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Champion Bowland
Champion Bowland is a charity which aims
to promote, enhance, improve, protect
and conserve the physical and natural
environment and its natural beauty for
the public benefit within the Forest of
Bowland, ‘Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty’ (AONB) and its environs.
Champion Bowland also advances the
education of the public in the physical and
natural environment and in particular the
conservation, protection and improvement
of the physical and natural environment.
For further information, visit:
www.championbowland.org.uk
The Forest of Bowland AONB
Partnership
The AONB is managed by a Partnership
led by Lancashire County Council and
made up of the six district and two county
councils which cover the area; together
with statutory bodies, landowners,
community and interest groups.
The AONB primarily exists to ‘conserve
and enhance’ the outstanding landscape
and also to support social and economic
developments where this does not conflict
with the primary aim. A small staff unit is
employed and funds are provided by the
Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs (Defra), the constituent local
authorities and United Utilities – one of
our major landowners. The AONB has
a five year management plan which sets
out its priorities and activities and this and
much more information can be viewed on
the website: www.forestofbowland.com.
The Heritage Lottery Fund
Using money raised through the National
Lottery, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)
aims to make a lasting difference for
heritage, people and communities across
the UK and help build a resilient heritage
economy. HLF supported the Bowland
Scrapbook through the ‘Sharing Heritage’
grant scheme.