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PROJECT
IN PROGRESS
LARRY'S WOOD, LIME KILNS
Grant aid body: Rail Link Countryside Initiative (RLCI)
Client: Landowner
Description: A small bid to the RLCI for funding to make
safe and interpret some Victorian lime kilns. The project is now
in progress: grilles have been installed to cover the tops of the
kiln so that visitors can access safely; a panel will follow later
in the year. |
The best preserved pair of lime kilns |
PROJECT
IN PROGRESS
WESTWELL DOWNS
Grant aid body: Forestry Commission
Scheme: English Woodlands Grant Scheme (EWGS)
Client: Kentish Stour Countryside Project
Description: An application to EWGS for funding for coppicing,
sycamore control and open habitat management. This will bring benefits
for scarce plants, dormice, nightingales and adders. Work will start
this winter. |
A nationally
scarce plant found on Westwell Downs - stinking hellebore, with
its green flowers |
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VALLEY OF
VISIONS
Grant aid body: Heritage Lottery Fund
Scheme: Landscape Partnership Scheme
Client: Kent Wildlife Trust
Description:
Covering an area of 26 square miles, the Valley of Visions
project area is a very special place. Nationally and internationally
important habitats, some of the most significant megalithic sites
in south-east England, and a long industrial heritage, make it
a very rich interpretive resource. But the area is also blighted
by derelict industry and inappropriate access. Just surveying
the wealth of sites ripe for interpretation was the first challenge.
Finding ways of meaningfully engaging local people in the riches
on their doorstep was the next. Community consultation with 30
stakeholder groups and direct survey of residents informed the
process.
Recommended approaches included community involvement in producing
audio and other interpretive content, competitions, discovery
events, voluntary wildlife monitoring, a community heritage programme
and a web site that would eventually be handed over to the community.
The
plan formed part of a successful bid for HLF funding to the tune
of £2.5 million.
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The landscape and heritage
of the valley has been shaped by chalk extraction
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SHORNE
WOODS HERITAGE PROJECT
Grant aid body: Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)
Scheme: Heritage Grants
Client: Kent County Council
Description: Clarity wrote two plans which were crucial
to an application to HLF for over £1million - see Management
plans
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Nationally protected woodland |
CHARING
BEECH HANGERS MANAGEMENT PROJECT
Grant aid bodies/schemes: Rail Link Countryside Initiative,
Kent Downs AONB (Downs Around Towns), English Nature
Client: English Nature
Description: Clarity co-ordinated this project and made applications
to a range of bodies for funding that paid for £25,000 worth
of fencing to protect this SSSI from motorbikes and 4x4s. |
Storm damaged beech |
