Since 2005 the SDF has funded a wide range of projects that have helped to protect and enhance the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The fund seeks to encourage individuals, community groups and businesses to work together, and we particularly look for projects which test new ways of achieving a more sustainable way of living in the Blackdown Hills.
Projects need to show that they have an environmental, social, or economic benefit, and ideally a combination of all three. In the International Year of Biodiversity 2010 we are particularly interested in projects which involve biodiversity.
To apply for SDF funding, please read the guidance note below and use the checklist to check whether your project meets the criteria. Then complete one of the application forms, depending on the amount of funding you require.
Send your application and the completed checklist to Nickie Moore at the AONB Office.
If you're not sure about the criteria or the application process, please contact us for advice.
SDF application form up to £1000
SDF application form £1000 - £10,000
Applications for grants of up to £1000 may be made at any time and will be processed within ten working days.
2010 deadlines for funding rounds for grants from £1000 - £10,000 are:
11 June 2010
6 August 2010
24 September 2010
Decisions on funding applications will be made within three weeks of each deadline.
Recently funded projects
Making it Local Development Workers £7208, MiL
Working Our Woodlands, £5000, Silvanus
Back Yard Fish Farming, £2045, Aquavision
Taste the Harvest, £5000, Gillian Collins/Mark Pope, Staple Farm
Summary of projects funded so far in 2010
Past projects
Click on the links below for more information on projects funded by the SDF in the past:
Projects funded April 2009 - March 2010
Projects funded April 2008 - March 2009
Projects funded up to March 2008
