Issue details

To gain permission to accept the Coronation Living Heritage Fund (CLHF) Grant Funding from ‘Defra’ of Lot 1 ‘Microwoods £14,138.00 and Lot 2 Community Orchards of £19,260.00

To seek approval to deliver the grant scheme attached to Lot 2 targeted to community groups across Blackpool with support from the WCAF Treescapes team.?A pilot site will be established in the 2023/4 planting season, with the remainder of the funding delivered in 2024/5.? This approach will consolidate previous experience of community orchards to allow the early lessons learned in delivering an onward grant.