Shropshire Council has administered the Shropshire Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) on behalf of Defra for the past five financial years, granting over £600,000 across nearly 100 projects countywide to achieve a wide range of environmental and sustainability outcomes. The total project value over the five years has exceeded £1 million.
Groups qualify for grant eligibility under Objective 5 of the scheme – “compensating communities for the effects of aggregates extraction”.
The following projects were funded in 10/11 financial year;
- Sustainable Wenlock - LED Christmas lighting and sustainability awareness
- Tanet Valley Light Railway Company - Creation of a land art feature, outdoor stage, view point and path.
- Shropshire Housing Alliance - Relocating the housing advice and reuse project into Market Drayton.
- Fordhall Organic Farm - Green courses including yurt upgrades, bread oven, green wood structures, interpretation and publicity.
- MEA - Sustainable Community Building and Action Project.
- South Shropshire Building Skills Trust - Traditional skills sharing
- Shropshire Wildlife Trust - Titterstone Clee Hill access improvements and site awareness
- The Hive - delivery of the Rural Reel project
- Friends of Coalbrookdale Arboretum - Increasing the use of the arboretum through events and courses.
- Captain Webb Primary School - promoting links with school and biodiversity education on Dawley Heritage Trail
- Shropshire Wildlife Trust - Improving awareness and accessibility to the Ercall area through events and publicity.
- Titterstone Clee Heritage Trust - The Novers Limeworks Community Forest Garden
- Willowdene Training Ltd - Biodiversity and Produce Project
- MEA - Fantastic Home
For further information on these projects please see the project report attached to this page.
For information on previous projects funded by ALSF in Shropshire and other affected areas in England, please follow the link to the Defra ALSF website on this page.
We have now been informed by Defra that Shropshire will no longer receive this grant fund.
The Shropshire ALSF logo is available for download on this page for use by successful applicants on promotional material.
