The news that we have won the €30,000 European Outdoor Conservation Association ( EOCA ) grant for Cut Gate is a huge vote of confidence. At a third of the total pot, it’s a massive, massive boost to the campaign and puts us on the home straight to make the target £74,000 alongside the amount we’ve raised already.

Hats off to Moors for the Future for picking up on the opportunity and putting in the work to get the application in, and THANK YOU to everyone of you who voted for us and encouraged their friends and family to do the same.

So what now?

Well there’s still some way to go to hit the target, but it feels massively closer than it did yesterday.

More excitingly though, we can start thinking about the plans in more depth. With Ride Sheffield and Peak District MTB, I’ll be talking with Moors for the Future and the Peak District National Park Authority about how the pounds will look on the ground. As you know, this was a project started by mountain bikers – Ride Sheffield, Peak District MTB and KoftheP – so we’re keen to see Cut Gate protected and still be the Cut Gate you know and love.

Thanks for your continued support folks. Not long now.

KoftheP

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