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Sustain the Plain is a £2m rural grants programme.  It runs from 2002 - 2008.. 

It is funded by the European Union (EAGGF) and DEFRA, under the title of Leader +. It is one of twenty five projects in England, and similar programmes run in the other countries of the UK and throughout the EU.

Grants are up to 67% of approved costs, with projects required to obtain the balance from a variety of public and private sources, and their own resources.  A total of £2m has been available for distribution in grants ranging from £500 to over £100,000.

The Programme has been promoted and managed by the following Lead Partners:

  • Community First
  • Great Western Enterprise Business South West
  • Tidworth Development Trust
  • Wiltshire County Council
  • Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

The programme will finally close on 30 September 2008. A successor bid is being promoted under Local Action with the Rural Development Programme England 2007 - 2013.

Follow this link to download the End of Year Report - April 2008. (PDF File - 307kb)

Salisbury Plain

The Local Knowledge Local Experience document is available below free of charge. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the files which are set out below in sections so that the files are not too large.

Section 1: Introduction / Background (411 kb)
Section 2: Defining your Local Area (413 kb)
Section 3: Developing Local Action Groups (248 kb)
Section 4: Developing LEADER Business Plans - the Integrated Approach (223 kb)
Section 5: Developing and Delivering Locally Led Projects (444 kb)
Section 6: Communicating LEADER+ and Promoting LEADER+ Ideas (200 kb)
Section 7: Why the LEADER Approach(70 kb)
Section 8: Appendixes (37 kb)

For further information about Sustain the Plain contact
John Dowsett
jdowsett@communityfirst.org.uk
01380 722475

www.sustaintheplain.org.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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