Sheffield Lakeland Partnership celebrates successes and publishes working strategy for next 10 years

As the Heritage Lottery (HLF) funded Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Project (SLLP) comes to an end, the multi-agency partnership that came together to deliver the project has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue working together until 2033. 

The new 10 year agreement is a commitment to working together towards common goals of nature recovery and increased landscape resilience.

Successes of the Sheffield Lakeland Landscape Partnership

The SLLP was a £3.4 million, 5 year project, which delivered a wide range of benefits to the Sheffield Lakeland area, from natural flood management schemes and habitat creation, to the preservation of local oral histories and restoration of hundreds of metres of dry-stone walls. Nearly 73,000 people were engaged through the project, and more than 1,400 people volunteered their time, making it one of the biggest projects ever undertaken in the area.

Led by Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust, the partnership brought together statutory bodies, farmers, landowners and community groups to preserve and improve the natural and built heritage of the unique Lakeland