Partners and Funders

The current phase of Big Chalk development is funded by the Protected Landscapes Partnership, supported by Defra.

This funding has enabled the appointment of a dedicated programme development role, as well as communications, brand and website development and a partnership conference.

The partner organisations currently represented on the Partnership Board include:

• Avon Wildlife Trust
• Bath and North East Somerset Council
• Butterfly Conservation
• Chilterns National Landscape
• Cotswold National Landscape
• Cranbourne Chase National Landscape
• Dorset National Landscape
• Environment Agency
• Isle of Wight National Landscape
• Kent County Council
• Association of Local Government Ecologists
• Kent Downs National Landscape
• Mendip Hills National Landscape
• National Farmers' Union
• National Landscapes Association
• National Trails UK
• National Trust
• Natural England
• North Wessex Downs National Landscape
• Pasture for Life
• Plantlife
• The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• Soil Association
• South Downs National Park Authority
• Surrey Hills National Landscape
• The Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group