On this page, you can find a list of the projects supported through Esmée's Blue Spaces programme
| Organisation / Partnership | Freshwater focus and country | Grant awarded (term length) | What the funding will support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwork Wales | Ebbw, Sirhowy, Rhymney, Taff and Ely - Wales | £58,020 (12 months) | Towards project costs for Healthy Rivers South East Wales working with communities and partners across the South East Valleys catchment region to conserve the health of regional rivers. |
| North Wales Rivers Trust Ltd | Cegin - Wales | £58,000 (12 months) | Towards project costs for Roots: a pilot to improve freshwater input to the Menai Strait. |
| Welsh Dee trust | Gwenfro - Wales | £54,000 (12 months) | Towards project costs for River Gwenfro Together!, a community action plan for the Gwenfro. |
| Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum | Cleddau - Wales | £59,863 (12 months) | Towards project costs for the Ecosystem Enterprise Partnership developing investable action for river restoration. |
| Tir Canol (RSPB) | Leri - Wales | £400,000 (48 months) | Towards core costs for Cynnal, a project involving co-designing a natural flood management action plan for the Leri catchment, in partnership with the Talybont Community Flood Group and others. |
| North Wales Wildlife Trust | Conwy - Wales | £60,000 (14 months) | Towards project costs for Gofod Glas Conwy / Blue Spaces Conwy, a project collaborating with diverse communities and partners to develop community-owned plans to deliver clean and healthy freshwaters. |
| Cwm Arian Renewable Energy | Nyfer - Wales | £59,916 (12 months) | Towards project costs for Nyfer am byth - Catchment Level Environment Action Network (CLEAN), engaging communities in best practice catchment management encompassing: land, water, and nutrient resources. |
| West Wales Rivers Trust | Teifi - Wales | £58,500 (12 months) | Towards project costs for Llais yr Afon, which brings together citizen science, arts and activism to create a powerful new movement for social change which can be replicated across other rivers in the UK. |
| Action for Conservation | Upper Usk - Wales | £41,383 (12 months) | Towards project costs to understand how intergenerational mapping methodologies could to support recovery of the Upper Usk catchment. |
| The Zoological Society of London | Thames - England | £186,834 (24 months) | Towards core costs for River Partnerships in London, integrating community action and restoration finance into strategic plans for rivers. |
| Rent-A-Role Drama Service | Plym - England | £59,750 (8 months) | Towards project costs to explore the concept of rivers as citizens, working to unite communities with the river on equal terms. |
| Knepp Wildland Foundation | Adur and Arun - England | £138,000 (24 months) | Towards core costs to create Weald to Waves, a nationally significant 100-mile nature recovery corridor across Sussex, from Ashdown Forest through Knepp, down three river catchments to restored kelp forests. |
| Lough Erne Landscape Partnership (RSPB) | Lough Erne - Northern Ireland | £88,000 (9 months) | Towards project costs for Lough Erne Landscape partnership working with UKILN to develop a conference, growing expertise and supporting community action on freshwater in Northern Ireland. |
| Northern Ireland Environment Link | Freshwaters across Northern Ireland | £250,000 (36 months) | Towards core costs for a dedicated Freshwater Development Officer, to provide critical expertise and assistance to focus on improving freshwater habitats through cross sectoral working. |
| Forth Rivers Trust | Esk - Scotland | £256,060 (36 months) | Towards core costs to support community engagement and campaigning on the Lothian Esks. |
| Southern Uplands Partnership | Tweed - Scotland | £152,000 (48 months) | Towards project costs for Connecting Threads: a five-year creative placemaking project based on a river, working with communities and creative practitioners along the River Tweed. |
| Spey Catchment Initiative (SCIO) | Spey - Scotland | £200,000 (36 months) | Towards core costs of a sustainable, climate resilient and thriving natural environment for wildlife and communities throughout the Spey Catchment. |
