Land of the Fanns Skills & Training Audit Report

Land of the Fanns Skills & Training Audit Report

by Resources for Change August 2016

Land of the Fanns Skills & Training Audit Report – August 2016

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Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 2

2. Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 4

3. Landscape Learning – a framework for thinking about Skills & Training across a landscape ............................................................................................................................ 5

4. Audiences for Landscape Learning ..................................................................................... 6

5. Needs Analysis .................................................................................................................... 8

6. Skills and Training – understanding supply ...................................................................... 19

7. Skills and Training Plan ..................................................................................................... 25

8. Appendix A: Desk Research output .................................................................................. 40

9. Appendix B: Stakeholder Workshop output - Date: 22nd March 2016 ............................ 45

10. Appendix C: Supply side research output ......................................................................... 59

Table 1. Skills & Training Audit methodology ............................................................................ 4 Table 2. Landscape Learning needs at a project level .............................................................. 10 Table 3. Landscape Learning needs of each audience ............................................................. 18 Table 4. Current training provision .......................................................................................... 20 Table 5. Addressing the gaps.................................................................................................... 24 Figure 1. Landscape Learning ..................................................................................................... 6

Figure 2. Key audiences for Landscape Learning ....................................................................... 7

Figure 3. Landscape Scale leaning needs ................................................................................... 8


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Introduction The ‘‘Land of the Fanns’’ Landscape Partnership Scheme (LotF) is based on the east London

and west Essex border covering parts of four Local Authority areas:

• London Borough of Havering

• London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

• Thurrock Council and,

• Brentwood Council

The partnership includes the four above local authorities, Thames Chase Trust, the Forestry

Commission, Essex County Council, the Thames Estuary Partnership and Thames21. The

‘‘Land of the Fanns’’ Landscape Partnership Scheme aims to improve, protect and enhance

the natural and historic landscape within the area, and engage people to enjoy and celebrate

its special landscape character.

Understanding the value and importance of the landscape to local people as well as

identifying how they can best play a productive role in its conservation is a vital step in the

development of the Landscape Partnership Scheme (LPS). To achieve this, the partnership

commissioned a Skills and Training Audit that built on a completed Landscape Character

Assessment and Audience Development Plan.

Resources for change (R4C) were commissioned to undertake the Skills and Training Audit

which had the following objectives:

Identify volunteering, training and education opportunities within the Landscape

area that relate to built heritage, cultural heritage, natural environment, and

governance

Identify sources of supply for these opportunities, considering the visitor centre hubs

within the Landscape area, the Landscape Partnership, schools and colleges, and

volunteer brokerage services

Identify the volunteering, training and education demands of our intended audience,

using the audience segments developed in the Audience Development Plan as a

framework

Indicate where there are gaps in provision and propose recommendations to address

these

Review each of the emerging Landscape Partnership Scheme projects and

recommend which of the identified volunteering, training and education

opportunities could be embedded, who could supply the opportunity, and which

audience segment could benefit.


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Resources for Change is a socially responsible, employee owned consultancy with a

significant reputation for innovation in involving people in landscape and heritage. As a

company, Resources for Change originated 20 years ago in the field of environmental

management and today we still link our expertise in this area with work which integrates

people and their environment. Our approach is to involve people in sustainable changes,

focusing on stakeholder engagement, community development, learning and evaluation.

We have particular expertise and a strong track record in project development research,

planning & reporting, which we have utilised to help over 20 successful Heritage Lottery

Fund (HLF) funded Landscape Partnerships.

More information can be found at www.r4c.org.uk

http://www.r4c.org.uk/


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Methodology

A process of ‘investigative consultation’ has been used whereby insights and ideas are gathered from across the spectrum of sources and stakeholders and from these, information has been collated and plans are developed. The components of this approach are set out in table 1 below.

Table 1. Skills & Training Audit methodology

1 Desk Research Reviewed partnership documentation, primarily the Landscape

Character Assessment and Audience Development Plan to gain a

better understanding of the landscape, the community and to

scope out the likely skills and training needs

2 Stakeholder

Consultation

Designed and ran a workshop for key stakeholders on 22nd March

2016 to identify the training needs they had for effective delivery

of the LotF along with the offers they could make to help deliver

training. Stakeholders who could not attend the workshop were

contacted by phone to ensure their views were captured

3 Web research Searched the web for local suppliers of training and learning

opportunities, drawing up a database of supply side information

4 In depth

supply side

interviews

Using the above information to identify key supply side

organisations and individuals. Undertaking semi-structured

interviews with 20 of these individuals to better understand their

training offer and how an input into LotF might best be organised

5 Validation

workshop

A further workshop was held on 7th July to share the findings with

Stakeholders, receive feedback and discuss implications and

opportunities for project delivery

6 Output This work has generated 3 outputs:

Skills & Training Audit report (this document)

Section of Skills & Training for the Landscape Conservation

Action Plan (LCAP)

Revised project plans for training delivery (for inclusion in

the LCAP Project Delivery Manual and this document)


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This report provides a summary of the information collected through the audit process for

both skills and training needs and supply. This information is then used to construct a series

of training project plans which identify what training needs to be delivered to achieve the

aims of each of the LotF programs. A full data set is provided in the Appendices of this

report.

As with an audit of this type the research has generated a considerable amount of

information, much of which falls outside of the immediate need to integrate effective

training into the partnerships plans. However, this information should be of value to the

partnership as it enters the delivery phase and should be made available to the new team at

an early opportunity.

Landscape Learning – a framework for thinking about Skills & Training across a landscape

Assessing the Skills & Training needs and opportunities across a whole landscape is a

complex process. There is a lot of local variation to the way land and heritage features are

managed, those heritage aspects of the landscape are very varied and there are many

organisations working in different ways and with different audiences. To help the

partnership maintain a landscape scale focus a framework, called Landscape Learning has

been developed (see figure 1 below) which has four components:

Knowledge – what do people need to know to engage with the heritage of this

landscape

Skills – what skills do people require to participate in the care and conservation of

that heritage

Attitudes – what attitudes would we like people to have towards the landscape and

its heritage

Behaviour – how would we like people to behave when out in the landscape.

This framework has helped guide both the audit and our subsequent thinking about skills

and training.


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Figure 1. Landscape Learning

Audiences for Landscape Learning

4.1 Audiences for Landscape Learning To better understand what Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes and Behaviours are needed across a landscape it is important to know who is currently using that landscape and who might be interested in doing so in the future. The Audience Development Plan prepared for the partnership by Barker Langham focused on ‘new’ audiences, largely those groups of people who were not currently engaging with the heritage in the LotF. These groups, perhaps best described as ‘locals – not engaged’ will have training needs, but they are only one type of audience when it comes to thinking about Landscape Learning. Through the research process we identified 5 additional audiences as per figure 2 below.

Knowledge Skills

Attitudes Behaviour

Landscape Learning


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Figure 2. Key audiences for Landscape Learning

Landscape Partners – the key deliverers of the LotF programme

Project Implementers – people and organisations who are leading on the delivery of particular LotF projects

Heritage Hosts – people and organisations that host the public in the landscape; site mangers, rangers, attraction staff, B&B proprietors etc.

Locals – who are already engaged in the landscape in some way but could be involved in more and different things

Locals not engaged – people who as yet do not engage with the landscape. This group includes the audiences identified in the Audience Development Plan:

New Black and minority ethnic residents

Local residents living in deprived areas

White working class residents

Schools

Children, young people and families

Elderly people and those with disabilities

Visitors – people who engage with the landscape but come from outside of the area

Landscape Learning

Partners

Project Implementers

Hosts/ implementers

Locals -engaged

Locals - not engaged

Vistors


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Needs Analysis

5.1 Landscape scale learning needs

Skills and training needs were assessed through a review of all relevant Landscape

Partnership information and a stakeholder workshop on the 22nd March 2016. From this it

has been possible to identify a number of key strategic landscape scale needs in terms of

what people need to learn to participate in the LotF.

Figure 3. Landscape Scale leaning needs

5.2 Landscape Learning priorities for each programme

The LotF is being delivered through 4 programmes:

Restoring and Reconnecting the Land of the Fanns

Understanding the Land of the Fanns

Attachment to the Land of the Fanns

Enjoying the Land of the Fanns

Knowledge

History & Culture of the Landscape

It is very piecemeal and site specific. There is little understanding of the wider

landscape and the historical and cultural connections

Skills

Interpretation & Communication

People lacked the skills to intrepret the landcape - most work of this type to date

had been site focussed and inward looking

Attitudes

Landscape appreciation

The people living in the LotF area largely have a low opinion of the place where they

lived. Therefore they did not value it or promote it. Creating a positive attitude

towards the landscape is seen as vital to the LotF success

Behaviours

Connecting & collaborating

There needs to be more connections across the landscape at all levels; between sites,

between organisations, between particular interests. Better connections should enable

better collaboration

Land of the Fanns


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From the desk research, (appendix 1) and output of the workshop, (appendix 2) we are able

to identify the priorities for each programme. Those for ‘attachment to’ and ‘enjoying’ were

similar so have been shown together for the purpose of this analysis.

Restoring and Reconnecting the Land of the Fanns

Knowledge of traditional landscape management including farming practices, grazing, wetland management etc.

Habitat management skills with a focus on: o River restoration o Woodland management o Grassland

Technical skills with a focus on: o chainsaw operation o Hedge laying

Understanding the Land of the Fanns

Interpretation – particularly historical landscapes & cultural aspects

Local history – recording, research & analysis techniques

Wildlife surveying skills – particularly training up local people

Community archaeology – how to engage local people

Attachment to and Enjoying the Land of the Fanns

Connecting and networking – “help us reach out to other communities & places”

Working with & training volunteers

Community engagement Running/ leading public events

Collaborating & Partnership working

5.3 Landscape Learning needs at a project level

Each LotF programme is delivered through a range of projects and at a subsequent

workshop held on the 7th July 2016 stakeholders contributed their ideas to the identification

of training needs for each project. This has enabled us to map out the Skills & Training needs

from a programme to a project level using the Landscape Learning framework (Table 4). This

information has been used to inform the development of the ‘Training’ projects which will

deliver training courses covering many of these subjects. However, this information will also

be of value to those running individual projects as not all training is delivered through

courses and they should be considering ‘on the job’ ‘mentoring’, ‘distance learning’ and

others mechanisms that will help meet these needs.


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Table 2. Landscape Learning needs at a project level

Programme Programme Level training needs

Project No

Project Knowledge Skills Attitudes Behaviour R

est

ori

ng

& R

eco

nn

ect

ing

the

Lan

d o

f th

e

Fan

ns

Knowledge of traditional landscape management including: farming

practices

grazing

wetland management etc.

Habitat management skills with a focus on: River

restoration Woodland

management Grassland

Technical skills with a focus on: chainsaw

operation Hedge laying

A1.1 Landscape Management Plan

Existing management plans Landowners and their aim/ vision for their land Funding sources Citizen science approaches

Mapping / GIS Habitat survey Species Identification Stakeholder engagement Facilitation Negotiation Writing management plans

Willing to share skills a knowledge Open to change Inclusive and collaborative

Working on a landscape scale

A1.2 Community Tree Nursery: ‘Locally Grown, Locally Sourced’

How to run a community and commercial tree nursery Seeds of local provenance, which species and where to source Development of a social enterprise

Seed collection and propagation Planting stock Tree diseases/ pests Community engagement

Open to long term community involvement

A2.1 Woodland, Grassland & Hedgerows

Local ecology, habitats and sites Habitat management techniques Grant schemes

Habitat management methods Surveying Contractor Management Health & Safety Machinery & equipment

Appreciation of current landscape among developers/ planners/ local authorities etc.

Pride in local area Empowered communities to deliver projects


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Project No

Project Knowledge Skills Attitudes Behaviour

A2.2 Low Nutrient Habitats

Local ecology, habitats and sites Habitat management techniques Grant schemes




A2.3 Rediscovering the Lost Fens

Understand ‘what are the Fanns?’ Why has the landscape changed?

Interpretation Communication Engagement Traditional fenland management skills

Willing to invest in more sensitive land management Recognise the Fanns as a valuable landscape

A3.1 River Catchments Local ecology, habitats and sites Habitat management techniques Grant schemes





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Project No


A3.2 Connecting Historic Landscapes

Understand ‘what are the Fanns?’ Why has the landscape changed?

Interpretation Communication Engagement Traditional fenland management skills

Willing to invest in more sensitive land management Recognise the Fanns as a valuable landscape


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Project No


Un

de

rsta

nd

ing

the

Lan

d o

f th

e F

ann

s Interpretation –

particularly historical landscapes & cultural aspects

Local history– Recording, research & analysis techniques

Wildlife surveying skills particularly training up local people

Community archaeology - how to engage local people

B1.1 Land of the Fanns Book

LotF Landscape Partnership Landscape Understanding interest and needs of the audience Curriculum

Story telling Engage all ages Writing IT Research

Enthusiasm Interest Open to options Patience/ persistence

Time management Actively seeking feedback Sharing knowledge

B2.1 Designed Landscapes

Landscape History Awareness of what changes may be

Research Map reading Marketing and promotion

Enthusiasm Interest Attention to detail

Time management Actively seeking feedback

B2.2 Community Mapping

Landscape & LotF projects Local communities and how to access them What information is already available

People engagement Facilitation Computer mapping (GIS) Giving Presentations Oral history recordings Extract and interpret information

Open minded Welcoming Enthusiasm Respectful

Approachable

B3.1 Community Archaeology

Archaeology of area and process How to engage non specialist Knowing what else is out there to help – contacts Local community

Archaeology Engaging diverse people Promotion Creativity

Respect Interest Enthusiasm

Approachable


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Project No


B3.2 Traveling Archaeological Exhibition

Project Area – what is important in terms of Archaeology Community – what will interest them Who is the audience Interpretation planning

Marketing Engagement Interpretation Writing

Creative Innovative

Timeliness Sharing knowledge Approachable

B4.1 Interpretation the LotF

Project Area – what is important Community – what will interest them Who is the audience Interpretation planning How the space/ area is used Land ownership

Marketing Engagement Interpretation Writing Negotiating

Creative Innovative

Timeliness Sharing knowledge Approachable


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Programme

Programme Level training needs

Project No


Att

ach

me

nt

to a

nd

en

joyi

ng

the

Lan

d o

f th

e F

ann

s

Connecting and networking – “help us reach out to other communities & places”

Working with & training volunteers

Community engagement

Running/ leading public events

Collaborating & Partnership working

C1.1 Digital Heritage

How information is categorised and layered Creating interactive content Understanding audiences

Archiving Translating technical information so it is understandable to a wider audience Ability to use IT to log records Digital interpretation planning skills

Needs to be enjoyable Friendly interactions in social media

Access to technology Embed culture of recording information

C1.2 Promoting the Land of the Fanns

What is the Land of the Fanns? Marketing strategy Local people’s attitudes

Digital marketing Networking Creating inspiration

Create a culture of 'engagement'

Partners & stakeholders to buy into promoting via LotF Embed LotF of partners throughout the duration of the project Regular planned and timetable activity


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Programme


Project No


C2.1 Schools Programme

Education policy & practice Curriculum and how LotF fits with it How to use Landscape as an educational resource Changing demographic and what experiences they bring.

Teaching Translating complicated information into something that is easy to understand

Young people understand the value of the Landscape Pride of place

Embed LotF into what delivery partners do (EWT, RSPB) Respecting and valuing other landscape

C2.2 Volunteer Co-ordination

Volunteering policy & practice Health & Safety Best practice

Recruitment Coaching / mentoring Record keeping Publicity

Inclusive

Approachable

C2.3 Community Action Fund

Vision for how the community action fund can fit with the aims of LotF

Accounting Fundraising Project Planning & management Promotion

Champion LotF

D1.1 Walking the Fanns

Historic Routes What to see and what to do What’s safe and what’s not

Leading guided walks Training volunteers Map reading/ natural navigation

Sharing knowledge Welcoming/ Helpful Respect for other users

Take litter home Clear up dog poo


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Programme


Project No


D2.1 Land of the Fanns Conference

Good sites to visit and how to inspire people about them Lesson learned

Partnership working Promotion Problem solving Prioritisation Sharing information

Landscape scale not a site based attitude

D2.2 Arts Festival Local art scene What local people are interested in? Who is doing what when

Organising public events Managing artists

Inclusive Sharing knowledge Welcoming/ Helpful

Approachable Willing to lead and be a champion


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5.4 Landscape Learning needs of each audience

Having developed an understanding of the Landscape learning needs of each programme

and project this information can then be used to identify the needs of each audience. This

analysis has been done at the LotF scheme level but it provides a framework for each project

to think about the Landscape Learning needs of each audience it is engaging with.

Table 3. Landscape Learning needs of each audience

Knowledge Skills Attitudes Behaviour

Audience

Partners History and

culture of the

landscape

Partnership

working

Outward

looking

Collective

responsibility

Collaborative

Project

Implementers

History and

culture of the

landscape

Knowledge of traditional landscape management

Habitat management Technical skills Interpretation & communication Working with and training volunteers Wildlife surveying Community engagement

Welcoming &

Engaging

Collaborative

Heritage

hosts

The Landscape

Partnership

History and

culture of the

landscape

Interpretation &

communication

Working with and training volunteers Community

engagement

Running & leading

public events

Welcoming &

Engaging

Sharing

knowledge and

enthusiasm

Collaborative

Connecting &

networking

Locals

engaged

The Landscape

Partnership

History and

culture of the

landscape

Technical skills Wildlife surveying Interpretation & communication Running & leading

public events

Local history

research

Welcoming &

Engaging

Sharing

knowledge and

enthusiasm

Landscape

appreciation

Connecting &

networking

Responsible

countryside

use (Gates,

litter, dog

fouling etc.)


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Knowledge Skills Attitudes Behaviour

Locals not

engaged

History and culture

of the landscape

Places to visit

Things to do

Accessing

information

Confidence to

venture into the

landscape

Landscape

appreciation

Responsible

countryside

use (Gates,

litter, dog

fouling etc.)

Visitors History and culture

of the landscape

Places to visit

Things to do

Accessing

information

Landscape

appreciation

Responsible

countryside

use (Gates,

litter, dog

fouling etc.)

Skills and Training – understanding supply

6.1 Current Skills & Training provision The skills and training opportunities already available in the area was determined by a comprehensive web search to identify likely providers, asking stakeholders what they could offer and undertaking a series of semi- structured interviews to learn more about how local provision is organised and what opportunities existed for collaboration. Table 4 below provides a visual summary of what was discovered. The following key has been used to indicate the extent of training provision.

No local training provision (that was discovered through the audit)

Limited local provision – less than 3 local organisations providing this type of training

Extensive (3 or more) organisations providing this type of training


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Table 4. Current training provision

Thames Estuary Partnership

RSPB Rural Arisings

Land Trust

Viridus TCV Thames 21

High House

Discover-me

Essex Wildlife Trust

Thames Chase Volunteers

Forestry Commission

Wildlife Surveying

Identifying small mammals

Y Y Y

Y Y

Amphibian and reptile

Y Y Y Y Y

Rivers & other wetlands

Y Y

Invertebrates Y Y Y Y Y Y

Geology, geomorphology and fossils

Landscape Survey & character

Y Y

Conservation & Land Management Skills

Woodland management

Y Y Y Y

Hedge laying Y Y

Charcoal making Y Y

Green woodworking Y

River restoration Y Y Y Y

Grassland management

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Brushcutter/ chainsaw

Y Y Y

Footpath Construction & Management

Y Y Y Y Y


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RSPB Rural Arisings

Land Trust


High House

Discover-me



Forestry Commission

Archaeological & Built Heritage

Landscape archaeology

Y Y

Woodland archaeology

Field archaeology Y

Coastal/Estuarine archaeology

Y Y

Surveying historic structures

Y

Managing a heritage asset

Y Y

Repointing brickwork

Y

Interpreting built heritage

Y Y

Historical research techniques

Y Y


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Thames

Estuary Partnership

RSPB Rural Arisings

Land Trust


High House

Discover-me



Forestry Commission

Engagement

Environmental & Heritage education

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

Engaging young people particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds

Y Y Y Y

Y

Y

Emergency First Aid Y

Community Archaeology

Y

Engaging Groups in local heritage

Y Y Y Y

Y Y

Y

Y

Oral history techniques

Volunteer recruitment & management

Y Y Y Y Y

Y Y Y


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Thames

Estuary Partnership

RSPB Rural Arisings

Land Trust


High House

Discover-me



Forestry Commission

Interpretation

Planning interpretation

Y Y

Interpretation design

Writing about heritage

Communicating the landscape effectively

Y Y

Leading guided walks

Y Y Y Y

Y

Photography Y

Project Management

Governance & Partnership working

Y Y Y Y

Leadership Y Y Y Y

Fundraising Y Y

Marketing Y

This research determined that there was a lot of local provision but it tended to be skills focused and linked to specific sites or existing projects. Natural

heritage subjects appear to be well covered, with the exception of Geology and geomorphology which is an important gap considering the importance of ice-

age and quarrying on the landscape. Archeology and built heritage is less well catered for although in most categories there is at least one provider (with the

exception of woodland archaeology). There were limited opportunities for people to learn about the landscape and its natural, historical or cultural heritage

as a whole. This was compounded by the fact there was no person or body with an overview or co-ordination role for skills, training and learning provision

across the landscape.


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6.2 Meeting the Skills and Training needs of the LotF An important role for the Landscape Partnership would be to establish a ‘Landscape Learning’ group who take an overview of skills and training across the landscape, identifies gaps as they arise and develops mechanisms for filling those gaps. This recognises that this audit is a one of process but that Landscape Learning is ongoing one that will need to change as circumstances change. Where there is significant local provision there is in essence a local training market. The LotF should look to purchase the training it needs from these suppliers and not look to create new provision in competition. The chart above identifies those local providers and the summary of the interviews in appendix 3 provides more information on what is on offer and how it might best be organised. Where there is limited or no provision then the partnership needs to create it, either by delivering in house or through engagement with other organisations who could be encouraged to create new training opportunities. The supply side interviews have provided some indication of who would be worth approaching. These are listed in Table 5. Further information on these potential suppliers can be found in appendix 3. Table 5. Addressing the gaps

No local provision Potential provider

Geology & Geomorphology Museum of London Archaeology service – provide outreach and education services

Woodland Archeology Museum of London Archaeology service – provide outreach and education services

Oral History Techniques No specific potential provider but Essex Wildlife Trust have recently launched a Memory book community project. Software has been designed for EWT but could be replicated – good training opportunity IT, media, heritage, comms, marketing.

Interpretation design Telltale – interpretation consultancy currently undertaking the Interpretation planning for LotF. Provide this sort of training for other Landscape Partnerships

Writing about heritage Telltale – interpretation consultancy currently undertaking the Interpretation planning for LotF. Provide this sort of training for other Landscape Partnerships


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Skills and Training Plan The information and insights gained from the research have been applied to three training project one for each of the delivery programmes (with ‘Attraction’ & ‘Enjoyment’ being combined). These are produced in a format that is consistent with the needs of the LCAP and are in fact amended versions from an early draft of the LCAP. Each plans sets out to identify the target audiences, the key courses that are required to support delivery of that particular programme, the likely scale of training delivered, the outcomes, project risk and the connection with other projects.

A4.1: Environment Skills & Training

Project Aim

To provide people with the skills needed to restore, understand and promote natural heritage within the landscape

Delivery Lead

Land of the Fanns Engagement Officer – Environment

Target Audiences

Partners Implementers Heritage Hosts Locals – engaged Locals – not engaged Visitors

Project Description

‘Environment Skills and Training’ will provide a wide range of training for those implementing the LotF and local people to increase their understanding of the natural elements of Land of the Fanns and to provide them with the knowledge and skills to participate in the LotF and to help conserve, care for and celebrate it. The project will open to all and marketed via partners and Land of the Fanns communications channels. Key themes for training are identified here along with possible courses that would aid understanding and the conservation of the heritage. However, the exact courses to be delivered may change during delivery in reaction to the needs of people or the heritage. Landscape The skills and training audit clearly identified that there was a need to create a much better understanding of the landscape as a whole; its geology, landform, history, ecology and culture. This training needs to be bespoke to the LotF and therefore will be developed as an ‘Introduction to the Landscape of the Land of the Fanns’ by the LotF team. This course will also act as a sign post to other landscape course within the LotF training programme.

Introduction to the Landscape of the Land of the Fanns Understanding and Recording Natural Heritage Courses will focus on providing people with the skills to identify different groups and species, providing an understanding of their ecology, their requirements and how to manage habitats to benefit them. They will also introduce people to different recording techniques to encourage them, as citizen scientist to gather, share and use local environmental information. This training will cover:

Landscape origins: Geology, geomorphology and fossils


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Landscape Ecology

Identifying small mammals

Amphibian and reptile ecology

Wetland ecology

Invertebrate ecology

Biological Recording for Indicator Species. Management of Natural Heritage Assets Training will be provided in approaches that have been developed to manage and protect natural heritage assets providing people with the skills and knowledge to participate in some of the exciting initiatives that the LotF is promoting principle among these will be:

River restoration

Grassland Management

Woodland Management

Traditional farming practices

Managing the Fen Natural heritage skills Courses will be provide in practical skills that are used to manage the landscape. They will not only provide people with the necessary skills but give them an understanding of the cultural and historical importance of the skills they are learning. This training will cover:

Hedge laying

Charcoal making

Green woodworking

Footpath construction and maintenance

Chainsaw and brush cutter use Creative skills Courses will provide people with an understanding of the different ways the landscape can be interpreted. They will explore the relationship between people and the landscape, giving individuals the confidence to express their feelings towards the landscape through creative media. Courses could include:

Creative writing and poetry

Photography

Interpreting the landscape through art

Expected Outputs and Outcomes

Outputs Indicator Outcome Indicator

20 courses providing an introduction to the landscape 200 people trained

Names and activity record

Local capacity to manage and appreciate the natural elements of the landscape has been increased

Evidence from key participants as part of Scheme evaluation; Legacy planning

20 courses based understanding and recording Natural Heritage provided 100 people trained



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10 course based on the management of Natural Heritage Assets provided 50 people trained


10 course based on Natural Heritage Skills provided 50 people trained


10 courses based on creative skills provided 50 people trained


Timescale

Year 1 Month

Task 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Plan Year 1 course programme

Deliver Year 1 course programme


Tasks

Year 2 Deliver Year 2 course programme; Plan Year 3 course programme



Year 5 Deliver Year 5 course programme;

Project Risks

Risk Likelihood Impact Consequence Action

Lack of uptake for training courses

Low Medium Value for money not delivered Local landscape skills not developed

Link to marketing strategy

Cannot find suitable trainers

Low High Fewer course run Local landscape skills not developed

Skills and training audit has identified a range of training course suppliers and gaps provision – the partnership will look to fill those gaps or source trainers from further afield

Costs exceed budget

Low Medium Fewer courses can be funded

Review course programme on an annual basis to ensure value for money is achieved


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HLF Strategic Objectives

Objective Fulfilled

No Partly Fully

Heritage

Better managed √

In better condition √

Better interpreted/explained √

Identified/recorded √

People

Developed skills √

Learnt about heritage √

Changed attitudes/behaviour √

Had an enjoyable experience √

Volunteered time √

Communities

Negative environmental impacts reduced √

More people and a wider range of people have engaged

√

Local area/community better place to live, work and visit

√

Local economy boosted √

Organisation more resilient √

Project Connectivity

Summary ‘Environment Skills and Training’ underpins all the strategic objectives by linking skill and learning development in individuals to project delivery participation opportunities that benefits heritage and communities in multiple ways.

A4.1Environment

Skills & Training

A1.2Community

Tree Nursery

A2.1 Woodland, Grassland & Hedgerows



A2.4 Micro Landscapes

A3.1 River Catchments

A3.2 Connections for People

and Wildlife


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Project Sustainability

‘Environment Skills and Training’ is about building local capacity to appreciate and manage the landscape in the long term. Consequently, the connection between upskilled individuals and their association with legacy organisations will be critical in ensuring the sustainability of the project. As people move on, there will need to be continued opportunities for new individuals to acquire skills through training. This could be something that partner organisations build into their future training programmes and projects. These considerations will be explored further as part of the legacy planning during the Delivery Phase. Any training materials (guidance, further information) will be made available for wider viewing (subject to trainer copyright) and downloadable from the Land of the Fanns website. Such materials would be subject to HLF digital legacy requirements.


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B5.1. Heritage Training & Skills

Project Aim

To provide people with the skills needed to restore, understand and promote built, archaeological and cultural heritage within the landscape

Delivery Lead

LOTF Team

Target Audiences

Project Implementers Heritage hosts Locals – Engaged Locals – not engaged Visitors

Project Description

This project will provide a wide range of training to those involved in delivering the LotF and local people to increase their understanding of the Land of the Fanns and to provide them with some of the knowledge and skills to help them conserve, care for and celebrate it. The project will open to all and marketed via partners and Land of the Fanns communications channels. Key themes for training are identified here along with possible courses that would aid understanding and the conservation of the heritage. However, the exact courses to be delivered may change during delivery in reaction to the needs of people or the heritage. Archaeological Heritage Courses will focus on providing people with the skills to identify and interpret historic features. This will provide us with information to allow the mapping and recording of features for the community mapping project and put in place measures to conserve them and/or increase knowledge of them. This training will provide people with a greater understanding of different aspects of the scheme area’s heritage. Courses identified at this stage include:

Landscape archaeology

Landscape Archaeological survey’s

Woodland archaeology

Coastal/Estuarine archaeology

Field archaeological techniques including Archaeology Finds techniques and Finds Recording and Analysis

Interpreting archaeology History & Built Heritage Courses will focus on providing people with the skills to identify and read physical heritage, providing an understanding of their significance, their unique requirements and how to appropriately manage physical heritage. Possible courses include:

Landscape History

Landscape and Landscape Character, introducing landscape character assessment

Mapping and surveying historic structures

Managing a heritage asset

Managing vegetation and historic monuments

Repointing brickwork

Archive Surveys


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Interpreting heritage Creative skills Courses will provide people with an understanding of the different ways the landscape can be interpreted. They will explore the relationship between people and the landscape, giving individuals the confidence to express their feelings towards the landscape through creative media. Courses could include:

Creative writing and poetry

Photography

Interpreting the landscape through art



10 2-day archaeological heritage courses provided 50 people trained


Local capacity to manage and appreciate the built, archaeological and cultural elements of the landscape have been increased


20 courses based on history and built heritage provided 100 people trained


10 courses based on creative skills provided 50 people trained



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Timescale

Year 1 Month

Task 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12




Tasks





Project Risks




Link to marketing strategy




Costs exceed budget




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Objective Fulfilled

No Partly Fully

Heritage

Better managed √




People






Communities



√


√




Summary ‘Heritage Skills and Training’ underpins all the strategic objectives by linking skill and learning development in individuals to project delivery participation opportunities that benefits heritage and communities in multiple ways.


‘Heritage Skills and Training’ is about building local capacity to appreciate and manage the landscape in the long term. Consequently, the connection between upskilled individuals and their association with legacy organisations will be critical in ensuring the sustainability of the project. As people move on, there will need to be continued opportunities for new individuals to acquire skills through training. This could be something that partner organisations build into

A5.1Heritage Skills & Training

B2.1 Reading Landscapes

B2.2 Community

Mapping


B3.2 Travelling

archaeological exhibitions

B4.1 Interpreting

the Fanns


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their future training programmes and projects. These considerations will be explored further as part of the legacy planning during the Delivery Phase. Any training materials (guidance, further information) will be made available for wider viewing (subject to trainer copyright) and downloadable from the Land of the Fanns website. Such materials would be subject to HLF digital legacy requirements.

C3.1: Landscape Champions of Tomorrow

Project Aim

To develop the landscape champions of the future by training volunteers and partners to support project delivery and secure the programme legacy

Delivery Lead

Land of the Fanns Scheme Manager

Target Audiences

Partners Project Implementers Heritage Hosts Locals – Engaged

Project Description

Summary ‘Landscape Champions of Tomorrow’ seeks to provide training directly relating to LOTF LPS delivery and to support future sustainability through governance and leadership training. The project therefore underpins a wide suite of other delivery projects, whilst helping to lay the foundations for legacy. There are two elements:

Supporting Scheme Delivery

Securing Programme Legacy Supporting Scheme Delivery This first element of the project will provide volunteers and partners doing project delivery with the training necessary to give them the skills and knowledge to manage and care for the heritage during the delivery phase and beyond. A variety of training opportunities will be provided to support the different projects. All training will be set in the context of enhancing the Land of the Fanns, with the specific training courses being reviewed during delivery to ensure continued relevance. The Skills & Training Audit showed that there was a range of what could be described a ‘soft skills’ that were required to successfully deliver projects and activities across the landscape. Increasing the knowledge and skills of partners in these areas is the priority. Community Engagement

Working with volunteers: A course that will help partners, project implementers and heritage hosts support, manage and develop volunteers

Engaging the community: Introducing partners and volunteers to a range of tools and techniques that will help them engage effectively with the local community, providing attendees with the skills and confidence to reach out to a wide audience.

Environmental and Heritage Education in the Countryside. This course will provide partners and volunteers


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with a fresh approach and new ways of engaging people in the landscape.

Engaging Young People in their Local Environment. A course specifically designed for this hard-to-reach group. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the needs of this group and techniques for engaging them in different subjects.

Running community events – a course looking at all aspects of hosting and organizing events that aim to engage the public in their local heritage including Health & Safety, education and participatory activities

Emergency First Aid. A Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) certification to help volunteers support Partnership staff on the ground.

Interpretation. These courses will provide volunteers with training that supports effective interpretation of heritage:

Oral History Techniques. Attendees will learn about the techniques and processes involved in recording oral histories, from conducting interviews to transcription and editing. They will leave the course ready to record people’s histories.

Writing About Heritage. This course will provide a volunteer with an understanding of the devices for communicating important messages while enthusing and sparking interest about heritage.

Communicating Effectively. This course will support volunteers providing ‘living’ interpretation for the walk programmes. They will be taught how to interpret body language and adapt their communication style accordingly. The course will also provide an understanding of theories and practice relating to effective communication.

Leading Guided Walks Safely and Interestingly. This course will provide volunteer and partner walk leaders with the health and safety knowledge to risk assess walks properly. It will also provide attendees with different methods for storytelling and adapting their messages for different groups.

Digital heritage & LOTF website. The following course will support the development of interesting and relevant content by volunteers for the mobile app and website,

Producing relevant content. This course will provide volunteers and partners with an understanding of what makes interesting content. This will explore what makes effective blogs, social media posts and successful use of photos, videos and sound which can support Scheme projects.

Securing Programme Legacy The second element of the project looks at training that increases local capacity to secure the long term legacy of the scheme. Key themes for training are identified here along with possible courses that would aid personal development around leadership and effective governance. The exact courses to be delivered may change during delivery in reaction to the needs of people and the landscape legacy. Leadership Courses will focus on providing people with the skills to manage and lead their own groups with minimal support from local authorities and partners. It is about empowering individuals to lead future efforts to improve the landscape. Courses identified at this stage include:

Leading at a landscape scale – holding a vision for the landscape and being assertive, confident and able to influence decisions

Leading through partnership including running effective meetings and public speaking

Legacy planning – what needs to be addressed and when


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Governance Courses will focus on providing people with an understanding of how to manage small charities and trusts, with understanding of any legal responsibilities that this entails. Courses identified at this stage include:

Charity Trustees: Induction and refresher training

Building an Effective Board

Meaningful Strategy

The Effective Administrator – keeping those around you organised Fundraising Courses will focus on developing the ability of groups to fundraise for the landscape, bringing in cash resources that maintain the legacy and enhance the landscape further. Courses identified at this stage include:

Trading and Enterprise for Voluntary Organisations

The Trustee’s Role in Sustainable Fundraising

Developing a Winning Strategy for your Campaign

Finding Funding Faster

Bid Writing Workshops Marketing Courses will focus on building an understanding of audiences, key messages and communications channels between the two, so that the landscape can be articulated in the most effective way. Courses identified at this stage include:

Marketing Essentials

Google Analytics Training



10 habitat Community Engagement courses provided 50 people trained


Local capacity to deliver the scheme and maintain the legacy of the landscape has been increased


10 Interpretation courses provided provided 50 people trained


2 Digital heritage courses provided 10 people trained


10 Leadership course provided 50 people trained


10 Governance courses provided 50 people trained


5 Fundraising course provided 25 people trained



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5 Marketing Course provided 50 people trained


50 people trained


Timescale

Year 1 Month

Task 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12




Tasks





Project Risks




Link to marketing projects




Costs exceed budget




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Objective Fulfilled

No Partly Fully

Heritage

Better managed √




People






Communities



√


√




Summary ‘Landscape Champions of Tomorrow’ underpins all the strategic objectives by linking skill and learning development in individuals to project delivery participation opportunities that benefits heritage and communities in multiple ways.


‘Landscape Champions of Tomorrow’ is about building local capacity to enhance, appreciate and manage the landscape both for Scheme Delivery and in the long term. Consequently, the connection between upskilled individuals and their association with projects and legacy arrangements will be critical in ensuring the sustainability of the project.

C3.1Landscape

Champions of Tomorrow

B2.1 Reading Landscapes

B2.2 Community

Mapping


B3.2 Travelling archaeological

exhibitions

B4.1 Interpreting

the Fanns

A1.2 Community

Tree NurseryA2.1 Woodland, Grassland & Hedgerows



A2.4 Micro Landscapes

A3.1 River Catchments

A3.2 Connections

for People and Wildlife


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As people move on, there will need to be continued opportunities for new individuals to acquire skills through training. This could be something that partner organisations build into their future training programmes and projects. These considerations will be explored further as part of the legacy planning during the Delivery Phase. Any training materials (guidance, further information) will be made available for wider viewing (subject to trainer copyright) and downloadable from the Land of the Fanns website. Such materials would be subject to HLF digital legacy requirements.


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Appendix A: Desk Research output Landscape Character Assessment: Training/ Learning needs Landscape Character & History

Reading the landscape

Historic parks & gardens including restoration

Medieval villages – conservation area

Veteran trees

Archaeology including Paleo-environments

Habitat management

Ancient woodlands – history/ ecology/ management

Grassland

Wetland

Reedbeds

Ponds/ ditches

Hedgerows

Scrub

Tree planting

Traditional woodland skills

Orchards

Habitat restoration

Fen

Heathland

Grassland

Local History

Ancient monuments

Community Archaeology

Social History especially Plotlands

Interpretation –

Cultural history/ Plotlands, heritage

Promotion/ communication of the landscape

Story telling

Access & involvement

Physical access – footpath, bridal paths, cycle routes

Visitor Management

Volunteering & volunteer management

Community mapping - what's important to you

Leading guided walks

Social enterprise


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Audience Development Plan: Target Audience – training needs & opportunities

Audience Opportunity Barriers Training/ learning needs associated with that opportunity/ overcome barriers

Knowledge/ Skills/ Attitudes & behaviours of those working with these audiences

NEW BAME RESIDENTS

“Activities targeting BAME residents must be welcoming, social, intergenerational, and will often have various elements appealing to broad audiences (I.e. a fun day out instead of a specialised talk on biodiversity)”.

Not culturally relevant Confidence building – going into the countryside Access information - Where to go and what to see

Heritage hosting – welcoming Cultural & social awareness Cultural relevant marketing Accessing social networks

LOCAL RESIDENTS LIVING IN DEPRIVED AREAS

“It is our recommendation that large-scale family and community events could attract residents to the landscape, exposing them to the open space in a safe way”. “There seems to be a demand for learning, with 57% of our survey respondents expressing that they liked guided walks, 53% liked museums, heritage centres and exhibitions, and 50% of respondents said they liked learning through websites.”

Lack of awareness of the wider landscape Access – don’t/ won’t travel Don’t venture far from home Lack of public transport Don’t know where to go or what to see Lack of facilities – Tea & pee

Learning about the wider landscape in which they live Confidence building – going into the wild

Interpretation Heritage hosting Event organisation Guided walk leading Cultural & social awareness


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WHITE WORKING CLASS RESIDENTS

“We would recommend that in addition to programming that is inclusive, social, and low-cost, that health-focused activities are actively promoted to this group.”

Financial constraints Learning about the wider landscape in which they live Access information - Where to go and what to see Confidence building – going into the wild Health benefits from being outside

Running Health walks/ Green Gym Articulating health benefits

SCHOOLS “A range of educational programmes run at the various sites within the Land of the Fanns; there is a significant opportunity to increase this offer given its wide range of values and significances.”

For schools, the cost of activities is a major factor to consider Provision of covered facilities to have a base for learning activities and for lunch

Fulfilling the national curriculum Opportunity to learn life and transferrable skills, such as cooperation and leadership Local history and the built heritage Trips to nature reserves and heritage sites Practical sessions at a local site near the schools

National Curriculum High-quality marketing and promotional materials that are explicit about how activities are directly linked to curriculum requirements Heritage and Environment learning packs were also considered welcomed resources.

CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES

Family activities - summer months and weekends, Use of existing programmes such as Duke of Edinburgh. Young people interested in having more volunteering opportunities at times they can attend, hands on, with direct links to the development of transferrable skills.

Physical access was an important issue. Families also required appropriate facilities such as toilets and paved paths for prams.

Targeted informal learning opportunities. This should happen if the sites can guarantee good catering and toilet facilities, as well as safety and security across the landscape

improving the relevance of the offer to young people Working with established youth-focused organisations.


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ELDERLY PEOPLE AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES

Older groups are interested in a broad programme of regular events and activities associated with local heritage, active volunteering, and in opportunities for health and well-being activities, fun and social interaction, as well as inter-generational activities. Ecotherapy sessions, such as mental and physical health walks and art sessions were activities that some organisations already currently run, although there was interest in increasing the frequency of these types of sessions.

As with many of the audience segments, lack of knowledge hindered people from better engaging with the project’s landscape. Of the respondents to the survey who indicated that they had a disability, 36% felt they didn’t know what there was to see or do. Often, service users had some anxiety or lack of confidence in going to outdoor areas on their own.

Learning about the wider landscape in which they live Confidence building – going into the wild Access information - Where to go and what to see

Relevant training programmes to build understanding and awareness of disability issues could be a good added value to the Land of the Fanns sites


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Further Information on barriers

Barrier Audience Evidence Recommendation

No widespread volunteering opportunities

All All Each site and each partner within the sites have their own volunteering programme

Create a unified volunteer strategy across the landscape area

Lack of resources within the organisation to deliver a wide reaching programme of activities

All Staff acknowledge that their organisations are understaffed and have limited budgets

Enhanced volunteer involvement will ensure that the sites have the resources necessary to deliver activities

People lacking confidence in using the landscape independently

Local residents living in deprived areas; white working class residents; BAME residents; elderly people and those with disabilities

Interviews with service providers and public consultations

Design a range of activities, including those that are inclusive and intergenerational as well as those that are geared' to supporting first time visitors and co-creating events relevant to them

Dog fouling along the trails

All Widespread complaints from visitors about disrespectful dog owners' behaviour

Educate and engage with dog owners; establish signs and fines to control disrespectful behaviour

Traditional offer which does not appeal or directly target the wide range of community groups in the area

White working class residents; new BAME residents

Local residents are culturally varied and current activities do not tend to draw as diverse an audience

Ensure that the sites have a wide range of activities appealing to a diverse public, including community and intergenerational programming

Lack of young people's intellectual engagement with the site

Young people Teenagers and young adults are busy with their studies or uninterested in the landscape offer

Create engaging activities that can arouse interest in nature, heritage, etc., among young people


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Appendix B: Stakeholder Workshop output - Date: 22nd March 2016

Stakeholders were asked to identify the training/ learning needs for each programme theme and then the training/learning offers that they could make – these are set out in the tables below. Programme: Understanding the Land of the Fanns

Theme Training/ Learning Needs Who Training/ Learning Offers Who

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Improve the understanding of the following: Hornchurch CP - military & natural history Chafford / Dagenham Park / Thomas England Walk – Natural History

Visualisation of the Mardyke Valley and how it can be enhanced

Matt Butcher, EA

River Restoration approaches Thames 21 – John Bryden

Sharing our knowledge & data to help build a picture of the local environment

Getting communities into rivers – managing/ cleaning/ restoring them

Interpretation walks & talks by Countryside Ranger at Hornchurch CP

R. Cottam (Havering)

Training individuals to manage their own events under T21 Insurance

Extensive experience of the LotF area and associated landscape & communities

David Bigden, Viridis

Skills to interpret sculpture trail @ Davy Down

H. Jacobs Understanding the LotF - Mapping (GIS) - Bedford Pak V.C - VC’s Chafford, Langdon,

Thorndon, Ingrebourne

Essex Wildlife Trust (EWT)

Interpretation of land once owned by High House including the interpretation of former landowners

High House Interpretation of how landscape influenced the built heritage

Gemma Smith (Discover me) [email protected]

Davy Down Interpretation The Land Trust Education centre

mailto:[email protected]


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Assistance with archaeology. We would like to do some community archaeology at Eastbury Manor with local residents

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (LBBD) [email protected] [email protected]

Flood history – Major events, monitoring data, flood defences, TE2100 info

John Thurlow, EA

Landscape History – experts to help us make sense of the landscapes and historic records

EECOS – Commercial mitigation surveys (Habitat & Species )

EWT

Help with training volunteers for our proposed projects

Development & delivery of projects esp. Restoring the Fanns, Reconnecting habitats, river restoration.

Train volunteers to lead interpretive walks J. Mycock, RSPB We could deliver workshops for school groups but these session would need to be paid for. In- kind contribution - Devise a session that links to LotF with a LBBD focus aimed at training teachers

[email protected] [email protected]

Interpretation & historical knowledge to improve signage at Little Belhus CP.

Dhruti Bell 07725 246192 [email protected]

Extensive knowledge of the LotF area and community forest.


Interpretation of woodland features such as woodbanks

Recording oral history stories – 20thC history of farming for example & barges on the Marshes

Sue Smith








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Arc

hae

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gy o

f th

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s Interpreting archaeology at High House – Romano British, Druids

High House CG We can provide expertise in terms of training volunteers in using historical records

- How to research - How to use maps

Also access to facilities for research

Archives and local studies centre at Valance House [email protected] [email protected]

Davy down Farm site/ orchard – could be interpreted/ restored

H.Jacobs Community Archaeology via Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) & Thames Discovery programme

Pat @ TEP

The need to reach out to other like-minded groups and increase skill base

Paul Sainsbury- Upminster Windmill Archaeology Group

Community Mapping

Brass rubbing trail to help interpret Hornchurch CP

R. Cottam, LB Havering

Jetties & Foreshores

To be involved in community archaeology Paul Sainsbury- Upminster Windmill Archaeology Group




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Researchers interested in social history High House Environmental Assets – Data & Knowledge provision

EA

Interpretation of historic landscapes e.g. Capability Brown Landscape

Tony Chapman, Woodland Trust

East side community heritage could deliver an oral history type project e.g. memories of Barking Park

Lead on a Barking & Dagenham lost landscape & interpretation project

[email protected] [email protected]

Schools & Education associated with rivers/ wetland. We operate a large education programme which is both curriculum linked and wild play. We would like to make this available.

Thames 21 – John Bryden

Interpretation of the LotF High House

Opportunities for local groups/ schools – landscape changes, biodiversity, engineering, habitats & conservation

Dhruti Bell 07725 246192 [email protected]

Davy Down – use site for school visits & interpretation

Land Trust/ ESW – Helen Jacobs

Use Millennium centre & education/ events programme with LBBD Rangers

Emme Roebuck



Provide information on Historic landscapes under WT management

Tony Chadwick - WT

Travelling Archaeology – MOLA Time Team

Pat @ TEP





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Programme: Restoring and connecting the Land of the Fanns

Theme Training/ Learning Needs Who Training/ Learning Offers Who Sp

eci

es

Training/ volunteering species ID for Invertebrates @ Oliver Road Lagoons

The Land Trust/ Bug life Involvement of the Essex Field Club – useful for Flora/ Invertebrate ID/Survey/ Monitoring

Survey’s to highlight rare species @ our sites so we can better look after & promote their importance

LBBD Pre-planning or Flood Defence consent advice

John Turlow – EA

General invertebrate support [email protected]

Interpretation & presentation of natural history

High House



Ancient Trees – ID & Management Tony Chadwick, WT


Co

nn

ect

ion

s &

Lin

ks

Health Walking Thurrock Council (represented by a stakeholder)

Advice and training from EA Staff - Biodiversity - Sampling & collection

John Turlow – EA

Connecting people with the Landscape



Edible hedge – Eastbury [email protected]

Interpretation of LotF esp. farming life & natural history

High House




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Hab

itat

s Chainsaw expertise & operators to help with woodland restoration

[email protected] Extensive experience of the LotF area and associated landscape & communities


Knowledge of how to restore/ improve wetlands/ catchment areas. Training for staff & volunteers

LBBD Any River restoration/ habitat restoration or community engagement associated with rivers / wetlands throughout the area. This would include community led events to deliver this work through volunteering activities + training so volunteers can manage their own events in the future

Thames 21 – John Bryden, Emma Harrington

Wetting Werrington Marsh for breeding waders

RSPB Training in surveying species & habitats Inc. Otters, water voles, dormice, grassland, woodland and river corridors

EWT

Offer of Davy Down facilities for training people

H.Jacobs

Coppicing/ woodland Management Tony Chadwick, WT



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Theme Training/ Learning Needs Who Training/ Learning and other Offers Who

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Training & guidance for general parks team to better manage parks & country parks – create better connections

LBBD 5 ha of ‘open mosaic’ brownfield land managed for invertebrates. Blank canvas at moment. Big area for habitat creation – contribute to LotF as match funding 1.3 km of hedges planted over the next few years 8 ha of wildflower meadow creation Creating lots of reptile habitat on site All provide volunteering opportunities

[email protected]

Training for staff & volunteers

Emma Roebuck Extensive experience of the LotF area and associated landscape & communities


We provide a safe, green, productive environment at Bedfords Walled Garden

[email protected]

Habitat management training for bugs during work parties

Bug life https://www.buglife.org.uk/campaigns-and-our-work/habitat-projects/b-lines

General invertebrate advice for all habitat projects

Buglife could contribute knowledge to projects – interested in working with farmers and low nutrient landscapes. B-lines for Essex covers Thameside habitats 3km inland

Woodland Management Inc. coppicing & tree planting Tony Chadwick

Volunteer training RSPB



https://www.buglife.org.uk/campaigns-and-our-work/habitat-projects/b-lines




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Programme: Attachment to and enjoyment of the Land of the Fanns

Theme Training/ Learning Needs Who Training/ Learning and other Offers Who R

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Digital media Walks and talks by site rangers @ Hornchurch & Havering CP

Richard Cottam

Species identification Extensive experience of the LotF area and associated landscape & communities


Habitat assessment Talks about trees, wildlife, plants etc. Liz Wood, Thurrock Council

River Wardens Marketing the landscape – established website (www.discoverme.london) to raise awareness and strategy

[email protected]

Would like help with reaching communities – perhaps to create a festival aimed at bring ethnicities together

High House Community Group

Would like background material on the LotF environment

Is there a gap in the knowledge of military history of the area

Jonathan Cook RSPB


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s Heritage/ Nature walks – help us connect to other nearby greenspaces (e.g. RSPB reserve)

NT @ Rainham Hall

New Paths being created – will eventually link Little Behus CP with Oak & Ash Plantation

Run guided walks Tilbury Riverside Project

Experienced at training people to run guided walks – does this for the Tilbury Riverside project

Mike Ostler

Run guided walks – extensive knowledge of the area David Bigden

Run Thames Path Walks Thames Estuary Partnership

http://www.discoverme.london/



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Fan

ns

We have a walled garden & orchard maintained by volunteers – how can we be involved

NT @ Rainham Hall

Connecting people and food in the local landscape Bedford Walled Garden

Thames 21 Schools Programme – we currently offer a range of curriculum linked education programmes + wild play informed education. This is mainly targeted at water and rivers. Would be happy to offer this is LotF

John Bryden, Emma Harrington

Summer evening concerts in our Purfleet hide Jonathan Cook - RSPB

Hold events at visitor centres EWT

River Wardens

Walks @ Ingrebourne, Chafford and Langdon

Digital media in Visitor centres which can show/ highlight LotF

Provide info for App – depending on what is needed

Extensive knowledge of the LotF area and partnership working

David Bigden


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ple

Green Angels – 3yr programme of community skills/ training/volunteering in countryside management. Beam Parklands, Davy Down, Oliver Rd. This is an offer and a need

Helen – The Land Trust

Davy Down – offer of facilities for events, schools, training, health walks, sculpture trail

H.Jacobs + Land Trust

Help deliver schools programme & outreach EWT

Forest school delivery & training

Yellow fish programme

Memory book community project

Upminster Windmill – visitor centre will be open in 2017 – could run sessions on flour production

Gemma Smith


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Invo

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(co

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) Access to young people via Youth Council, DofE, Schools

etc. Yvonne Smith, Thurrock Council

Youth Partnerships in parallel to LPS

Collaborative approaches to volunteering Tony Chadwick, WT

Extensive experience of involving people in the LotF Landscape

David Bigden

EA staff have 2 days leave a year to do environmental work – some teams are always looking for things to do on those days

John Thurlow, EA

Delivery partner in health/ nature walks RSPB

Little Belhus CP - School visits to lean about engineering, habitat creation and management

[email protected]

Opportunities for volunteers – habitat management & creation also survey volunteers; Butterflies, moths, water voles, birds

Create a ‘festival’ to bring people together High House

Training, apprenticeship and volunteer opportunities at RSPB Rainham Marches

A.Gouldstone, RSPB

Getting people into rivers/ wetlands as lead events

Nationally accredited training to enable people to get into rivers/ wetlands + manage others

Habitat & river restoration – management & training to enable volunteers to manage people to do this themselves

Thames 21 – John & Emma



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Other Offers Stakeholders were also asked what they could offer the LotF above and beyond training & learning. These are listed in the table below

Who Offer

Programme: Understanding the Land of the Fanns

RSPB - East England Team (Jonathan Mycock)

Delivery partner in celebrating natural heritage

Gemma Smith Upminster Windmill, Flour & Bread making

Thames Chase Developing great ways of connecting built and land heritage

TEP Developing walks along the Thames Path

LBBD Improved connecting & signposted routes/ maps to LotF area

Thurrock Council (Public Health) Walking the way to Health – Lead/ Stakeholder

LBBD – Emma Stall/ Activity at the Country Fair in June each year.

Rainham Hall, National Trust (Sally Jones)

Help with involving people

LBBD – Lisa Rigg Events at Eastbury and Valance – linked to themes from LotF

LBBD – Lisa Rigg Walking the manor/ estate of valance – trees, buildings and nature

Programme: Restoring and connecting the Land of the Fanns

Pat - TEP River catchments – include the Thames River Catchment!

Thurrock Council (Liz Wood)

Capability brown landscape in need of management & restoration. Could be part of the LotF. Need meeting with Management

Buglife Can lead brownfield species work Can support all grassland & farm management work

RSPB - East England Team (J.Mycock)

Habitat management/ creation for Turtle Doves & Nightingales

RSPB (A. Gouldstone)

Input into land management planning and farmland uplift work e.g. farmland birds and wildlife at Bulpham Fen

Rural Arisings Happy to be a habitat and species stakeholder

The Land Trust Supporter/ Stakeholder


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Who Offer

Programme: Attachment to and enjoyment of the Land of the Fanns

LBBD (Lisa Rigg & Emma)

Eastbury and Valance have an interest in food and walled gardens – we grow food and have a walled garden! Edible hedge & Orchard Train our volunteers to become volunteer leaders, to become more independent from ranger service

TEP Thames learning group, Schools programme on website Help with marketing through TEP communications Arts – developing arts programme related to community involvement in the Fanns

Gemma Smith – ‘Discover me’ Stakeholder – help with raising awareness

The Land Trust Supporter/ Stakeholder

Summary of findings from Telephone interviews with those who did not attend the Stakeholder Conference 1. Jacqui Payne – Thurrock only but has links to other CVCs. Cynical about wasting her time (again) on helping with this sort of process and never hearing

about it again – they want her input to tick a box. BUT a. Volunteer centre, very happy to support recruitment of vols. b. Possibly do recruitment training and best practice in recruiting & managing vols.

2. Natalie Warren – Thurrock; they are quite well served for short courses in basic skills, H7S through a partnership with the local adult ed. college

a. Would like to offer more ‘pop-up’ come along and join in sessions e.g. gardening b. Wants more accredited courses NVQ, OCN, Train the trainer, and things like Conservation / Events - how to run them c. Wants to maintain links with local providers and can be that link – making sure that local providers are kept in the loop d. Good at promotion and setting things up – not deliverers e. Training / learning needs – clear accessible to all, appropriate, the community is diverse: a lot of people moving in plus a static community, too.

A bi-product of this project needs to be that it’s a vehicle to create and build new relationships between the existing and new communities.

3. Tiffany Bright Thurrock Council Education – becoming a CIC next year (Inspire?) to prepare residents 16-24, (but won’t turn any adult away) for employment: traineeships, apprenticeships, work experience, skills, career advice, Princes Trust, DoE.

a. The area has had £7Billion of private investment regen money b. I suggested that perhaps there’s an Opportunity for them to be an Apprenticeship Training Assoc. – hosting apprentices etc., who can be part of

LotF – she thought this an excellent idea c. Colleague Yvonne Evans attended she thinks.


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4. Stuart Anderson Essex council. They are not able to offer any training. a. Facing a real gap in traditional countryside management grazing and woodland management / production. Systems - training volunteer training

conservation and traditional conservation volunteer skills b. Traditional timber production introducing coppicing rides. We have to manage it c. Would help with awareness raising public plus Member education / elected bodies

i. Countryside management and practice d. Want to start re-coppicing, hedge-laying, hedging tools and equipment

5. Stephen Taylor – Thurrock

a. The ageing volunteer force needs to pass on skills – they lead regular walks and other events and won’t be doing it / as much in 10 years. b. The local museum has a fantastic load of stuff not on display needs to create (mobile) exhibitions on the riverfront but it will need to be run and

managed by volunteers beyond the life of LotF, so they would need training for the long term c. Archaeology – Coalhouse Fort just outside LotF area coming to the end of an HLF project is there a possibility to extend this into the LotF with a

new / similar project? "Sacco, Hazel" [email protected] d. Public Health team also have an interest – well-being, active, very important aspect e. The edges of the built environment and the countryside: fairly heavy industrial area with residential and then countryside. NB Quality of life for

those in the built environment i. Access in the widest sense – without fear of unknown, safety including cycleways linking these areas with the countryside. TC has some

funding for cycleways and making the links to the countryside would be a good use f. Purfleet project is now moving forward and creating a new town so need to think about creating these safe corridors at this early stage g. Flood risk - river and also hills to lowland. Can we address by practical examples, awareness raising (engagement) planting etc. h. Stephen has emailed Liz Wood (Tree officer!!) "Wood, Liz" [email protected]

6. Michael Neale Environment Agency. Drainage, flooding. The main river is The Mardyke which a land-drain (?)

a. Working with the WT to raise awareness of water course management b. EA has a range of resources including a model that demonstrates the biology and physical river processes c. I suggested secondments, internships, hosting in their offices. All possibilities but would need higher authority

7. Luke Bristow – ecologist also put me onto Adrian Gascoyne. Grassland and woodland management

a. Conservation grazing www.essexgrazing.org.uk with redpoll cattle and cheviot goats own herd stockman and apprentice vols do daily stock checks

b. Training in skills for this plus awareness and understanding of what’s going on and why c. Value of local produce, cons grazing, grass fed, British breeds premium – leading to local sales of meat



http://www.essexgrazing.org.uk/


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d. Historic to present land management e. Starting woodland management project 25 ancient woodlands & they’ve got to pay for themselves: management access, understanding historic

– present f. There are skills within the staff team so also training opportunities upskilling local volunteers (e.g. from Alison hazel hurdles / fences, bees,

beekeeping) g. BCV Conservation and use of fungi h. Brownfield biodiversity near the river Mediterranean climate and therefore different species (Buglife?)

8. Adrian Gascoyne Historic & Built Environment Manager" [email protected]

Previously involved with Stour Valley LPS and would be happy to do similar things a. Training in recording and management for the future b. Would like to tag onto other elements so needs to be in the loop to identify opportunities c. Understanding landscape and using images – satellite / LIDAR d. Traditional building skills programme See this website for all sorts of course and things on offer through Essex CC:

http://www.placeservices.co.uk/news-events/courses/ e. They would be able and willing to run courses within the project area

9. Hazel Sacco Senior Education and Community Development Officer, Coalhouse Fort, Environment and Place. [email protected] 01375 652662 /

07738 801537 a. Name passed to me by Stephen Taylor b. See the Coalhouse Fort leaflet. She has completely developed the programme c. These themes could expand to include LotF:

i. Bug Hunters ii. Tree ID

iii. Storyboard d. Very keen to be part of LotF – Own HLF funding ends early 2017 e. Works closely with:

i. Seevic College in Benfleet, which is the only College in Essex (the whole area?) to offer Archaeology A Level ii. Scouts

iii. Coastal InterTidal Zone Archaeology Network - CITiZAN (through Museum Of London Archaeology - MOLA) – South East team is Lara and Oliver.

iv. Also lots of local primary schools in Thurrock and wider Essex f. Very enthusiastic and knows Scott; she used to work with him, and has come to some of the LotF meetings and wants to contribute.


http://www.placeservices.co.uk/news-events/courses/

http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/


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Appendix C: Supply side research output

Web-research results – Training and Learning

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see link for meeting dates

Brentwood Museum Society x

7.45 p.m. £3 2nd April


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sites in UK

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Discover-ME

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English Heritage: Tilbury Fort x x x x x x volunteers on site no

Environment Agency x x x




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post advertised on site no


x x x x EY, FS KS 1 - 2 on site no


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pool near you no

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epping Forest no huge variety

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hedgelaying, tree planting, path clearance

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Forestry Commission x x x x volunteers on site no


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High House

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MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) x

National Heritage Training Group x x job skills

Romford & District Historical Society x x x anyone local history

£12 per annum. 9 meetings a year

RSPB x x x primary children

outreach to schools


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Rural Arisings (Belhus Land Ltd).

Thames21 x various

The Building Crafts College x x x anyone on site

Level 3, 5 apprenticeship

Stone masonry, building conservation

co funded, depends on course and age


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bushcraft, Duke of Edinburugh awards, woodland management

Thurrock CVS x All First Aid/Vol mgt

Thurrock Local History Society x x x anyone no

3rd Friday of the month at 8p.m. £10 adults, £4 students £2 visitors

UCL x various community archaeology

Viridus Urban and Rural


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level 3 /5

rural trades and crafts

Woodland Trust

to arrange a talk on Ancient woodlands

Woodland Trust

maths in nature, soil detectives, dinosaur day, geocaching, art in nature, charles darwin, world war 11, tudors, stone age and more


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Web Research – Volunteering opportunities

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require volunteers ?

Barking and Dagenham Somali Women’s Association ?

access advice training and support. Mentoring and volunteering for young people

Barking and District Historical Society x

membership £7.50 a year


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garden management

Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am to 3pm, and Wednesdays from 13th April 16

Coalhouse Fort x x x x x volunteers on site no


Volunteer, help to run service, save a building etc

Epping Ongar railway x x x x volunteers on site no

repair line, greet visitors

Essex Wildlife Trust x x x x x volunteers on sites no

Essex Wildlife Trust x x x volunteers on site no


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Essex Wildlife Trust x x x x x x x volunteers on site no

Essex Wildlife Trust x x x x volunteers on site no

Forestry Commission

Havering Council x

Havering Museum x x x x x volunteer on site no admin, marketing, education

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham volunteers various ?


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meet for coffee at 10.30 then work 11 - 1p.m and 2 to 4

National Trust x x x x x volunteer on site no garden or in house

National Trust x x x x x volunteer on site no gardens or house

Ngage Thurrock x x volunteers

The Conservation Volunteers volunteering

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Supply-side stakeholder interviews

Who Organisations Interview Summary

Nicola Houseago London Borough of Havering – Economic Development

Really good to speak just now. In summary 3 points that want to take forward into Skills & Training 1. Land & Heritage based careers advice in schools - as a way of engaging teenagers in LotF 2. Support for Apprenticeship providers - you are going to discuss this with colleagues 3. Support for Social Enterprise Development - good to hear that LBH have recently procured business start-up advice and that this might be useful to LotF. Again you are going to discuss this with colleagues. Thanks for your time - and looking forward to hearing from you further

Gemma Smith [email protected]

Discover-me

www.discover-me.london, logo, etc., to give identity etc. LotF exhibition at some of the member sites how the landscape has changed including Eastbury Manor near Dagenham, 14 sites in total (not all of them) travelling. Might be potential for training / learning Andrea – marketing skill sharing days through the project will try to come on 6th July (based at Tilbury Fort) one vol also trained on ‘hoot suite’ to programme tweets etc., half day training – can’t speak for them but a possibility. Having run the project I could talk to people about how we’ve done. 2018 – Upminster Windmill will be fully open – option to work together then

Schools outreach and Forest Schools Tarnya Carter Environmental Projects Programme Manager Essex Wildlife Trust


Visitor Centres’ Chafford, Langdon, Thorndon, Ingrebourne provide info to visitors multi-media screens, info leaflets, mobile exhibition hosting. Already do placements so could do more. Forest schools training for teachers ID courses for flora & fauna and some bespoke courses, tracking water voles etc. Essex Ecology Services – undertake surveys and other consultancy. Commercial mitigation surveys (Habitat & Species ) Development & delivery of projects esp. Restoring the Fanns, reconnecting habitats, river restoration. TRAINING VOLS TO WORK ON These areas – including following mgmt. plans. Possible secondments Hold events at visitor centres River Wardens – train up and support


http://www.discover-me.london/


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Near Mardyke – fens that could be developed for potential project for LotF Walks leaders @ Ingrebourne, Chafford and Langdon Digital media in Visitor centres which can show/ highlight LotF. Multi-media at Ingrebourne but older at other VCs – so would through LotF? Provide info for App – depending on what is needed Forest school delivery & training Yellow fish programme – Aimed a school children outreach prog. Test the drains and rivers for chemicals to see whether they are clean / safe – they paint a yellow fish if all is good and give info to local community. Memory book community project - went live at Ingrebourne in June ’16 – local community can upload anything they have about the site & its history WW1 & WW2 90 year old already contributed. Once it’s verified anyone can see it when they visit (web-based). Software has been designed for EWT a lot of interest and could be replicated – good training opportunity IT, media, heritage, comms, marketing.

Jonathon Cook Andrew Gouldstone [email protected] [email protected]

RSPB

Training, apprenticeship and volunteer opportunities at RSPB Rainham Marches have a huge amount of vols, internships for 6month periods - habitat mgmt. etc., as delivery partner – attract funding to meet objectives in structured way – maybe 1 yr. internship with 2 placements e.g. RSPB & Thames Chase etc., variety of experience, including mentor. Would leave internship with key certificates e.g. off road, chainsaw, brush cutter, tractor driving. No accommodation so would need to live locally / accommodation paid for from HLF. Costs certificates, training, and proportion of supervisory salary. Delivery partner in health/ nature walks – current programme of events scope for developing a new set of walking opps with string nature theme NB Mental health – mental health evidence demonstrates improvements – pushed by HLF. Could link into vol opps as appropriate – quality not quantity. Monitoring & eval to understand success and distance travelled Summer evening concerts in our Purfleet hide – new large modern structure has been used for small intimate concerts – 40/50 people also at Rainham Marshes visitor centre lovely settings. Fall into programme of events with will need manpower and advertising. Volunteer training – wide range of roles – some are there for many years – training for them – Training offer to other partners and vice versa. CAN WE SIT DOWN AND WORK OUT HOW AN EXCHANGE OF TRAINING SKILLS BETWEEN PARTNERSHIP? Real cost – so will need them




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to be covered, each org could promote within each org. Links with mental health orgs and providers through Scott. Delivery partners – some limits due to staffing capacity Some natural heritage education in the community around Rainham marshes. Training opps around wetland mgmt., bird survey techniques, training in countryside & landscape mgmt. (aren’t mentioned in the list) http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/rainhammarshes_tcm9-370969.pdf.

Jenny Austin 07867526827

Forestry Commission

Key Partner with FC- they are to run 2 projects: habitat restoration and the host organization for the apprentice programme

- FC will have 4 apprentices over the 5 years: 2 intakes for 2 years in 2018 & 2020

This is part of the wider FC apprenticeship prog. Will include training in woodland, habitat, tools, grassland, recreation, inspection, amenity appropriate to the locality, outreach. Training is high quality & accredited Possibility of secondments / work shadowing IF we can show a benefit to FC Also run externally accredited tree safety course & 1st Aid courses Possibility that FC could provide courses and partners could send along their participants if they are paying the full cost. (AJ’s looking into it & will report back).

Nathalie, Oliver and Magnus

[email protected]

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[email protected]

Museum of London Archaeology service

Travelling Archaeology – MOLA Time Team

Subject to timelines – Thames recovery and Citizan are project funded one through HLF key

sites throughout the country. Thames recovery from GL area and LotF really stops at

Thames Barrier. WHAT ARE THE DATES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE? LET NC know.

NEEDS TO SEE THE ARCHAEOLOGY BUDGET PART.

David Bowsher director of research & education

If there is potential to create a new role for MOLA that would be something to look at.

Time truck – mobile classroom – costable offer.

Interpretation with info from MOLA – websites, images etc., data, and interactive map –

info is out there already. Would depend what they want to do and credit the info.

Happy to support and look at applications, supply info but some limit and need to talk to

David for strategic direction

http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/rainhammarshes_tcm9-370969.pdf





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TEP used to manage MOLA (can’t recall the phrase she used) we must be aware that TEP

doesn’t anymore and although PAT may be very keen I’m not sure that MOLA wants TEP

being their line of communication to LotF.

ACTIONS: Dates of LotF implementation phase -m could the CITZAN project officer go to

LotF??

MOLA needs to know the LotF archaeology budget to see whether it’s big enough –Once

this has been done I /we need to email Nathalie and David and arrange meeting with Scott

and David linking everyone in so that Nathalie can update David – he is critical to this

working.

Pat Fitzsimons [email protected]


PARTNER TEP works with a wide range of partners – we arrange with partners to do the activity. SO TEP is the 3rd party who facilitates the event / training. The Thames discovery prog through MOLA or through other independent Archaeologists – To link residents with the river – more they know the more they care. Need money for project management & marketing New courses & existing courses Could provide Coaching & mentoring etc., in Upminster Skills in marine training already going on Whatever we’re involved in we can bring to LotF A number of orgs involved in LotF already but need to improve processes to work more efficiently couldn’t do it myself but know people who would for a cost. Nat Eng – nature improvement area – (TEP project mgr.) cost effective to use existing links Take people onto the river – look from the river to the shore transforms perspective, outside London people don’t do that normally TEP are the managers of the Thames path – Involved so have complete overview. Project staff have legacy connections & pulling expertise to the area plus residents Run Thames Path Walks

Havering Parks [email protected]

Richard Cottam

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John Bryden & Emma Harrington

[email protected]

[email protected]

07738 983334

Thames 21

Free training courses: – how to lead a waterway clean-up – 2 days, prep, RA, method statements – accredited provider do covered by Thames 21 insurance Badged groups Invasive species – ID and history, reasoning of non-native Species – raising awareness. Could also develop – citizen science progs – Thames river watch – vols trained in water quality testing temp, ph, phosphates & nitrates. Also do it in Lea Valley. Could also do with schools / other groups. Eel monitoring doing it in Bow office – train in trapping elvers and monitoring. River restoration projects involving residents – repair, restore, manage, maintain. Schools – national curriculum leaflet of activities already in London All these would need some funding to increase capacity although these courses are already developed, there is opportunity be more site specific and bring on new courses and events. Events are led by trained staff who give H&S etc., Training your people to be champions in their area Activities at the education centre at Brent

Matt Butcher [email protected] John Thurlow [email protected]

Environment Agency

I have been off for a couple of days and then we had some flooding on east London over the weekend. I will have a chat to Matt about this and let you know but I’m not in the office until next week.

Tony Chadwick Woodland Trust NO RESPONSE

Rural Arisings [email protected]

Dhruti Bell

Habitat creation – do most of the work with diggers – old landfill site. Use new soils to create country park. Already have wildflower meadow, ponds, hedges, landscaping. Use recovered soils to other developments, paid / lorry load rather than the landfill. Started on this site in 2012 86 Ha. Plans in place for the whole area. 10 Ha are leasing the land for schools sports pitches rest country park for the public. Land reclamation, remediation, habitat creation, employ environmental scientists and ecologists. Visionary approach, working with local school would like help with engaging with local schools and communities.





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Have taken work experience people from local school, also between school and uni. And undergraduates in sandwich year. Informal volunteering rather than formal. Current events e.g. tree planting bird box making.

Mike Ostler [email protected] 01375 381427

High House

Already doing work to support Tilbury Riverside project. A memory site encouraging local people to contribute and as part of that engage them more with their heritage – Mike trains their vols to be heritage walk leaders – 7 week course one day / week 10.30 – 2.30 on the ground research and then took it in turns to develop and lead a mini walk – includes museum visits. I Peer reviews – 6 to start and built from there. Vols now doing other things. Monthly walks for 7 months of the year. Extend all around Thurrock / Purfleet so could easily transfer to LotF. Includes H&S, risk etc. Has developed a head of steam and going well. Would include library, museum etc. Transferable to High House Mike is a non-driver. Capacity – could only run 1-7 wk. course at a time. May need to hire training room space. Willing to work with any partners. Cost – lunches, stationery, basic materials. £250 / 7 wk. course approx. If any partners want to see what it’s about – visit by arrangement with Mike. AD SUGGESTION – There are normally two walk leaders – if 1 is manmade heritage and the other is natural heritage they would add considerable value – because the walk is often linear not circular. Interest through annual events Dove cote e.g. festival to promote & celebrate the LotF heritage asset. Car park, café etc. Location is right at the eastern end, so this may be useful as it’s a very good venue.

Lisa Rigg Chris Foord

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham

NO RESPONSE

Cathie Clarke [email protected]

National heritage Training group

Thank you for your email. Cathie has recently left the organisation. At the moment we don’t offer any practical training, but I can direct you to people in your area that do offer this. What sort of thing were you after? Thanks & best wishes

Helen Jacobs [email protected]

The Land Trust Green Angels working with BD council at Beam parklands Use the other 2 sites possibly for part of the project.




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Education centre at Davey Down could be used for LotF e.g. links with BugLife 20 people at a time They are already working with them open to talk / work with others. Would like to develop Health walks at Davy Down know it works. Also Nordic walking. Have a sculpture trail – increase and motivates kids to find out more about wildlife. At Beam & Davy Down there are some activities – school adjoins the park so uses it as outdoor classroom – increase t families and out of term time. Lot of potential at DD for more use of facilities. Most training through Green Angels – volunteering skills, (led by participants) e.g. orchards – for pollinators

Stuart Anderson

Brentwood Council parks

Many thanks for your e-mail below, please feel free to call me on 01277 312654. With grass cutting season well underway this is a particularly busy time of year for me so I am often in and out of the office but if I'm not around then a message can always be left with a colleague or alternatively e-mail. No reply on the extension – can’t leave message

London WT Francisco do Carmo Woodberry Wetlands

I'm currently on annual leave until the 29th of June, 2016 For any urgent enquiries please contact Woodberry Wetlands – 02088024573 Emailed me, I replied, and I phoned him 5th July he was going to call me back – nothing.

Sally James [email protected]

National Trust Rainham Hall,

Rainham Hall had major HLF funds for building project just completed - Still delivering against HLF plan – new No capacity to partner as they have very small and new staff and vols. 3 acres walled garden, etc. Training- work with partners, on topics such as Rainham in the past, green corridors, connections. Would like to be involved but very limited capacity. They are Discover-me project members – could have travelling exhibition – some skills devt. Fruit growing /orchards Bit of industrial heritage

David Bigden [email protected]

Viridis Urban and Rural

Walks & talks, (could also do training). Less formal training, small groups sub-contractor or called upon occasionally, has worked with schools previously – hasn’t got checks done so would need warning. Passionate – not a specialist but would be good with engagement and leading walks & talks to increase interest.

[email protected]

English Heritage Due to the popularity of our spring events programme, we’re experiencing a higher than normal volume of emails. As a result, we’re aiming to respond to you within 5 working days. Thanks for your patience.




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TCV Richard Evans Very interested and already offers training courses. I’ve sent him the list so that he can check with the local team to see what else they offer. NB the courses for vols leading groups H&S, Risk assessments, safeguarding etc. and is likely to want quite a bit of involvement. Also linked him with Scott as he knows only what I’ve told him about the project, a

[email protected] Historic England Customers

Dear Alison Thanks for your email and I apologise for the slight delay in responding to you. I would recommend in the first instance that you contact our training team. Their email address is [email protected]. Also, this link may be useful as it provides information about the training we provide - https://www.historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/training-skills/ If you have any queries, please contact our Customer Services Department on [email protected] or 0370 333 0607.

Benjamin Sanderson Regeneration Officer

London Borough of Havering

Training partner for amphibians might be froglife, for reptiles could be London Essex & Hertfordshire Amphibian & Reptile Trust. Amphibian surveying could be a good one especially since it can lead to paid employment in environment sector. Bruch cutter and chainsaw could be combined with 4WD, pesticides and first aid at work to provide the full suite of industry standard qualifications good for gaining employment. Woodland management – hawthorn heavy horses could run training and work experience linked to college course? They have done something similar in woodlands where they have worked in Havering Links to Writtle college who run undergrad courses in conservation and environment, sustainable land management and countryside management. Might be worth highlighting and seeing if link can be made


https://www.historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/training-skills/



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Who Organisation Interview Summary

Mary Wright 01708642970

Thames Chase Trust

Volunteering force is very strong about 90 people doing a vast array of tasks. Includes

volunteers with a support need. Conservation volunteers – training for tools use. Buy in

Brushcutter and chainsaw. Always try to open up spare spaces to other. Already working in

partnership with others. Advertise for specific roles and also grab who ever we can. They

are not set to certain roles. Would be in a position to train people from other orgs in

specific roles.

Buy in 1st aid training, social media, fundraising. 3 volunteers offer training events and

money handling, PR, managing visitor centre desk. Just put out to tender for the catering

aspect and this has the potential for further training opps.

Already offer work experience from local school and DoE Bronze.

Haven’t taken youngsters on payback schemes but do work with disadvantaged groups and

Mind.

Very focused on TCT needs

Land of the Fanns Skills & Training Audit Report

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