The Brecks Landscape Resilience Project
Following the successful delivery of the Brecks Fen Edge and Rivers Landscape Partnership Scheme (BFER), a Resilience Grant of £248,073 was awarded to Suffolk County Council for the delivery of an 18-month project (commencing November 2025).
Building on over a decade of successful collaboration, this project marks the start of a new, long-term Brecks Landscape Partnership, uniting communities, landowners, conservation bodies, and local authorities in a shared mission to protect and enhance the Brecks.
Resilience Project aims:
- Establish the governance of the Brecks Landscape Partnership, including three steering groups compiled of experts in the areas of Biodiversity, Heritage and Engagement.
- Identify diverse funding opportunities and income streams to avoid reliance on one large pot of funding,
- Create a rolling series of projects,
- Work with consultants to create business plans and branding and marketing plans for the future partnership,
- The creation and roll-out of a Brecks biodiversity and heritage curriculum,
- Continued engagement specifically to teach people about the Brecks, working closely with the local visitor economy partnership. Some of this will be aimed specifically at groups who don’t traditionally have easy access to nature and community events,
- The third Brecks Outdoor Festival.
