In addition to the annual Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty grants schemes, throughout the year there are also external opportunities for funding. There are two grant opportunities that are currently open if you have relevant projects planned that need some funding to make them happen: 1 Nature First small grants scheme The […]
Every September thousands of people across the UK head to the coast to take part in the Great British Beach Clean, a week-long citizen science event, where hundreds of beach cleans take place up and down the UK. The Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) team organises events throughout the year for […]
The Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership acknowledges the Secretary of State decision to award the Sizewell C project development consent. The development will be one of the largest constructions in Europe and perhaps the biggest built development in a nationally designated landscape. The AONB Partnership hope that many of […]
We are recruiting! This is a great opportunity to join the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team as a Landscapes for All Officer working with communities across Suffolk, Essex and beyond. Are you passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion? Are you someone who understands the value of the natural environment to enhance all of our lives? If so, we would love […]
Would you like to learn more about wildlife-friendly gardening? Have you always wanted your garden to be a haven for wildlife? Join us for a FREE online talk on Thursday 14th July at 6pm. If you’re new to gardening, find out how you can support nature and wildlife. You will find out all of the […]
Fifteen fixed-point photography posts have been installed in Suffolk and North Essex’s protected landscapes to celebrate the area’s natural beauty and cultural heritage. The posts are part of a new project launched by Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) called, Landscape Lens. Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the project not […]
The Woodbridge Riverside Trust were delighted to show off Sae Wylfing’s new mast and rigging, which was decked with bunting for the Jubilee celebrations! Sae Wylfing is a half-length replica of the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship and a working vessel, currently moored in Woodbridge opposite the historic Tide Mill. Her new mast was part-funded by […]
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Seasonal Ranger across multiple sites in the Dedham Vale and Suffolk Coast and Heaths Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Do you have recent experience of public engagement in a countryside setting? Would you like to work in an incredibly varied, challenging and rewarding role in some of the nation’s finest […]
A new initiative in Suffolk and Essex has been launched to increase the numbers of hedgehogs in our designated landscapes by providing free hedgehog homes and signs to residents. The hedgehog is a priority species in the Coast & Heaths and Dedham Vale Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) Nature Recovery Plans. In the past […]
Summer 2021 saw the first season of archaeological fieldwork, as part of the Rendlesham Revealed community archaeology project, led by Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service. Over 200 volunteers, under the guidance of a small expert team, have uncovered evidence of settlement and community at Rendlesham 1,400 years ago at the time of the earliest East […]
Community groups, schools, businesses, and organisations across two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) in Suffolk and Essex are invited to apply for significant grant funding to fund projects that benefit the area. The Sustainable Development is an annual grants scheme that awards more than £70,000 to community projects in both the Dedham Vale and […]
The Benacre and Kessingland Flood Risk Management scheme is a complex managed realignment project which will address coastal, fluvial, and pluvial flood risk alongside challenging coastal erosion issues. The project is a catchment-scale, partnership approach to managing the flood risk in the Lothingland and Kessingland Valley, Suffolk. This large river valley sits within an Internal Drainage […]
