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March 2022

Catchment Partnership Fund Opening Soon

 

The Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership Fund will be open again for applications in April. The fund is to support projects that improve the water environment around the Bristol Avon catchment. It can fund walkover surveys, data collection, habitat improvements or community engagement, alongside other projects and project development. The Catchment Partnership Fund has funded 44 projects around the catchment in previous years, which have delivered varied work including bats surveys, farmer engagement events, water quality testing and the co-ordination of a fish recovery plan for the catchment.
 
Small community grants pot
  • Alongside the normal Catchment Partnership Fund, we are also releasing a small community grants fund that will fund up to around £500 for community groups to improve their local environment. This will have a simpler application process, and we hope it will be helpful to all the communities around the catchment who do great work looking after our rivers.
  • This fund would be ideal if you were looking new litter picking equipment, wanted to carry out water quality testing or other engagement events.
Projects are more likely to be funded if they are working towards the BACP Vision and Aims, which are listed in our Working Together for Water document, downloadable here.
If you have a project you would like to discuss before submitting your application, please contact info@bristolavoncatchment.co.uk and Siobhan can arrange a time to talk with you.
We couldn’t run the Catchment Partnership Fund without our co-hosts or fund contributors, so many thanks to Wessex Water and the West of England Rural Network (co-hosts) and to our funding contributors, Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council, Bath and North East Somerset Council, North Somerset Council and Bristol Water.
 

Noticed something different?

The Bristol Avon Catchment Partnership has been working on updating our Catchment Plan and producing a new website so we can better promote and celebrate the work our partners and others are doing to improve the Bristol Avon Catchment. The website and the Catchment Plan will be launched soon, but we are starting to use our new logo and branding! The Catchment Plan and website will help everyone to work towards an agreed vision for the catchment, so we can support all levels of stakeholders to improve the water environment, from policy makers to community groups.

 

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Updates from around the catchment

 

Bristol Frome River Journey Podcast

  • Christina Wheeler, a podcast maker travelled the River Frome from its source in Tormarton to the centre of Bristol, speaking with residents and others along the way. All podcast episodes are live now, and you may hear some familiar voices along the way! Liz Kinsey, River Frome Reconnected Project Officer, speaks to Christina in episode 1.

 

Wiltshire County Council Climate Strategy Launched

  • The Wiltshire Council Climate Strategy was adopted at Full Council on the 15th of February.
  • Climate Emergency UK gave Wiltshire's Climate Strategy a score of 81% overall in their Climate Strategy League Table making them the highest scoring rural unitary council and 5th overall.
  • If you would like to read the strategy, please follow this link.

 

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Upcoming Events

 

Crayfish Conservation Manual launch event

  • The Crayfish Conservation Manual book launch is being celebrated with an event workshop on Thursday 24th March. It is held via zoom, 9:30am-1pm. If you are interested in attending, please contact nativespecies@bristolzoo.org.uk to register your interest.

 

Woodland Creation Event

  • Bristol Avon Rivers Trust, in collaboration with the Forest of Avon Trust and the Woodland Trust are hosting an event on riparian woodland creation on the 24th March, 10am-12pm. The event will be held in Lords Wood, Publow. If you are interested in attending please contact Mel Hoskings: melissa@bristolavonriverstrust.org