The Ventient Sisters and North Steads Windfarm Community Benefit Fund at the Community Foundation allows community groups within a 5km radius of the windfarm to apply for funding of up to £20,000.

The money received will enable the wildlife charity to provide a yearlong trainee placement for a young person to work across its five reserves at Druridge Bay - gaining experience with a variety of habitats, developing new skills and earning practical qualifications as well improving their survey and species identification knowledge.

Alex Lister, Druridge Bay Living Landscapes Manager says: “Without this amazing cash boost we wouldn’t have been able to offer such a great opportunity to a young person. Our five Druridge Bay reserves are the gems of the Northumberland coastline which the person appointed will help to keep sparkling.”