AONB Office, 4 Castle Street, Cranborne, Dorset, BH21 5PZ.   Tel: 01725 517417

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Local Action Fund

There is an annual fund of about £2,600 for local community projects within the AONB.

The first criteria that your project will have to meet are:

  • that it helps to deliver the Management Plan
  • that it has been endorsed by the Parish Council
  • that it has community support

We try to make three or four awards a year to projects that are unable to attract grant aid from other sources. We particularly encourage projects that involve people working together to take positive action in their village or parish, raising community spirit and increasing understanding of what it means to live and work in the AONB. Over time, this small fund has made a considerable contribution towards conserving and enhancing the AONB.

Application Forms:

LAF Application Form (PDF, 65kB)

LAF Guidance Notes 2009 (PDF, 390kB)

Grants: