# Heritage Lottery Fund grant to help preserve Morecombe Bay

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/06/15/heritage-lottery-fund-grant-help-preserve-morecombe-bay/
- Published: 2017-06-15T07:43:56+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The University of Cumbria, along with Natural England, the Forestry Commission
and Cumbria Wildlife Trust, has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (
HLF) for the development of the South Cumbria species restoration programme.**

 

Development funding worth £174,500 has been awarded by the [Heritage Lottery Fund](https://www.hlf.org.uk/)
to a project aimed at developing the area’s landscape through a community-led species
restoration programme, which could see species such as the pine marten reintroduced
to the Morecambe Bay area.

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Through the funding, a virtual ‘eco-museum’ focused on a specific area involving
supporters drawn from local communities, will be created. There will also be a scheme
to share knowledge about the area among different generations, and there will be
opportunities for local schools, colleges and universities to participate in a ‘
living laboratory’ of natural heritage restoration.

 

Professor Ian Convery, professor of environment and society and research director,
Centre for National Parks and Protected Areas, said:

 

> “Nature, culture and heritage are deeply entwined, and this project will bring
> together all three concepts through the restoration of a suite of locally extinct
> native species as key natural heritage features of the South Cumbria and particularly
> Morecambe Bay landscape. We’re delighted to receive the award from the National
> Lottery which will enable us to make a difference before it’s too late.”

 

With Heritage Lottery Fund grant requests, there are no deadlines for applications
under £100,000. This includes all applications under the [Sharing Heritage](https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/sharing-heritage),
[Our Heritage](https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/our-heritage),
[Young Roots](https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/young-roots),
[First World War: then and now](https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/first-world-war-then-and-now),
and [Resilient Heritage](https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/resilient-heritage)
programmes. There are deadlines for all other applications however. The deadline
for the next round of [Heritage Grants](https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/heritage-grants)
or [Heritage Enterprise](https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/heritage-enterprise)
under £2 million is 21st August 2017 for a decision in December 2017.

 

The Heritage Lottery Fund is also offering grants of £100,000-£5 million for the
conservation of public parks and cemeteries through its [Parks for People programme](https://www.hlf.org.uk/looking-funding/our-grant-programmes/parks-people).
The programme is jointly funded with the Big Lottery Fund in England, and the next
round of funding has a deadline of 1st September 2017 for a decision in December
2017.

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