Woodland Grant Scheme
This scheme provides incentives for woodland management to increase the production of wood, to improve the landscape, to provide new habitats for wildlife and to offer opportunities for recreation and sport...more

Farm Woodland Premium Scheme
This scheme runs parallel to the Woodland Grant Scheme and gives incentives for establishment of new woodland by planting or by natural regeneration...more

Kent County Council Rural Revival
Since September 1999 the County Council's Rural Revival initiative has been offering rural communities the opportunity to bid for money towards developing their own projects. There are two sources of funding available for new and creative projects that respond to identified local need:

• the Community Chest fund for community groups, voluntary organisations and small rural businesses acting in a community-focused way. Each applicant can bid for up to £2500.
• the Partnership Fund for partner organisation acting in a community-focused way.

Potential applicants can apply for up to 50% of the total cost of their project, and match funding can be in either cash or kind (i.e. volunteer time)...more

The Mid Kent LEADER+ programme covers 29 rural wards in Swale, Maidstone, Ashford and Shepway districts, stretching from the Isle of Sheppey and river Swale coastal marshes to Romney Marsh and Dungeness. Since April 2002 a Local Partnership has been in place to assist communities, voluntary groups, individuals and rural businesses through grants for innovative projects which improve the quality of life in the mid Kent area.
The programme will also support sustainable environmental land management practices and projects to improve the provision of and access to local services particularly through the use of “know how” and new technology. The target age groups for the programme are the young and older people.

For further details - contact Sue Beer on 01622 221936;
email: sue.beer@kent.gov.uk
or visit the website www.midkentleader.org.uk