Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme
Summary of activity- August 2008
The Neroche Landscape Partnership Scheme is a diverse conservation, access, community and skills programme running from Autumn 2006 to Spring 2010. The Scheme covers 35 square miles of the northern part of the Blackdown Hills AONB, spanning the border of Somerset and Devon. The Scheme was awarded a total of £2 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund, which taken with match funding from partners has provided a total Landscape Partnership Fund of £2.95 million. The Lead Partner for the Scheme is the Forestry Commission. The key partners comprise the two County Councils, three District Councils, Natural England, the Blackdown Hills AONB, The National Trust, the Somerset Wildlife Trust, and Somerset Art Week Ltd. The LPS is governed by a Partnership Board comprising the key partners and members of a Local Stakeholders Group. Delivery of the Scheme is led by a core team of seven staff employed by the Forestry Commission and based with the Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership in Hemyock. The Neroche Scheme encompasses a total of 23 separate projects whose collective aims are: • • •
To invest in the natural, built and cultural heritage of the area To make the landscape more accessible to everyone To improve people’s ability to sustain the qualities of the landscape
Although currently funded only until 2010, the Neroche Partnership is looking to the future and is developing proposals to sustain its activities and impact towards a further horizon of 2015.
Neroche Office 01823 680846 www.nerochescheme.org