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Countryside events for 2009
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list of events planned for 2009 (1105KB - PDF Help).
East Devon Natural Environment Awareness Grant
The Countryside Service has launched a major new grant scheme to help fund projects looking to increase awareness and understanding of the natural world. The East Devon Natural Environment Awareness Grant will offer grants of up to £10,000 to enable groups from all walks of life to enhance local understanding of their natural environment.
Applications are especially invited from schools, community groups and local interest groups that seek to further local knowledge of the natural environment. To find out more about the scheme, please have a look at the following supporting documents:
NEAG Grant information (31KB)
NEAG Application process (35KB)
NEAG Terms and Conditions (43KB)
NEAG Application Form (72KB)
We are encouraging potential applicants to get in touch before sending in an application form so that we can discuss your idea with you. Expressions of interest be made to the Countryside Service either by phone on 01395 517557 or by the contact us online link at the top of this page.
Wet and Wild Weekend
After a spate of wet and wild weather we were hoping that our weekend on Seaton Marshes Local Nature Reserve wouldn't be the wrong type of wet and the wrong type of wild. Fortunately our fears were unfounded and we had three days of uninterrupted pond dipping, bird watching and quiz trail following as well as events such as a fishing competition in the never-fished-before Borrow Pit, making dragonflies from willow and learning survival skills. Countryside Service staff took the chance to find out what people would like to see happen in the future as the Local Nature Reserve grows as part of the Axe Wetland Project.
