Landfill grants are saving butterflies and moths, but we urgently need your help to raise more match funding.
Government introduced landfill tax in 1996 to reduce the amount of rubbish going into landfill and to encourage recycling. Part of the tax can be used to fund environmental projects, provided the grant recipient contributes 10% of the cost.
Butterfly Conservation has obtained landfill grants to protect the Duke of Burgundy in Hampshire and Sussex and the Large Blue in Somerset but we now need to raise match funding.
Other important projects waiting to be funded include:
· Duke of Burgundy and Pearl-bordered Fritillaries in the North York Moors
· Pearl-bordered Fritillaries on the Morecambe Bay Limestones
· A national Wood White recovery project in southern England and the Midlands
· Dark Bordered Beauty and Large Heath in Scotland
· Dingy Skipper in Northern Ireland
Donations made to our Match Pot appeal are multiplied tenfold when they unlock a Landfill Communities Fund grant, and with Gift Aid, a £20 donation can release £250 funding for essential conservation work.
The Match Pot is making a big difference; some of the UK’s most threatened species are already responding well to our projects being funded under this scheme.
Landfill Communities Funds will not be available indefinitely.
Please make a donation today.
To set up a regular donation please visit our direct debit page. If you would prefer to send a cheque, then print and complete this donation form and post it back to us.
