The Partnership
Living Levels Board Members celebrating the successful submission of the application to Heritage Lottery
Living Levels Landscape Partnership brings together like-minded stakeholders to work together to collectively recapture, enhance and celebrate the historic area for all to enjoy.
The Partnership came together in 2014 and, with funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Rural Communities Development Fund, has invested £4m in the Gwent Levels.
The Partnership includes RSPB Cymru (lead body), Gwent Wildlife Trust (GWT), Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Newport City Council (NCC), Monmouthshire County Council (MCC), City of Cardiff Council (CCC), Gwent Archives (GA), Cardiff Story Museum, Sustrans, National Trust, Bumblebee Conservation Trust and BugLife Cymru.
Living Levels covers many aspects to enhance the landscape from natural heritage restoration, improving visitor experience, and working with communities to showcase the incredible heritage this landscape has to offer.
As well as our formal partners, we have been working closely with local communities to deal with issues that are important to them, such as fly-tipping and declining farm incomes. Understanding local issues has helped us design a scheme which will really make a difference to local people. Many other partners from the surrounding community have been involved informally with the scheme during its life.
Funding for Living Levels
Our partnership is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund who have provided a generous grant of £2.5 million towards the delivery of our £3.7 million scheme. We are grateful to all lottery players and to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for its generous support in enabling this fantastic programme to go ahead.
