Launching in August
Next month, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will launch the Coronation Living Heritage Fund, supporting local tree planting projects and small tree nurseries across our communities, in celebration of the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III this year.
Picture: Chair of North Norfolk District Council Cllr Pauline Grove-Jones plants an English oak in November 2022, in memory of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Featured image (above): The Wendling Way – Norfolk Jubilee Trails
Funding will be available for projects that fit under one of the following five options. Councils can apply for up to two of these options, for awards of £10,000 – £50,000 capital per option:
- Coronation Tree Packs: funding for free or subsidised trees schemes, administered by councils, for local residents and organisations;
- Coronation Miyawaki Woods: enabling councils to plant miniature areas of woodland in urban areas, using the Miyawaki method for rapid establishment;
- Coronation Community Orchards: enabling councils to provide grants to local people and groups to establish community orchards;
- Trees on Farms: enabling councils to provide grants for local farmers and residents, for tree planting on agricultural land;
- Small and Community Tree Nurseries: enabling councils to support small and community-run tree nurseries to set up, increase their production, improve their biosecurity practices, or fund audits or an adviser or group scheme leader for the Plant Healthy certification scheme.
Picture: Medlar trees gifted by Direct Plants in Pott Row, to be included in the local community’s ‘Queen’s Wood’.
The fund will launch in the first week of August and the application window will be open for five weeks. All documentation will be published on GOV.UK when the fund is launched.
Defra is encouraging potential applicants to consider the options ahead of the application window opening. County councils, unitary authorities, metropolitan and London boroughs will be eligible to apply directly, and other councils are encouraged to contact their county authority to express an interest.
If you have any questions, you can contact DEFRA on their dedicated email address:
Picture: Evergreen oak planted by Girlguiding Norfolk County at their residential centre Patteson Lodge, to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
