CaBA ‘£1.4m of new funding for tree-planting projects with a focus on the water environment this financial year.
Our experience through the Water Environment Improvement Fund has shown how partnership working can deliver excellent tree planting projects. This summer we, therefore, sought an indication of what our partners could achieve this financial year. Following your enthusiastic response, £1.4m of new funding has been agreed for partners to deliver tree-planting projects with a focus on the water environment by April 2021. We are now contacting partners for applications to deliver projects, please see the attached information for further details.
This programme is competitive and will be prioritised by the EA on the following criteria:
– Confidence in ability to deliver by March 2021
– Contribution to improving water environment including WFD status, NFM etc.
– Value for money
– Scale, we will be looking for larger projects in the region of £50 – 95k.
Partners will need to submit project mandates to their local area office by 30th October. Please contact your EA Catchment Coordinator in the first instance for any questions and to start your application.’