{"id":5708,"date":"2026-06-16T13:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/?post_type=tb_fund&#038;p=5708"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:22:27","slug":"peatland-restoration-sector-capacity-grant-scheme","status":"publish","type":"tb_fund","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/fund\/peatland-restoration-sector-capacity-grant-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Peatland Restoration Sector Capacity Grant Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organisations currently engaged in peatland restoration can apply to a new Defra scheme for funding to help expand the capacity of the workforce. The Peatland Restoration Sector Capacity Grant Scheme will support a range of activities to remove barriers to peatland restoration by growing and developing the scope and size of the peatland restoration sector. The scheme has a total value of \u00a31.15m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grants are available to expand the capacity of the local peatland restoration workforce through activities such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>providing apprenticeships and internships,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improving relevant skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>attracting new entrants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>attracting private investment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improving collaboration eg. by sharing specialist equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2026 you can apply for two-year funding, with grants up to \u00a320,000 per year; funding in subsequent years will be restricted to one-year grants up to \u00a320,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations currently engaged in peatland restoration can apply to a new Defra scheme for funding to help expand the capacity of the workforce. The Peatland Restoration Sector Capacity Grant Scheme will support a range of activities to remove barriers to peatland restoration by growing and developing the scope and size of the peatland restoration sector. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"fund\/category":[3,15],"class_list":["post-5708","tb_fund","type-tb_fund","status-publish","hentry","tb_fund_cat-environment-energy-transport","tb_fund_cat-education-training"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-07-24 13:19:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"tb_fund_cat","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund\/5708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tb_fund"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund\/5708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5709,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund\/5708\/revisions\/5709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tb_fund_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund\/category?post=5708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}