4– Other Opportunities 4.1
Funding You may be eligible to apply for grant aid to help you maintain and enhance your historic park or garden. The National Lottery Heritage Fund37 have a number of grant schemes which can help to connect people, nature and heritage and the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust Small Grants Scheme38 offers funding towards the cost of conservation, survey and projects that promote public access, interest and enjoyment. The Historic Houses Foundation39 also awards grants for the repair and conservation of rural historic buildings and structures including, where appropriate, gardens, grounds and outbuildings.
We can sometimes offer grant aid for repair works to scheduled monuments and listed buildings. If you are enrolled on a sustainable land management scheme, your registered historic park or garden may be eligible for grant aid.
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Education and Heritage Skills Historic parks and gardens provide an engaging setting for outdoor learning, which has educational, social and physical benefits. They offer cross-curricular opportunities to use the historic and natural environments to learn about the local area, which can involve schools and local communities.
Traditional skills are needed to maintain and repair many of the elements within historic parks and gardens, so there maybe opportunities to develop apprenticeship schemes, through the National Lottery Heritage Fund for example, to increase the pool of heritage expertise.
Local communities can also get involved in volunteer activities ranging from planting and grounds maintenance to historical research and interpretation.
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Managing Change to Registered Historic Parks and Gardens in Wales
