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Funding Secured for BWAG

Total from May 2005 to March 2008: £70,039

Breakdown per year:

Financial Year 07/08 - £40,993

• To March 2008 £4808 was raised from - Donations (£1342); Membership Fees (£1695) and Events (£1771)
• £26,185 secured, allowing path restoration in Bredhurst Hurst to proceed (from the following donors):
  • £5000 - Cllr Paul Carter, Member Community Grant
  • £15,233 - KCC Public Rights of Way
  • £2100 - Royal School of Military Engineering
  • £1000 - Sustainable Development Fund
  • £1000 - 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 BWAG £5000 towards coppicing and maintenance work.
• April 2007 - KCC, Public Rights of Way provide £5000 for initial repairs to the byway.

Financial Year 06/07 - £16,696

• To March 2007 £5611 was raised from - Donations (£1292); Membership Fees (£2025) and Events (£2294)
• March 2007 - Kent Downs AONB Unit; Clean Kent, KCC PRoW provided £4200 towards the cost of renovation work at White Hill.
• February 2007 - Maidstone Borough Councillor Wendy Hinder donated £500 towards the cost of the Bredhurst Hurst Management Plan (total cost £1500)
• December 2006 - Cllr Paul Carter donated £3890 from his Member Community Grant towards the cost of equipment needed to allow BWAG to further develop.
• April 2006 - Cllr Paul Carter donated £1000 from his Member Community Grant towards the cost of producing the Bredhurst Hurst Management Plan (total cost £1500).
• April 2006 - Borough Councillors Wendy Hinder and Derek Butler donated £1000 towards the breeding bird survey
• April 2006 - Maidstone Borough Councillor 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 £1350 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.