Grants & Funding
The photo that you might have just clicked on shows one of the Malvern ‘Gasketeers’ about to maintain Malvern’s Historic gas lamps on her bicycle. The Sustainable Development Fund (now the Community Projects Fund) funded the restoration of the lamps and the training of the Gasketeers.
The Malvern Hills National Landscape grant schemes are listed below: all aim to support projects that bring social, environmental and economic benefits to the Malvern Hills National Landscape and which help to deliver the Malvern Hills AONB Management Plan.
Access for All
Defra has kindly provided money to all National Landscapes in order to support projects that make access to and within the Malvern Hills National Landscape easier. The project started in 2022/23, takes a rest in 23/24, with more funding available in 2024/25, so we welcome your ideas for projects in 2024/25. Please contact David Armitage to discuss them and take a look at the Access for All project achievements in 2022/23 to see what has already been done.
Farming in Protected Landscapes Grant
Available for farmers and land managers within the Malvern Hills National Landscape; this website has further details about the grant scheme, which provides support for improvements to the natural environment, cultural heritage, historic buildings and public access.
Community Projects Fund
The long-running Sustainable Development Fund has been renamed the Community Projects Fund. The grant fund supports projects that bring social, environmental and economic benefits to the area. Apply for a grant by contacting David Armitage . You can see the projects that have been funded here.
Nature Recovery / 30by30
This funding was first made available by Defra in 2025/26 and is available again in 2026/27. It supports capital works and purchases which protect nature in the Malvern Hills National Landscape by enabling areas to make progress towards meeting the published Criteria for 30by30 on land in England – GOV.UK Please contact Paul Esrich for a chat about opportunities.
Water Management
Severn Trent Environmental Protection Scheme (STEPS) provides grants to improve land management for water quality. Advice on Catchment Sensitive Farming is provided by Natural England.
Connecting People to the Malvern Hills National Landscape
If you have a project idea that will connect people to our natural environment in the Malvern Hills National Landscape, please contact David Armitage on 01905 845055