Our Upland Commons Sub-Projects

These are grouped by four themes:

Collaboration Katy Carlisle Collaboration Katy Carlisle

A2: Shared Spaces

Shared Spaces covers refurbishment work to the commoning infrastructure (on eight commons), much of which has not been replaced in the last fifty years due to lack of funds.

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A3: Sharing the Benefit

Sharing the Benefit brings four further commons into Our Common Cause to complete a stakeholder engagement and Visioning process and so that they can benefit from project activities such as training, Common Practice notes and other information sharing.

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B2: Schemes and Skills

Schemes and Skills (on all twelve commons) will give commoners the knowledge and confidence to develop Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) ready for when the new agricultural funding programmes open to applications in 2024.

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B3: Resilience Fund

Resilience Fund is a modest internal fund for the Project to support Commons Associations and community organisations on matters specific to their common.

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Commons for All Katy Carlisle Commons for All Katy Carlisle

C1: Enjoy

Enjoy is the interpretive element of the project (on all twelve commons) at a national and local level. It includes a lively digital diary – an online film and photography-based blog – which as well as being entertaining will also help promote some of the learning outputs of the project.

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C3: Do

Do (on all twelve commons) is the public-facing aspect of the project and includes a variety of activities some led by commoners and stakeholders, some led by volunteers with interests such as biodiversity and archaeology, and some led by staff from partner organisations.

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D4: Water

Water (on three commons) is concerned with slowing down or diverting the flow of water to reduce the damage it causes, either by flooding homes and other properties or through scouring historic features and access tracks.

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