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4.6 BFER Grant Fund

Providing opportunities for communities and local organisation to apply for funding to enhance, restore or celebrate heritage in the project area.

Delivery Lead Organisation: Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape Partnership

Bury St Edmunds Trout Club Grant Award

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Programme Round-Up: Revealing the Rivers

Celebrating the projects, people, and achievements of each of our programmes - Programme 4, Revealing the Rivers provided opportunities for local communities and visitors to the area to enjoy the Brecks landscapes through improved access, as well as health and wellbeing activities and art, heritage and nature-based events. More

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Rainwater Gardens Revisited

We visited schools to see how their rainwater planters fared over winter and support the students looking after them. More

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Pond Creation at Drake Primary

Nature pond and garden nearly complete at Drake Primary. More

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Grant Recipient in Thetford in Bloom Award

Congratulations Admirals Academy! More

Project 4.6 Schools
Creating the Gardeners of the Future

A school trip to Howard Nurseries for the children in our rainwater planters project. More

Project 3.6 Project 4.6 Schools
School’s Breckland Garden Begins to Grow

The recipients of one of our third party grant funds, Raleigh Infant & Admirals Academy have planted a Breckland garden at the edge of their playground. More

BFER Grants News Project 4.6
Engaging with Nature at Bishop’s School

Our final third party grant is awarded to Bishop's School for their Engage with Nature project. More

Project 4.6 Schools
Nature Garden Award at Norwich Road Academy

The latest from our grant fund to help children access nature. More

BFER Grants Project 4.6 Schools wildlife
A group of 6 school children planting plants in a raised bed
Schools embrace the April showers!

School children across Thetford have been getting stuck into a brand-new environmental gardening project. More

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There’s Something Fishy about this World Book Day

The BFER Team took a trip out to visit year 3 at Drakes Primary School and their new school pets: zebra fish! More

Project 1.2 Project 4.6
Improving Accessibility in the Brecks

Path-building at West Stow Country Park with one of our third party grants. More

BFER Grants News Project 4.6
Big cheque presentation in front of a miniature steam engine.
History Lives on in a Miniature Steam Engine

Another successful application to our third party grant fund. More

BFER Grants History Project 4.6
A teacher and student plant a tree
Bringing Breckland In – Raleigh & Admirals Academy

Another BFER 3rd party grant finds a home! Following their successful funding application for one of our 3rd party grants, Raleigh Infant & Admirals Academies have launched their Bringing Breckland In project. More

BFER Grants Project 4.6 Schools
Children with their fish tank in school
New School Pets Make a Splash

Learning through doing for local children keeping fish in the classroom. More

BFER Grants Project 1.2 Project 4.6 Schools
Thetford Station Information Panels
Thetford Station Celebrates the Brecks

Following a BFER grant, Thetford Station have installed two new information panels to celebrate Breckland, its history and the work of local conservation groups. More

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A giant cheque being presented
BFER awards a new project grant to Drake’s Primary School

The BFER team were delighted to award one of it's 3rd Party grants to Drake's Primary School this week. A cheque for £2,500 was presented by the Scheme manager to staff and pupils in support of their exciting pond and habitat creation project.  More

2023 BFER Grants News Project 4.6 Schools
Façade of railway station building
Thetford Railway Station to receive Heritage Grant

The Friends of Thetford Station were awarded a grant from the Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape Partnership scheme this week. The funding, which comes indirectly from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will go towards designing and installing two new interpretation panels that will help raise awareness of the fascinating history of the station, and […] More

BFER Grants Project 4.6
Preventing Plastic Pollution

The fourth BFER grant was awarded £2,500 to The Rivers Trust for their Preventing Plastic Pollution project. More

BFER Grants Project 4.6 Rivers
Suffolk County Councillor Joanna Spicer, and Nick Dickson from the Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape Partnership present cheques to Rob Williams and Linda Howe of Honington and Sapiston Parish Council in support of a new series of Heritage interpretation boards celebrating the rich history of the Parish.
Honington and Sapiston Parish Council

The third BFER grant awarded £750 towards Honington and Sapiston Parish Council for their interpretation boards. More

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River Restoration Project Complete

The BFER team met up with David Hudson from the Bury Trout Club in February 2022 to see the completion of the structures. More

BFER Grants Project 4.6
River Restoration Project Update

BFER awards grant to Bury Trout Club for River Lark restoration project. More

BFER Grants Project 4.6
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Overview

Aims/Objectives

To ensure flexible delivery and outputs not identified during scheme development by providing funding for small community led projects

To further the aims and objectives of the BFER LP by delivering projects that benefit heritage, people, or communities

To build funding application experience and confidence in community groups leading to future applications from other sources

Summary

This project provided opportunities for communities and local organisation to apply for funding to enhance, restore or celebrate heritage in the project area, supporting heritage, building capacity and sustainability.

The BFER 3rd Party Grant Fund offered grants between £500 and £2,500 for fourteen projects that worked to conserve, enhance, celebrate and increase understanding of the historic landscape of the scheme area.

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Grant Fund Applications

All applications to our grant fund were made according to the following guidance:

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