Julie Lawrence Cherish Eden Project - The Rivers Trust · To Inspire the communities of Eden to...

Cherish Eden ProjectJulie Lawrence, Head of Engagement Eden Rivers Trust

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To Inspire the communities of Eden to better understand and care about their rivers

To translate that inspiration into practical opportunities for nature conservation and future stewardship

• Developing new audiences• Delivering participation and access• Developing skills• Learning• Sharing heritage

Cherish’s vision . .

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Apprentices

Diploma in Work-based Environmental Conservation

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Volunteering

Increased our volunteer numbers

Diversified our volunteers –Newton Rigg College

Volunteer training and workshops delivered

13,000 hours of volunteer time valued at £199,000

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Inside Out

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Marble Run and Nacro

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Elma and the Giant – river story trail

The Adventurous Salmon

Arc GIS online learning resources

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Eden Rivers Wonder World

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Community art

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Digital and social media

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From Marbles to Monsters - sharing our learning workshop

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• ERT thought BIG – £2.1m…we can deliver• Hugely successful, imaginative individual projects • Worked with new audiences• Flexibility when things went wrong… major floods in 2015• NLHF thought the project was great

• Broadened engagement work

• Engagement is a key pillar in ERT’s Strategic Plan• Developed ideas for new engagement projects

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Oh, just a few figures. . .

•Worked with 70 of the 99 schools in the catchment

• Clocked up over 13,000 hours of volunteer time valued at £199,000

• Nearly 14,000 people interacted with the Wonder World Exhibition

• 99.9% satisfaction score from exhibition visitors

• Nearly 18,000 trees planted

• 12 apprentices trained

• Interacted with 29,000 people