Kinross -
Perth and Kinross Grants Direct
Enquiry line: 0845 605 2000 (local rate)
Website: http://www.pkgrantsdirect.com/ |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to Dundee City Council, Angus Council, and the Rural Community Gateway
(Scotland) for being able to quote from their Funding Newsletters and to
all other contributors, especially Stephen Corcoran, the Cairngorms Biodiversity
Officer.
The Biodiversity Funding Newsletter has been compiled by Catherine Lloyd.
Thanks are due to Lynda Ronald, Perth and Kinross Council, for designing
and preparing this Newsletter. |
The Tayside Partnership includes:
Angus Council, Dundee City Council, the Forestry Commission, Farming & Wildlife
Advisory Group, National Farmers’ Union Scotland, the National Trust
for Scotland, Perth and Kinross Council, the Royal Society for the Protection
of Birds, Scottish Rural Property and Business Association, Scottish Agricultural
College, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage,
Scottish Wildlife Trust The Tayside Biodiversity Action Plan may be viewed
on www.taysidebiodiversity.co.uk |
|
|
|
