AIE - Subject - Planting Grants

Tree Planting Grants

Law & Regulations.

Organisations

Forestry Commission. Principle source of grants in the UK for Woodland planting. Grants are available for new woodland establishment and for the management and upgrade of existing woodlands. They also offer special incentives to encourage woodlands on farms.
English Nature Offer various grant types including discretionary , Local Nature Reserve and species recovery.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Foods. Offer the Countryside Stewardship Scheme where grants are available for improving areas of the countryside. Specified works include hedge establishment and maintenance, tree planting, pollarding and regeneration of orchards.
British Plastics Federation At the time of writing (10th July 1999) the PVC industry is offering to donate thousands of tree shelters free of charge to conservation groups involved in planting for the millennium. For more details contact Andrew Rose, British Plastics Federation, 6 Bath Place, Rivington Street, London EC2A 3JE.
Englands Community Forests

Publications

A Guide to the Woodland Grant Scheme. Download direct from the Forestry Commission.
A Guide to the Farm Woodland Premium Scheme. Download direct from the Forestry Commission.
A report detailing the results of a study aimed at assessing the performance of their environmental grant program. MAFF.

Web Sites. The following sites either offer grants or details of grants.

The Royal Forestry Society Includes a detailed section within their web site on the subject of grants.
The Woodland Trust. Are organising woodland planting as part of the millennium project.
The Tree Council. Currently offering grants to schools.
Shell Better Britain. Offers funding for community projects, etc.
Wildlife Trusts.
Charities Aid Foundation.
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport. National lottery grants.

Also contact your local authority for details regarding local planting grants.

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