What sort of projects have been funded?
The Dartmoor Sustainable Development Fund was launched in June 2002, to enable individuals, community groups and businesses to implement innovative new ideas for better ways of living in, working in, and visiting Dartmoor, that also contribute towards the Dartmoor National Park Authority achieving its purposes, and that might otherwise have difficulty in getting finance. The Fund is administered 4 days per week by the Sustainable Development Officer – with inputs from other specialist officers on issues that might have an impact on their areas of responsibility - archaeology, ecology, land management, education, forestry, community, and so on. Decisions are made with the help of an independent Grant Advisory Panel, which meets every two months.
Projects supported have ranged from renewable energy to nature conservation, from sustainable tourism to social inclusion, and from green transport to education for sustainable living.
To see a progress report on all of the projects that have been supported to date, please download the following annual reports:
Dartmoor Sustainable Development Fund Annual Report 2002-2004
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Dartmoor Sustainable Development Fund Annual Report 2004-2005 (PDF Help 464 kb)
Dartmoor Sustainable Development Fund Annual Report 2005-2006 (PDF Help 869 kb)
Further decisions are reported as they are made during the course of the year in Dartmoor National Park Authority's Community News
