Ouse Burn Way Fund
To apply for funding, check the application notes below and then complete the online form.
What is the Reece Foundation Ouse Burn Way Fund?
The Reece Foundation Ouse Burn Way Fund has been created to support key projects and leverage the additional funding required to advance the Ouse Burn Way project.
Is this funding programme for you?
Can you answer yes to the following questions:
- Will your project support the vision for the Ouse Burn Way?
- Will your project transform where people live, work and spend their leisure time in the Ouse Burn Valley?
- Do you need a grant?
- Are you a not-for-profit organisation?
- Will your project positively impact the Ouse Burn Valley?
What we expect from projects we fund.
We want all projects, large and small, to:
- Be inclusive and improve access
- Add to the cultural and heritage amenities in the Ouse Burn Valley
- Make a positive impact on the environment and particularly for nature
- Support the vision for the Ouse Burn Way
What will you fund?
We want to fund good ideas that do at least one of these things:
- Improve the places and spaces that matter to communities in the Ouse Burn Valley
- Engage the public and increase community involvement
- Achieve a significant reduction in the pollution of the Ouse Burn and its tributaries.
- Develop and extend a wildlife corridor to improve the ecology and biodiversity of the Ouse Burn and its tributaries.
- Achieve improvements in the linkages between the various sections and overall access.
- Encourage development opportunities consistent with planning policies.
- Enable good pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and enhance visitor attractions.
- Improve health, wellbeing, education and heritage with initiatives.
- Seek opportunities to actively contribute to the mitigation of Climate Change, for example through improved sequestering of carbon, improved opportunities to walk or cycle, reducing flood risk and creation of more resilient habitats.
How do I apply?
There are two options.
Express Interest
If you’ve got an idea you’d like to discuss further before submitting a formal application please complete an ‘Expression of Interest’ to tell us more about your organisation and the work that you want us to fund, in particular what and where it will happen, and the impact it will have on Ouse Burn.
The Expression of Interest Form is designed to be a quick, easy way for you to tell us the basic idea of your project.
Apply Now
If you’d like to go ahead and apply straight away please complete and submit a full application form.
At the application stage you will be asked to give us more detail about the work you are doing. We will also ask for further details about your organisations finances and governance.
