Our Upland Commons Sub-Projects

These are grouped by four themes:

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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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Funding

The Our Upland Commons project was a three-year, £3m, 25-partner project made possible by funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund (thanks to National Lottery players) along with grants from Esmée Fairbairn and Garfield Weston Foundations.  

Local funders were Dartmoor: South West Water, the Duchy of Cornwall, the Dartmoor Preservation Association and Devon Wildlife Trust, amongst others. Shropshire: the Millichope Foundation, amongst others. Yorkshire Dales: Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, amongst others. Lake District: the Lake District National Park Authority, amongst others.