Grants to Wildlife Trusts for Botanical Training for Volunteers. A total of £3650 has been awarded to the following trusts:

Avon Valley Project, Devon Wildlife Trusthttps://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/what-we-do/our-projects/avon-valley
BBOWT (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire WT)https://www.bbowt.org.uk/
BCN Wildlife Trust (Beds, Cambs & Northants WT)https://www.wildlifebcn.org/
Dorset Wildlife Trust, Living Churchyards Projecthttps://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/living-churchyards-project
Dorset Wildlife Trusthttps://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/SNCI
Durham Wildlife Trusthttps://www.durhamwt.com/botany-group
Gwent Wildlife Trusthttps://www.gwentwildlife.org/
Lancashire Wildlife Trusthttps://www.lancswt.org.uk/
Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trusthttps://www.wildsheffield.com/
Somerset Wildlife Trusthttps://www.somersetwildlife.org/
Trent Valley Partnership Scheme, Staffordshire Wildlife Trusthttps://www.thetrentvalley.org.uk/

Grants to Wildlife Trusts for Wild Flower Activities for Children and Young People. A total of £1750 has been awarded to the following trusts:

BBOWThttps://www.bbowt.org.uk/
Derbyshire Wildlife Trusthttps://www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/
Gwent Wildlife Trusthttps://www.gwentwildlife.org/
Lancashire Wildlife Trusthttps://www.lancswt.org.uk/
Leicester & Rutland Wildlife Trusthttps://www.lrwt.org.uk/
Staffordshire Wildlife Trusthttps://www.gwentwildlife.org/

Grants for Research Projects. A total of £1750 has been awarded for the following projects:

Teesdale Special Flora Project. A grant to survey the ongoing detailed surveys of the Teesdale Flora. Project Leader Dr Margaret Bradshaw MBE
An MSc project which will examine the potential for restoration of limestone pavements that have lost their distinctive flora due to having been colonised by woodland, by investigating the viability of the seedbank found in the grykes (deep channels) in the limestone pavements
An investigation into the relationship between the abundance of Pea family flower species found in the machair habitat of the Isle of Harris, particularly white clover, red clover, tufted vetch and birds-foot trefoil and bumblebee foraging behaviour.
A Master’s dissertation looking at the impact of various conservation grazing methods on the vegetation at a number of countryside sites.
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