FUNDING FOR NATURE
We’re committed to securing and directing investment towards projects that enable us to realise our doubling nature vision. Whether that be creating wetlands, restoring our chalk streams or enhancing our ancient woodlands.
Natural Cambridgeshire manages the £1 million Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fund for Nature, funded by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. This fund can provide finance for large projects of up to £300,000 that attract external investment and which have the potential to either deliver significant Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) or generate an income stream.
BNG is a government policy that requires developers to leave nature in a better state than they found it, effectively acting as a ‘nature tax’ to fund local habitat improvements.
Working in partnership with the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, we also provide community groups and organisations with advice and small grants to enable them to take action for nature on their doorsteps.