Sustainable Project Fund Support Now Open

Energy & Environment , 28th March 2024

Funding support is now available for community sustainability environment projects in the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley.

The Sustainable Development Fund (SDF), set up by the Welsh Government and managed by the Clwydian Range & Dee Valley AONB, is now open for applications.

This capital funding is available for projects in the AONB area that look to reach a more sustainable way of living in the countryside and provide opportunities for communities to remain socially healthy with a robust economic wellbeing.

The scheme opens on April 1st 2024 and a pot of £90,000 will be available. Grants can be made for less than £1,000 or larger grants of up to £25,000. Funding is open to organisations including community or voluntary groups, local authorities, as well as the private sector and individuals.

The private sector and individuals must demonstrate that their projects have a wider public benefit, and the proposed project must meet the aims and objectives of the scheme and be located in or have direct benefit to an AONB. Projects must also comply with any relevant regulatory requirements such as planning permission or building regulations.

Emlyn Jones, Head of Planning, Public Protection and Countryside Services, said:

“SDF is primarily for practical, innovative schemes, which engage local communities and young people in projects in Welsh AONBs. The types of projects that will be supported are those which meet the sustainable aims of the SDF and AONBs.

“These aims are to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the AONB, including the built environment, to promote sustainable forms of social and economic development in AONBs, to promote the economic and social well-being of local communities and to promote quiet enjoyment of AONBs.”

Priority will be given to project proposals that:

Demonstrate innovation or best practice.
Involve local communities and young people.
Lever in contributions from other sources in cash or in kind.
Overcome barriers to sustainability and promote a wider understanding of sustainability.
Promote sustainable forms of social and economic development or add value to existing sustainability projects.
Raise awareness of AONBs and generate jobs or income for communities, without damaging the landscape.

For more information about the funding and on how to apply visit https://www.clwydianrangeanddeevalleyaonb.org.uk/projects/the-sustainable-development-fund/

Mae cymorth ariannol nawr ar gael ar gyfer prosiectau amgylchedd cynaliadwy cymunedol ym Mryniau Clwyd a Dyffryn Dyfrdwy.

Mae’r Gronfa Datblygu Cynaliadwy (CDC) wedi’i sefydlu gan Lywodraeth Cymru a’i rheoli gan AHNE Bryniau Clwyd a Dyffryn Dyfrdwy nawr yn agored ar gyfer ceisiadau.

Mae’r gronfa gyfalaf hon ar gael ar gyfer prosiectau yn yr AHNE sy’n edrych ar gyrraedd ffordd mwy cynaliadwy o fyw yng nghefn gwlad a rhoi cyfleoedd i gymunedau barhau’n iach yn gymdeithasol gyda lles economaidd cadarn.

Mae’r cynllun yn agor ar 1 Ebrill 2024 a bydd pot o £90,000 ar gael. Gellir gwneud cais am grantiau llai na £1,000 neu grantiau mwy o hyd at £25,000. Mae cyllid ar gael i sefydliadau gan gynnwys grwpiau cymunedol neu wirfoddol, awdurdodau lleol yn ogystal â’r sector preifat ac unigolion.

Mae’n rhaid i’r sector preifat ac unigolion ddangos bod gan eu prosiectau fudd cyhoeddus ehangach ac mae’n rhaid i’r prosiect bwriedig gwrdd â nod ac amcanion y cynllun a chael ei leoli yn neu â budd uniongyrchol i AHNE. Mae’n rhaid i brosiectau hefyd gydymffurfio â gofynion rheoleiddio perthnasol fel caniatâd cynllunio neu reoliadau adeiladu.

Dywedodd Emlyn Jones, Pennaeth Cynllunio, Gwarchod y Cyhoedd a Gwasanaethau Cefn Gwlad:

“Mae Cronfa Datblygu Cynaliadwy yn bennaf ar gyfer cynlluniau ymarferol, arloesol, sy’n cynnwys cymunedau lleol a phobl ifanc mewn prosiectau yn AHNE Cymru. Y mathau o brosiectau fydd yn cael eu cefnogi yw’r rhai sy’n bodloni amcanion cynaliadwy y Gronfa Datblygu Cynaliadwy ac AHNE.

“Mae’r amcanion hyn ar gyfer cadw a gwella harddwch naturiol yr AHNE, gan gynnwys yr amgylchedd adeiledig, i hybu ffurfiau cynaliadwy o ddatblygiad cymdeithasol ac economaidd AHNE, i hybu lles economaidd a chymdeithasol cymunedau lleol ac i hybu mwynhad AHNE mewn tawelwch.”

Rhoddir blaenoriaeth i gynigion prosiect sy’n:

Dangos arloesedd neu arfer orau.
Cynnwys cymunedau lleol a phobl ifanc
Ysgogi cyfraniadau gan ffynonellau eraill, mewn arian parod neu mewn nwyddau
Goresgyn rhwystrau i gynaliadwyedd a hyrwyddo dealltwriaeth ehangach o gynaliadwyedd.
Hyrwyddo ffurfiau cynaliadwy o ddatblygiad cymdeithasol ac economaidd neu ychwanegu gwerth at brosiectau cynaliadwyedd sy'n bodoli eisoes.
Codi ymwybyddiaeth o'r AHNE a chynhyrchu swyddi neu incwm i gymunedau, heb niweidio'r dirwedd.

I gael mwy o wybodaeth am y cyllid ac ynglŷn â sut i ymgeisio ewch i https://www.clwydianrangeanddeevalleyaonb.org.uk/projects/the-sustainable-development-fund/?lang=cy