Eligible activities

 

There is no complete list because we want to be able to respond to local aspirations. However, these are the types of activities we envisage:

Forestry management works designed to improve the ecological, social, or economic value of woods for local communities, e.g. thinning, conversion to broadleaves, coppicing, woodland related habitat creation. NB: these works must be within the context of delivering a specific project, not just maintenance.

Physical access works (including interpretation and amenity works, such as installation of shelters and benches as well as path creation) for pedestrians and other recreational users of the forest, such as cyclists and horse riders, that provide benefits to local communities, either through improving access directly for the local residents, or in encouraging visitors from outside the community that will provide local economic benefit.  Access works can be within woods or outside woods but only where they improve access to woodland. NB: works that fulfill statutory obligations are ineligible.


Works designed to improve cultural access for the local community, e.g. participatory appraisal sessions to decide plans for local woods, artistic works in and associated with local woods, assimilation and presentation of information about local woods of interest to local communities.


Acquisition of land for Cydcoed projects within European Union rules.

Tree planting and establishment of community woodland on non-agricultural land.


Training but only of people working on the project and only where it is needed to deliver the objectives of the project, i.e. training cannot be an objective in its own right.

Creation of forest facilities such as forest schools and other woodland based educational facilities, tree nurseries, and forest based recreation facilities where these are directly linked to a geographically defined forest location.

Support for timber and woodland related businesses where those businesses are directly involved in delivering the Cydcoed project, e.g. consultancy time for technical advice, educational visits for members of the business.

Boundary works (including hedges) on the boundaries of woods or within woods where they provide environmental and/or amenity improvements of benefit to the community.

Direct administration of Cydcoed projects up to 10% of total project costs.  Not a standard fee, must be actual costs only e.g. time of paid staff, office overhead costs during administration of the project. 

NB: all projects must contribute to development of the forest resource in a way that benefits local communities and be linked directly to a geographically defined forest location, e.g. a project that only supported woodland related businesses and a project that made improvements to a wood without local benefits would both be ineligible.We cannot fund the purchase of mobile equipment (unless specifically agreed to in advance), running costs, maintenance, insurance, bid preparation or any cost incurred before a Cydcoed project is formally agreed, late payment charges, or legal fees for litigation.