Lottery goes wild to offer Green Grants to the West Midlands

Published on Monday 2 Aug 2010 by Worcestershire Rural Hub

Communities across the West Midlands are being encouraged to discover wildlife on their doorstep as the Big Lottery Fund prepares to plough £2 million of good cause cash into improving the environment through protecting and creating wildlife habitats for everyone enjoy.

BI’s Community Wildlife funding programme will offer grants of between £300 and £10,000 to projects that bring communities together to improve or protect the natural environment by raising awareness of threatened wildlife or places.

Application forms can be downloaded at: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/communitywildlife.  Alternatively, call 0845 367 0610, or textphone 0845 602 1659.

There are three deadlines for applications: 21st July, 22nd September and 24th November 2010.

Full details of the Big Lottery Fund programmes and grant awards available on the website: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk .