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Guidance

Access to Nature leaflet

Applications

General Guidance Notes [1.5 MB] - give information on the type of project that we will consider funding, the type of funding available and the application and payment processes.

To help you complete online applications:

• Stage One Guidance Notes [1.4 MB]
• Stage Two Guidance Notes [1.1 MB]

Working in Partnership guidance

Match Funding Wizard [140 kB] *

Terms and Conditions for Revenue and Capital Grants [1.7 MB]

Land and Building Application Guidance Notes [1.5 MB]

Guidance Note 1 - Flagship and National Projects Application Deadlines

Guidance Note 2 - Education Learning and Volunteering

Guidance note 3 - Recreation/Outdoor Pursuits Guidance

Regional Targeting Plans

Outline our priorities for each region:

West Midlands

West Midlands

• appendix B

• appendix C map 1 , map 2 , map 3 , map 4 , map 5 ,
  map 6  

• appendix D map 7

• appendix E map 8 , map 9 , map 10 , map 11 , map 12 , map 13

East of England

East of England

• Integrated Access East of England

• Most deprived areas: East of England ; Bedfordshire ; Cambridgeshire ; Essex ; Hertfordshire ; Norfolk ; Suffolk

East Midlands

East Midlands

• Index Multiple Deprivation (IMD) statistics

• Integrated Access map

• IMD maps: East Midlands  (whole); Derbyshire ; Leicestershire-Rutland ; Lincolnshire
  Northamptonshire ; Nottinghamshire  

North East 

North East

North West 

North West

• North West - 10% most deprived SOAs

• Access provision maps by percentage: Cheshire ; Cumbria ; Greater Manchster ; Lancashire ; Merseyside ; North west .

• All access provision maps: Cheshire ; Cumbria ; Greater Manchester ; Lancashire ; Merseyside ; North west .

• Most deprived areas maps: Cheshire ; Cumbria ; Greater Manchester ; Lancashire ; Merseyside ; North west .

• Most deprived areas by national rank - North west .

London

London

• Annex 1: index map , map 1 , map 2 , map 3 , map 4 , map 5 ,
  map 6 , map 7 , map 8

• Annex 2: London - 10% Most Deprived SOAs

• Annex 3: index map , map 1 , map 2 , map 3 , map 4 , map 5 ,
  map 6 , map 7 , map 8 , map 9  

South East

South East

• Most deprived areas maps: South East ; Berkshire ; Buckinghamshire ; East Sussex ; Hampshire ; Isle of Wight ; Kent ; Oxfordshire ; Surrey ; West Sussex

South West

South West

Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber

• Most deprived areas maps: Yorkshire and the Humber ; Barnsley and Wakefield ; Bradford ; Hull ; Kirklees and Calderdale ; Leeds ; North east Lincolnshire ; North Lincolnshire and East Riding ; Craven, Richmondshire, Harrogate and Hambleton ; Rotherham and Doncaster ; Ryedale and Scarborough ; Selby and York ; Sheffield . 

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