Listed below in alphabetical order are the major funders of the region, with an interest in market towns.

News Flash: AMT launches GrantNet to members

Action for Market Towns has launched its access to Grantnet on the Finding Funding section of www.towns.org.uk as a Premium Service to AMT members (once logged in).

You can find further information on each funder by clicking on a link to their web site, or alternatively you can become a member of Action for Market Towns and gain access to a national database of funders and their funds specific to market towns and the issues you face, searchable by category and region. Click on this link for further information:

Action for Market Towns

If you have any questions or comments about AMT's role in the region, please contact Action for Market Towns at:

Website: Action for Market Towns Web site

Or call Belle Chilvers on 0845 644 6202
Email: belle.chilvers@towns.org.uk

Alliance SSP

Arts Council England, East Midlands
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts. We provide grants for the arts, including funding from the National Lottery.

We believe in the transforming power of the arts – power to change the lives of people throughout the country.

Grants for the arts for individuals, organisations and national touring. Our grants are for individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts as part of their work.

We invest in the arts across England by making grants available under the five aims:

* To change people’s lives through the opportunity to take part in or experience high-quality arts activities
* To increase opportunities for cultural diversity in the arts
* To support excellence, new ideas and activity to build long-term stability in arts organisations
* To invest in the creative talent of artists and individuals.
* To increase resources for the arts.

Our grants normally range from £200 up to a total of £100,000 but most are under £30,000.

Big Lottery Fund

Derby & Derbyshire Economic Partnership

East Midlands Fine Foods

EMMLAC
East Midlands Museums, Libraries and Archives Council EMMLAC is one of nine Regional Agencies with core funding from Resource. EMMLAC provides strategic leadership for museums, libraries and archives in the East Midlands to enable them to provide a better service to the public. Our aim is to ensure that the sector plays a full role in the social, educational, cultural and economic life of the East Midlands working closely with our partners in

1. East Midlands Museums Service
2. East Midlands Regional Archives Council
3. East Midlands Regional Library System

These three domain bodies are the constituent bodies of EMMLAC itself.

English Nature
A region of contrasts – from the Moorlands and Dales of Derbyshire’s National Park through the highly developed three cities triangle of Nottingham, Derby and Leicester and intensively managed lowlands of the Trent Valley and Lincolnshire to its relatively unspoilt dune coastline and the vast saltmarshes of the Wash. – the East Midlands of England supports a diverse mix of wildlife.

For local biodiversity information, wildlife activities in your local area, responses to planning applications and local natural areas, please contact the relevant Area Team whose details can be found below. For more information on English Nature's work at a regional level, please click here.

Greater Nottingham Partnership

Heritage Lottery Fund

Leicester Shire Economic Partnership

Lincolnshire Enterprise

Northamptonshire Partnership

The Welland SSP

Welland Food Initiative

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