The snappily named Cotswolds Champions Programme will, Scott Brown says, “support, celebrate and tell the stories of people and organisations that are already doing important work to conserve and protect the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), as well as showcase how we as the Cotswolds Conservation Board (CCB) work with them to deliver projects that genuinely make a lasting difference at the landscape scale.”
Scott is Cotswolds Champions Project Officer and over the past few months since the launch of the programme he has been busy talking with potential partners whose activities chime with CCB priorities. The idea is that by joining forces, so much more can be achieved, and while it’s still early days the programme is attracting huge interest.
Cotswolds Champions has funding to the tune of £400,000, secured through negotiation by CCB from Network Rail to mitigate and compensate for adverse impacts of rail electrification works in the AONB along the 10km section of line between Old Sodbury and Alderton. Now the challenge is on to make the most of the money. The programme initially runs until winter 2021/22 and ambitions are high.
GOOD STORIES
“Our lead project, which has a budget of £200,000, is the Cotswolds AONB Rail Corridor Enhancement Project itself, including line-side planting to help screen or soften the visual impact of the rail electrification works,” Scott says. “We’ll be working with farmers and landowners, and there’s also potential for us to help them with land surveys and long-term sustainability plans that might attract other investment, or funding through the Environmental Land Management scheme.
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Gloucestershire After The War
Discovering the county’s Arts and Crafts memorials of the First World War
THE WILD SIDE OF Moreton-in-Marsh
The days are getting shorter but there’s plenty of reasons to be cheerful, says Sue Bradley, who discovers how a Cotswolds town is becoming more wildlife-friendly and pots up some bulbs for an insect-friendly spring display
Mr Ashbee would approve
In the true spirit of the Arts & Crafts Movement, creativity has kept the Chipping Campden community ticking over during lockdown
The Cotswolds at war
These might be peaceful hills and vales, but our contribution to the war effort was considerable
Trust in good, local food
‘I’ve been following The Country Food Trust’s activities with admiration since it was founded’
Why Cath is an open book
Cath Kidston has opened up almost every nook and cranny of her Cotswold idyll in a new book, A Place Called Home. Katie Jarvis spoke to Cath ahead of her appearance at this year’s Stroud Book Festival STROUD BOOK FESTIVAL – THIS YEAR FREE AND ONLINE: NOVEMBER 4-8
From the Cotswolds to the world
Most people know that the Cotswolds have featured in a fair few Hollywood movies and TV series.
The Wild Hunt
In search of the legendary King Herla in the Malvern Hills
Fighting spirit amid the flowers
Tracy Spiers visits Warwick, a beautiful town that is open for business and ready to welcome visitors
Final journey
Cheltenham author and volunteer on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR), Nicolas Wheatley, recounts the fascinating story of funeral trains