A collaborative project delivered by Shropshire Hills National Landscape and Shropshire Wildlife Trust about connecting children to their landscape.
The project aims to discover more about the wildlife of the Blackdown Hills by supporting local people to set up community wildlife projects.
Discovering Black Down was a three year project (2013-2016) funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Chilterns fought to try and persuade the Government not to route the High Speed 2 Railway through the widest part of the Chilterns.
The project reconnects people living with Dementia and their carers with the landscape and its history, heritage, environment and crafts.
Over 3 years the project discovered more about the natural heritage of the Blackdown Hills.
Significant consolidation works were completed on St James’ Church, Lancaut which is a Listed Building and part of a Scheduled Monument.
This project responds to the threats from pollution, habitat degradation and, particularly, over-abstraction for the public water supply.
A programme of one year, multi-skill traineeships for young people, to help them pursue careers in conservation or land management.
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