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Funding Secured for BWAG

Total from May 2005 to March 2010:  £87,443

 

 

Breakdown per year:

Financial Year 09/10 - £3,184

  • To March 2010 £3,184 was raised from - Donations (£490); Membership Fees (£1,243) and Events (£1,451)

Financial Year 08/09 - £14,220

  • To March 2009 £4,220 was raised from - Donations (£783); Membership Fees (£1,955) and Events (£1,482)

  • £4,000 - Grassroots Grant for path restoration

  • £6,000 - Natural England Countdown 2010 for scrub clearance and fencing

Financial Year 07/08 - £40,993

  • To March 2008 £4,808 was raised from - Donations (£1,342); Membership Fees (£1,695) and Events (£1,771)

  • £26,185 secured, allowing path restoration in Bredhurst Hurst to proceed (from the following donors):

    • £5,000 - Cllr Paul Carter, Member Community Grant
    • £15,233 - KCC Public Rights of Way
    • £2,100 - Royal School of Military Engineering
    • £1,000 - Sustainable Development Fund
    • £1,000 - KCC Small Capital Grants
    • £900 - Maidstone Borough Councillor Derek Butler, Devolved Budget
    • £500 - Maidstone Borough Councillor Malcolm Greer, Devolved Budget
    • £452 - Maidstone Borough Councillor, Wendy Hinder, Devolved Budget

  • Spring 2007 - KCC Local Grants Scheme awarded £5,000 for coppicing and maintenance work

  • April 2007 - KCC, Public Rights of Way provide £5,000 for initial repairs to the byway.

Financial Year 06/07 - £16,696

  • To March 2007 £5,611 was raised from - Donations (£1,292); Membership Fees (£2,025) and Events (£2,294)

  • March 2007 - Kent Downs AONB Unit; Clean Kent, KCC PRoW provided £4,200 towards the cost of renovation work at White Hill.

  • February 2007 - Cllr Wendy Hinder donated £500 towards the cost of the Bredhurst Hurst Management Plan (total cost £1,500)

  • December 2006 - Cllr Paul Carter donated £3,890 from his Member Community Grant towards the cost of equipment needed to allow BWAG to further develop.

  • April 2006 - Cllr Paul Carter donated £1,000 from his Member Community Grant towards the cost of producing the Bredhurst Hurst Management Plan (total cost £1,500). 

  • April 2006 - Cllrs Wendy Hinder and Derek Butler donated £1,000 towards the breeding bird survey

  • April 2006 - Cllr Derek Butler donated £495 towards the costs of Kent Wildlife Trust/BWAG work with Bredhurst CE School.

Financial Year 05/06 - £12,350

  • From May 2005 (when BWAG was formed) to March 2006 £1,350 raised from donations. (No fund raising events were held during year and the Membership Scheme was not introduced until May 06).

  • Kent Downs AONB Unit provided in excess of £11,000 towards our project.