We were focusing on movement and senses at this year’s Lakes Alive event! Marble Run: River is a beautiful, yet playful piece of kinetic art created by Charlie Whinney and Nick Greenall with Eden Rivers Trust. There were opportunities for you to record your memories and share your photos of the River Kent as part of a wider project to identify and explore the cultural heritage of the river and catchment. If you would like to add…
What lies beneath: helping your local beck We are are bidding, with support from our community partnerships, to bag a cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative to support on-going riverfly monitoring in the Barrow and Ulverston area. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores – being awarded to local community projects. Three groups in every Tesco…
Hello and welcome to Kath Smith, our newest team member! Kath is the newly appointed Community & Engagement Officer for the Heritage Lottery Funded Conserving Coniston & Crake project. ”My interests include walking, birdwatching and gardening as well as watching cricket and football, a lot of which I do whilst ironing! My cricket heroes include David Gower and Jimmy Anderson and I am a keen Manchester City supporter. I am married to Steve, no children and up to very…
Dr Charlotte Hall leading the Conserving Coniston & Crake Heritage Lottery Funded project enjoyed the Lakeland Country Fair at Torver last Sunday. Visitors enjoyed learning more about this exciting project which is now entering it’s 2nd year and welcoming a new team member very soon. Highlights were the freshwater invertebrates and the Indian Runner Duck herding contests! Dr Charlotte Hall talked to Radio Cumbria about the project, listen here between 20.30 and 24.40. Thanks to everyone who came along and…
Well Done Stone Skimmers! 👍 Thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s Stone Skimming Championships: competitors, volunteers, trustees, staff, National Trust and sponsors Bowness Bay Brewing , Lakeside Hotel & Kendalife Nutrition. UNDER 11’S Position Boys Girls 1st Jude Dobinson (49m) Isobel Doel (15m); Briony White (15m) 2nd Nico Gilchrist (43m) 3rd Ben Matheou (33m) Chloe Roche (13m); Inola Hull (13m) 11 – 16 years Position Boys Girls 1st Cameron Hunter (53m) Charlotte Hopper (38m) 2nd Sam Michaud…
South Cumbria Rivers Trust with support from the Kent Catchment Partnership, a local community group, are holding a drop in event at Kendal Town Hall on Saturday 29th July from 9am – 12pm. Flyer for drop-in event Please come along to the drop in event to find out more about a large scale catchment wide project for which the group are seeking funding. There will be interactive displays, a chance to speak to the team and opportunities to share your ideas. Help us…
Conserving Coniston & Crake – Healthy water for wildlife and communities South Cumbria Rivers Trust are excited to announce that we have been awarded a grant of £763,300 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to manage the Conserving Coniston & Crake project for the local community’s Coniston & Crake Catchment Partnership. Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, the project will improve the catchment’s water quality, habitats and biodiversity through conservation and community engagement. Coniston Water and the Crake…
During June we are joining in with The Wildlife Trust’s #30DaysWild campaign. We have been out exploring the nature and wildlife around our offices in Haverthwaite and around our South Lakes catchments. We have taken our exercises during lunch break on the banks of the River Leven, gone Himalayan Balsam bashing, discovered newts and riverflies, chatted to visitors at Open Farm Sunday’s, spotted wonderful wild art and tried to photograph flying bats! Have you been going wild this month? Share…