Focus of work
This small grant supported the establishment of Sheppey Light Railway Greenway, a charity that aims to preserve maintain and develop the Sheppey Light Railway Greenway as a long-distance public footpath and multi-use trail.
With FIT funding, the group begun efforts to restore the route for walkers and cyclists, with volunteers mobilised to clear vegetation from the foundations of a section of the route.
It also continued to raise awareness about the issue among the Sheppey community, with the support of residents, landowners, businesses, councils and local media.
Impact
The hard work of the group has paid off, and it has acheived agreement in principle wth land owners across the majority of the proposed route. Clearance, widening and path laying has begun in certain sections, and people are already enjoying the benefits the path offers.