What we fund

CCW has four grant categories, outlined below, that reflect the broad scope of our work.

Wildlife, Geology and Landscape

The overall objective for the grant is to promote and stimulate positive action for wildlife, geology and landscape.Our support under this category is wide and varied, and we try to enable project delivery across all taxonomic groups, as well as geo-diversity action. Our priorities for ‘Landscape’ relate to the need to integrate our existing spatial, landscape scale information with policy and decision making processes at a National, Regional and Local level.

Providing and Promoting Access, Recreation and their Benefits

The aim of the grant is to increase participation in outdoor recreation through connecting the supply of opportunities to the demand for them, and so best meet local user / stakeholder needs for recreation and access. Health benefits and the diversification of users of the countryside will be strong considerations as we prioritise the projects.

Building Capacity in Other Organisations

The "Building Capacity" grant category supports programmes of work across a wide range of policy areas. CCW will prioritise those networks or partnerships that assist CCW to engage with national policy frameworks and assist with priority setting in line with our remit to manage Wales’ natural heritage, landscape, biodiversity and enjoyment of the countryside. Where local partnerships exist delivering the above, these would have to demonstrate a wider applicability across Wales. Where duplication or overlap occurs, CCW will seek to bring those areas together under one partnership, where practicable.

Promoting Understanding and Awareness

Together with our patrners, we want to increase the level of awareness of environmental issues amongst all sectors of the population - helping to create a culture of sustainable living and respect for the environment across Wales, as well as building environmental skills.

In addition, this year CCW’s ambition is to fund more projects that support out of classroom learning in the natural environment. These projects should create enjoyable, high quality learning and recreational experiences for children and young people within the formal education sector. we have earmarked £150,000 for these projects exclusively.