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<p>The Government is investing £5.6 billion between 2021 and 2027 to better protect
communities across England from flooding and coastal erosion. This includes the £200
million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programme (FCIP). As part of FCIP, Ministers
have allocated £36m over six years, to develop a ‘Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme’
to trial opportunities, and innovative practical actions, in a small number of coastal
areas at significant risk of coastal erosion, to transition and adapt to a changing
climate. The practical adaptation actions will likely include activities that support
and facilitate the managed transition of property and facilities at risk of coast
erosion providing an anticipatory approach in advance of coastal change.</p><p> </p><p>The
National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), arm’s length body of the Department for Culture,
Media and Sport, awarded a £500,000 grant to English Heritage's <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.english-heritage.org.uk%2Fabout-us%2Fsearch-news%2Fpr-hurst-castle-one-year-on%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc27d29e734d247c5182e08dc70e1caf3%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638509363547164782%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3PN8twkmdGLyeiU14biftMP6Y16fsSJGV9nST2f8CAE%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Hurst Castle Stabilisation Feasibility Project</a> (see attached)
in 2022 to survey damage from coastal erosion and develop a plan to protect the castle
for the long term. Further details of accessing NHMF grants can be found on the National
Heritage Memorial Fund website.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on managing the impacts of
coastal erosion on heritage features can be found on Historic England's website, alongside
details of available grants for heritage.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F64ba74102059dc00125d27a7%2FThe_Third_National_Adaptation_Programme.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc27d29e734d247c5182e08dc70e1caf3%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638509363547177068%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=h0FaDtYymMfO9JZspjTmDKMGmGn3QLZ86%2BuZqKG5dkE%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">Third National Adaptation Programme</a> (see attached) details how
the Government and its agencies plan to protect cultural heritage from a changing
climate, including implications for our coastal heritage due to flooding and coastal
erosion.</p>
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