All posts by Luke Geoghegan

New funding available for woodfuel business support (Now closed)

August 19th, 2015

Significant new funding available for woodfuel business support and development from Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership Coast to Capital have launched a Call for Proposals for £1.29m grant funding to support  the transition to a Low Carbon Economy using the European Regional Development Fund. Read the full call here Priorities are to: Support businesses […]

Woodland memories wanted for major history project

August 14th, 2015

Family stories and memories of South Downs woods are wanted for a major project to uncover the secret history that lies beneath the National Park’s ancient woodlands. Secrets of the High Woods is a community archaeology project, led by the South Downs National Park Authority and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, to map the […]

Planning Minister visits South Downs National Park

August 10th, 2015

The importance of high-quality design and working with local communities were under discussion when Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Brandon Lewis MP, visited the King Edward VII development in the South Downs National Park on 6 August 2015. 112,000 people live in the South Downs, many work there and millions visit every year. […]

World Ranger Day 2015

July 31st, 2015

31 July is World Ranger Day and the summer months are a good time to spot two of our favourite native species: the South Downs National Park rangers (Ranger rangerii), and South Downs volunteer rangers (Ranger volunteerus). Over the autumn and winter months these two semi-wild species spend much of their time out in the […]