Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Beauty Sustainable Development Fund
The Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) is a pot of money available to indivduals, businesses, local authorities and community groups to fund sustainable new business ideas and community projects which will benefit the special environment of Nidderdale AONB.
Types of projects we can fund:
The list is endless, but projects must demonstrate 'sustainability'; this means that we are looking to encourage project that will benefit the environment and communities and the local economy at the same time.
We will be particularly interested in projects which include any of the following:
- involve young people and promote social inclusion
- promote urban/rural links
- encourage links between people from different backgrounds, whether they be inside or outside the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- bring different organisations together to tackle rural problems in a spirit of partnership
- test new ideas and promote best practice
- develop models for sustainable management of the countryside that could be applied elsewhere in England
- cannot be funded from elsewhere
What a SDF grant can fund:
Grants are available for up to a maximum of 75% of the total project costs. Grants don't have to be for a project in its entirety, they can fund parts of a larger project such as, feasability studies, practical work, equipment, building works, publicity, marketing, staff costs, training, group or partnership development and initiatives that raise awareness about sustainability.
We cannot fund projects which:
- do not further or support the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty purposes
- have already started
- are the statutory responsibility of any agency, or are standard maintenance work.
Further Information:
Download a copy of the SDF Guidance Notes and Application Form (PDF documents).
For more information please contact the project team.
