Great Outdoors Project
A community nature project in Northamptonshire
The Great Outdoors Project aims to encourage local communities to become more active and involved with five nature reserves across Northamptonshire. They are Lings, Storton’s Pits and Kingsthorpe Meadows in Northampton, Summer Leys, near Wellingborough and King’s Wood in Corby.
The project has been made possible by funding received from Natural England’s Access to Nature programme, funded by £25m from the Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme. The grant of just over £97,000 will enable the project to run for 3 years.
Project Year 3: September 2011 – August 2012
The project is now focused on Kingsthorpe Meadows and Storton’s Pits Local Nature Reserves which are both located in Northampton. Over the next few months we will be undertaking lots of consultations to find out what people think of the reserves and how we can improve them. The surveys for both reserves are now live and can be accessed via the following links:
Kingsthorpe meadows – http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/kingsthorpemeadows
Storton’s Pits - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/stortonspits
We would really appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes filling out our questionnaires; even if you haven’t visited either of the reserves you can still fill out a survey and your opinions are extremely valuable. Plus, if you leave your details with us when completing the survey you’ll be entered into a prize draw to win some wonderful wildlife gardening goodies!
Coming up...
21st January 2012: Wonderful Wetlands – Storton’s Pits, 10.30am-12.30pm
Join Wildlife Trust staff and explore the wetlands of Storton’s Pits and the amazing array of wetland birds that can be seen here during the winter months.
22nd January 2012: A New Year Walk! – Kingsthorpe Meadows, 11.00am – 12.30pm
After the excesses of the festive season, join staff from the Wildlife Trust on an invigorating New Year walk around Kingsthorpe Meadows LNR, which is located along the River Nene in Northampton.
For more information on these events please contact Louise Tuffin on 01604 405285 or email louise.tuffin@wildlifebcnp.org
Project year 2: September 2010 - August 2011
The project focussed on King's Wood in Corby. You can download the summary consultation reports and recommendations. The full reports are available on request.
Kings Wood Consultation Report and recommendations
If you would like to join the Friends of King's Wood work parties they take place on the 3rd Saturday of every month, 10am - 12noon. They carry out tasks to help maintain the environment of the reserve, and it’s also a great way of meeting new people and socialising. Refreshments are provided. Please contact Steve Scrutton on 01536 744520 to get involved.
Project year 1: September 2009 - August 2010
The project focussed on Lings and Summer Leys local nature reserves. You can download the summary consultation reports and recommendations. The full reports are available on request.
Lings Consultation report and recommendations
Summer Leys Consultation report and recommendations
Find out more!
For more information on the Great Outdoors Project please contact Louise Tuffin, Community Involvement Officer for the Great Outdoors Project, on 01604 405285 or email louise.tuffin@wildlifebcnp.org
