€¦ · Web viewA vast array of the interpretative outputs from the Project are publicly...

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015

Introduction

This report sets out activity beginning the final year of the Project - Year 3 and its associated theme ‘History of Tourism’. The report follows the same format as within the Action Plan submitted in the original bid for funding. There are additional elements at the end of the table which pick up uncompleted activity from previous years or where activities are naturally continuing from year to year.

Please refer to the Project spreadsheets which document the figures used within the table below. The table sets out an ongoing tally of outputs for the entire Project (column 4), quantifying activity since August 2013 (the Project start). Targets for Year 3 appear in column 2, and then the overall tally of activity for Year 3 appears in column 3. For a full written description of activity for each previous quarter of the Project please refer to the details set out in previous reports.

A vast array of the interpretative outputs from the Project are publicly available within the National Park Centre in Lynmouth as well as other locations around Exmoor, not to mention the feast of film, photos and material accessible on YouTube, Flickr, the Project webpage and Exmoor National Park website as well as via the App. The Project Facebook page is very active and all events and activities are regularly tweeted, with weekly posts #WoodlandWednesday #FlashbackFriday tying in with our current interpretative themes. Please refer to those outputs as well as this report to gain a full picture of the Project’s activity.

Activity Annual Target

Tally –

Year 3

Tally – whole Project

Status and Activity Since Last Report

Review of year 2 activitiesin consultation with the project advisory group and volunteers

1 1 2 No further activity

Call for Volunteers Advertise & recruit

Maintain 20+

2 vols signed up

69 vols signed up 11 volunteer days were contributed to the Project this quarter (to end September):

1

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



volunteers to deliver project activities. 8 x 16-25 year olds

16 under 25s

25 active vols

6 days of unskilled volunteer activity 2 skilled 3 professional

Delivered by 23 volunteers

Regular heritage talk, walk, tour programme with local societies around the theme of Exmoor’s Inspiring Landscapes (woodlands)

24 walks, talks, tours, trails

11

160 people attended

77

1825

people attended

7 talks were organised during this quarter under the banner of ‘Evenings@thePavilion’, the first 4 being a celebration of authors and composers inspired by Exmoor’s heritage:

“Along the Coleridge Way” – how Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his descriptions of the landscape inspired new folk music, by Folk Award nominee Ange Hardy

Exmoor Ponies – by Dawn Westcott, discussing her new book ‘Wild Horse Whispering’

The Sty’s the Limit – by Simon Dawson, tales from his new book about relocating from London to run his self-sufficient Exmoor smallholding

Tales from an Exmoor Hill Farm – by Victoria Eveleigh, local author of Katy’s Pony series, launching her new children’s story, exploring the link between ponies and autism

Woodland Mammals Toolkit – by National Trust interns Kate and Zoe, explaining how to trap

Exmoor Butterflies – by Simon Phelps from the Two Moors Threatened Butterflies Project

Exmoor Beekeeping Year – by Quince Honey Farm, showcasing how they tend and

2

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



transport their many beehives across Exmoor throughout the year

One guided walk took place this quarter, led by the Project’s Heritage Ambassador, Dave Wilde, in partnership with Exmoor National Park Ranger, Ione Wilcock. They explored the history of Hollerday Hill and the nature to be found in the coastal woodlands. Four people attended the walk.

In total, 106 people attended these events.Training for volunteers 15 days

of expert time for training. 4 sessions per year

2 training events

25 total attendance

17 vol training events

122 total attendance

19th November – Inspiring Landscapes – Nature Craft Workshop – 15 volunteers attended

o Plan to run again February 5th for volunteers who were unable to attend. Feedback from some attendees is attached separately.

27th November – Dark Skies training event – 9 volunteers attended There was also informal training for volunteers with the Volunteer Co-ordinator.

Launch Heritage theme memory challenge

One theme every two months, 10 new responses on

3 themes

23 responses

8 themes

306responses

During this quarter the ‘Your Exmoor’ section has launched the themes of: Living Woodlands (no specific responses) Exmoor Christmas & New Year (23 responses, plus magnetic poems that were ever-

changing and so not recorded). This theme in particular was accompanied by regular tweets to share archived images of Exmoor in winter, which received considerable online interest, comments and reminiscence.

During each theme we have held special celebration events to encourage people to share

3

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



average experiences around each theme (see Your Exmoor Heritage Activity Day Workshops below)

NB Year one figures are not included in the whole project tally. Delivery of heritage challenges with community youth groups

6 weekly sessions (1 day/ week) with 12 young people Create a temp exhibition documenting their activities and experiences

1 3 The October half term film week Youth Challenge was a fantastic success. Working with Somerset Film, 13 Young People stayed at the National Trust Bunkhouse near Lynton and were set the challenge of restoring a section of coastal heathland overtaken by woodland. Not only that, they filmed themselves in the process! The Pavilion Project leant several cameras to the team and paid for a day’s tuition with lead film-maker from Somerset Film and a morning presentation by a wildlife film cameraman. Somerset Film accompanied the Young People throughout the week and led them through an afternoon of film editing. They were shown a rough cut of their film on the final day and 4 lovely pieces of film were edited by Somerset Film after the week-long workshop and are available on YouTube. An exhibition of the challenge will be displayed via selected stills within National Park Centre Lynmouth in the Spring.

Temporary exhibition – e.g. Louisa Lifeboat

2000 viewings

1

100 viewings

2

3000 viewings

The Silvermines Youth Project created a new travelling exhibition about Combe Martin Silvermines, funded through the Project. This exhibition went on to be installed permanently at the Combe Martin Silver Mines site in their new micro-museum and at an open day on August 16th there were >100 people at the event. There were lots of positive comments

4

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



about the day including a number of people who said 'I've lived in the village for years but I've never been up here [to the mine] before'.

Temporary exhibition with West Exmoor Federation (of Year 1 work)

1 exhibition130 school children taking part in exhibition and 1000 visits

3 small exhibitions

Currently in the exhibition calendar to be displayed in May 2016, and to cover their seashore safaris, sculpture workshop, light drawing work as part of the National Big Draw campaign, their Viking re-enactment on Countisbury Hill as well as their woodland work this year. A small exhibition has been on display within Lynton Primary School for the last six months.

Family Fun day with West Exmoor Federation

1 day (not annual)300 people 8 seaside safaris, sea

2 events

175 people attending

No more delivered this quarter

5

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



shanty show

Recruitment and training of year 2 volunteer heritage placements

2 x6 week placements

0 1

Heritage Placement

8 work experience placements

Considerable work has taken place this quarter to recruit specific Heritage Placements from further afield. Four formal ‘Heritage Placement Opportunities’ have been extensively advertised:

Research and Interpretation (to include History of Tourism resource-development) Event Assistant (to organise the June Victorian Week) Website Assistant (to make sure all Project material is available via the Project

webpage) Oral History (editing the many hours of sound recordings to share with the public)

They have been listed on specific Heritage job sites online, particularly Leicester Museums Job Board, Wider Exmoor Job Centres, via DEVA (Devon Voluntary Action), Volunteer Connect Devon, ENPA website, general social media, posters and via a Press Release, as well as targeted to Mosaic Young Champions. Closing dates are staggered around the end of January and beginning of February.

In addition, we expect a work experience student in March for a few days.

Temporary exhibitions – Year 2

2

30 people taking part in

11

Exhibitions

11430

53

exhibitions

48480 people

7 exhibitions have been displayed during this quarter:

o The WW1 community exhibition moved to St John’s Church Lynmouth at the beginning of April and will remain there until further notice (estimated 500 viewings

6

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



creating exhibitions and 2000 visits

people viewing

viewing this quarter)o The special banner exhibition setting out how Lynton & Lynmouth were self-

sufficient has continued to be displayed within the National Park Centre in Lynmouth, forming a linked display with the Lyn & Exmoor Museum

o The Exmoor Woodlands banner exhibition moved to Dunster National Park Centre and has been displayed there throughout the whole of this quarter

o October: Ange Hardy’s exhibition detailing her ‘Along the Coleridge Way’ folk music and tour was on display for the entire month, providing a back-drop to close her tour (which took her to many small villages along the Coleridge Way throughout the month) in a grand finale and evening event

o November: Helen Blundell, producing huge splashy art pieces inspired by the words and paintings of Hope Bourne, held a warm-hearted exhibition through November

o December: Exmoor Arts displayed work inspired by Exmoor’s varied landscapeso The 12 Winners of the South West Coast Path photographic exhibition have been

beautifully displayed on canvas within Dunster National Park Centre during this quarter

An estimated 8000 people viewed these exhibitions.

Testing of the mobile App

100 people to trial the app

50 downloads from Google Play (itunes data to

No further activity has occurred this quarter. The App will be promoted during the next quarter.

2 x 5 star ratings given on Google Play!

7

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



follow)

Your Exmoor heritage activity day workshops

Target to deliver 14 workshops for year 2 themes; 14 new activities designed;10 people per workshop average;100 creative response

7 events

324 people attended

46 on average per event

51 events

1529 people attended

30 on average per event

3900 poetry responses (from poetry box project alone)

There were 5 events in this category this quarter:

o During the October half term, the Project Team ran a special ‘dress the holidaymakers’ heritage activity event at the Big Adventure Day at Webbers Post. Children could choose an outfit from different periods of tourism to Exmoor and colour it in, adding it to their cut-out Adam or Eve figurine who were enjoying the Exmoor bluebell woods. About 250 people engaged with this activity. We also used the event to launch our ‘Holidays Past’ project, and several visitors wrote their memories of holidays to Exmoor in our special book.

o Your Exmoor – Living Woodlands: celebrating all that lives in Exmoor’s woodlands we turned the National Park Centre into a virtual woodland, hiding all sorts of Exmoor’s creatures around the Centre for families to find using several quizzes, imagining they were spotting wildlife within a wood. 30 families enjoyed these activities.

o Watercolour Workshop – run by Exmoor Arts, 7 people joined in with this event, lerning how to turn their favourite Exmoor landscape into a professional-looking watercolour worthy of framing.

o As part of the Christmas Fair held within the Pavilion, the Project ran a heritage Christmas Card Competition, based around heritage scenes of winters past. Fifteen lovely entries were made and submitted during the day and people learned a little about the winters on Exmoor and the Project’s archive of photos.

o In-keeping with our new series of events ‘Touching on Tradition’, the Project ran a

8

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



s to the heritage generated in year 2;

wreath-making workshop in the run up to Christmas, making use of sustainably harvested winter greenery from Exmoor’s woods. 9 people came along to enjoy this traditional activity.

The Project commissioned a Heritage Workshop Facilitator to develop 10 bespoke, self-contained new workshops which volunteers were trained to deliver into the future. Eighteen volunteers attended the training session and the activities are now available on a loan-box scheme to all visitor centres across Exmoor. To store the kits, the Project has invested in some permanent shelving now in situ in the Project Office.

311 people attended – 62 per event

Family learning days 8 family days

1 event


32 events


No further events were run during this quarter

We are delighted that the Exmoor Wood Festival (our grand finale to year 2 activities) will be picked up by ENPA and their Woodland Trust Project Officer for repetition in Autumn 2016.

Taster sessions for new audiences

8 per year (more on request)

40 people visiting

Productio

0 20 sessions


No additional taster sessions were run during this quarter (ideally 4 sessions to be offered before the close of the Project)

9

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



n of 12 pieces of content

Visitor days 12 visitor activity days ; Advertised by 20 local businesses

12 events

194 people attended

7 businesses involved

55 events

793 people attended

25 businesses involved

10 events were organised this quarter linked to 3 local businesses/organisations, to which 194 people came:

Umber Music continued to hold their Moor Music sessions, celebrating the music and song of Exmoor. They branched out to incorporate other venues through 2015 and encouraged publicans to contribute towards their performance fee in a few cases. During this quarter they ran sessions at the Village Inn (Lynmouth), White Horse (Exford), Bottom Ship (Porlock). They received the following feedback from their sessions:

“Just wanted to say how much we enjoyed the Moor Music session last night. It was a lovely atmosphere and some great songs which were new to us.” Lisa Eden, Allerford

“The best folk night we’ve had for a very long time.” Unknown attendee, Minehead

"It was lovely to hear proper folk music sung live in the village that I grew up in. When a local chap asked if anyone knew the Exmoor Hunt song, it was very impressive that Tom could sing it straight from memory." Alec Hay, Creech St. Michael, Taunton

10

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



“I like the unusual selection of instruments.’ Unknown pub customer, Porlock Weir

“I can’t help dancing to the music!” Unknown pub customer, Porlock Weir

“I don’t want to say this out loud, I really don’t want to share this with any ‘moor people’. Something as special as this needs to be protected, nourished and cherished, not shared or promoted as a wonderful inclusive evening of music, singing, story telling, poetry and good ale. Have you ever sat in the Poltimore Arms and watched a gathering of individuals combine their shared commitment and exceptional range of talent to conjure out of their understanding of tradition and wild environment an atmosphere so special and intense that the history and future of the ‘moor’ lives within that space…? I have! Why would I want to share that? Simply because everyone should at least have the opportunity.” Review: David Woodbury, West Challacombe

Glorious Glass stained glass workshops continue to be popular, with 10 people coming to two events this quarter

Village shows, run by Umber Music, ran throughout this quarter as well, taking local traditional song and music out into the local community around Exmoor. They delivered a show at Winsford – An Exmoor Garland (October 17th: attendance 26).

Somerset Film ran the week long Film Challenge with the National Trust Young People, already reported on above.

Deliver Local Interpreter

4 sessions per year

3 new local heritage

9 Local Heritage Interpreters

26th November – Meeting to plan dates for Porlock Walks and further walking routes for

11

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



sessions to develop 20 local heritage champions, tour guides and walk leaders.

interpreters to be trained

trained, now leading guided walks

5 specific sessions training sessions (3 Walk Leader, 1 Heritage Interpretation, 1 shoreline-guide)

volunteers. Attended by 3 volunteers.

9th December – Meeting for new walks group being set up in Dunster. Attended by 3 volunteers. 19th January – will follow an existing walk leader as part of their training. Also planned is first aid training on Feb 25/26th for new and existing walks volunteers.

Dark Skies Training on 27th November reported on above. Investigating how the role of “dark skies champion” will be managed.

Delivery of rolling programme of heritage workshops for West Exmoor Federation

Fortnightly Exmoor heritage sessions Primary school children (approx 130) to attend at least one session

5 schools

750 children

2 field trips

1 Viking/Anglo Saxon costume and battle day, attended by 53 children

1 amazing in-situ re-enactment of Hubba the Dane attacking Countisbury Hill, fully costumed and scripted

No school activity took place this quarter. It was hoped that the Top Trunks would be ready to produce but sadly the lead teacher on this project has been signed off long term sick and no other individual at the school is able to complete this work in his absence.

Combe Martin Sea School produced some lovely work – a guide to the Exmoor shore, by children, for children. This is now with the designer for production during the next quarter, aiming for a small booklet available along the whole coast with an initial print run of 1500.

During this quarter Project staff met with the Exmoor Centre to discuss Year 3 support for their Summer educational Programme. We have asked them to develop 4 sessions under the banner ‘taster sessions for new audiences’ and so this will not be covered under the school programme for year 3.

12

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



over the year.

1304 school children engaged in total since project start

2 mini-films

1 slideshow

3 temporary exhibitions

Heritage Open Day Events (1 per year; need to catch-up on undelivered Year 1 event)

500 people attending over the weekend;

1 None delivered this quarter.

Heritage AV production with College students

1 audio-visual production.

18 short films 7 woodland-related individuals interviewed on camera have been released as short films, one per week, via Twitter and Facebook under #WoodlandWednesday during this quarter. They now sit on YouTube as an online educational resource.

We are excited to shortly be receiving the final of:

a film to show ‘Old Lynmouth’ before the flood using old B&W images with special 3D software.

13

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



Exmoor’s oldest tree, The General, is being filmed through the year, showing ‘A Year in the Life of the General’, including drone footage and a crane to reach the uppermost branches. This film will then be taken around to 4 local schools by the film maker to engage the children in the filming process as well as the heritage of the tree.

Porlock Community Orchard expressed interest in the orchard being documented through the year and the film of that is now near completion. It includes film of the beehives and interviews with key characters related to the orchard’s development. Most recently their wassail was filmed to be included.

During the woodland adventure days we interviewed members of the public to ask them what they love most about Exmoor’s woodlands. This piece has been finalised and is to be released shortly online.

We continue to work with the Culbone community to develop a film about the ancient Culbone stone and church. A filming programme has been developed for completion during the next quarter.

North Devon Schools and College Challenge (landscape photography competition.)

250 entries ; a successful dynamic poster

5 competition

42 entries

9 competitions

324 entries

During this quarter the Project ran the following 4 competitions, receiving 37 entries:

Exmoor in Winter Photography Competition (to close in March 2016) Exmoor Story Competition (open to all, deadline of mid December, 10 entries

received, all of a very high standard) Exmoor Show (12 entries received for Your Favourite Exmoor Wildlife, designed and

represented within a 1 foot square)

14

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



Design a Christmas Card competition, (15 entries completed during the event, based on Exmoor Winters Gone-By)

Community events for Exmoor residents

3 each year ; 20 people attending on average per event;

1 event

21 people attended

7 events

238 people attended

No additional activities were organised for delivery this quarter. Ideally one more to deliver.

The Project is drawing up plans to establish the popular ‘The Way We Used To Be’ reminiscence sessions in Porlock, Dunster, Combe Martin and Dulverton over the next few months, based on the template begun in Lynton and Lynmouth.

Deliver 8 Education days

schools across wider Exmoor

1 online resource now launched

33 education sessions

613 children

Three sound recording workshops have been delivered this quarter linked to the Exmoor Seasons sound pieces recorded by Martin Prothero. These will be reported on once all school visits have been completed, later in the next quarter.

Other work with schools is due later in the Project:

Riddle workshops linked to the Exmoor Icon Campaign Filmmaking workshops linked to the filming of The General Design and printing workshop following on from the shore research and design work

done by Combe Martin Sea School, where children will learn how their work will become a printed leaflet (see above as well)

Deliver 2 Educator days/ mini-conference

2 days in year 2

6 educator events The Exmoor Shoreguide has now been printed and is being circulated to visitor information points along the coast of Exmoor.

15

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



30 educators overall

One of the Heritage Placements is to develop a Victorian themed education resource, hopefully in place during the next quarter

Deliver local business information days

2

10 local businesses attending

6 business information days

175 people attended (average of 29 people per event)

Scheduled for Spring 2016, in conjunction with Exmoor Tourism and ENPA, although initial target for the Project has already been met.

Mystery heritage trail (geocache) – from year 1

1 1

40 trails completed

3.5 Working with the Mosaic Young Champions the Project is supporting their creation of 9 new Exmoor-focused geocaches, to be developed further during the next quarter

Iconic heritage campaign -from year 1

Target 1000 votes ; 10 distinct heritage items selected; Exhibited

0 We are working with Chris Jelley, from Storywalks, who is researching the feasibility of mown labyrinths depicting the Exmoor Stag, in several locations across Exmoor. Each stag will contain a riddle developed by local school children. Chris aims to attract additional funding to support this ambitious project:

The proposal is to create a series of grass labyrinths across Exmoor with support from The Lynmouth Pavilion Project and engage with each host community. Each labyrinth will be in the shape of a stag and the trail through the grass path will pass nodes where slate slabs are laid into the ground - level with the trail. Eight of the slates will have a single riddle etched

16

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally –

Year 3



July 2014 on each created by the host community and based around nature and Exmoor features.

The centre of the labyrinth will have a single slate on the stag’s eye which has the answers to the riddles as well as National Park logo. The first slate will give instruction as to the project, those involved and again logo’s as required by the funders.

The grass path is proposed to be trimmed regularly by Mr Jelley across the summer to become established after which it is proposed that if the community are happy, then the strimming maintenance would be taken on by the community. There are 10 slates proposed (8 riddles, one start point and one finish) to be installed which would be permanent, though they would be laid flush to allow a mower to pass across without incident. If the labyrinth were left unmaintained then the labyrinth would simply grow out, though the slate riddles would still remain. Note - In the future the process of cutting ready for a village event would be quite simple and the shape of the path could then be changed as the operator desires.

17

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015

Additional Outputs

Not included within the Action Plan above are additional outputs which are recorded in the Outputs spreadsheet, namely:


Tally – Year 2

Tally Year 3

Tally Whole Project

Status

Audio-visual productions 3 overall

30 7 52 7 additional woodland films completed and released online this quarter

The 20 audio recordings capturing local voices talking about different aspects of Exmoor’s heritage have been uploaded to the Mobile App and geolocated.

Digital ‘stories’ – responses to Exmoor as part of the Your Exmoor Project (young person’s, children’s, family and visitor content)

100 124 We have launched the ‘Postcards, Paddlesteamers and Holidays Past’ project which is recording the memories of repeat visitors. 15 special Holidays Past packs have been distributed to tourism operators across Exmoor who are all taking part in recording the memories of their visitors. There’s been considerable interest in this aspect of the project within the press.

Abbie and Louise have received audio editing training during this quarter

Outreach No specific target

Meetings this quarter with:

Combe Martin Sea School National Trust ENPA Woodlands Team Mosaic Young Champions Devon Wildlife Trust / Shoresearch

18

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally – Year 2

Tally Year 3

Tally Whole Project

Status

South West Coast Path Association Exmoor Arts Two Moors Threatened Butterfly Project Lynton & Lynmouth Town Council Porlock Community Orchard Exmoor Centre Moorland Mousie Trust ArtEcom Somerset Film Rosie Eddisford (Literary Festival) Natural History Museum Firethought ENPA Partnership Fund

Launch and Celebration events No specific target

6 events271 people

None this quarter

Children involved/represented/engaged through Project activities

No specific target

2836 1836 6971 730 this quarter

Total members of the public involved/engaged through Project

No specific

31976 12828 59537 8651 this quarter

19

ACTIVITY REPORT

Oct - Dec 2015


Tally – Year 2

Tally Year 3

Tally Whole Project

Status

activities target

Summary

A great launch into Year 3: History of Tourism with the following highlights for Project staff:

Surprising degree of interest from the public, visitors and local businesses about our memory recording project ‘Holidays Past’! A very solid Facebook and Twitter campaign to generate interest in our heritage images. We’re delighted to have connected a family now living in

Australia to their ancestral heritage here on Exmoor! Excitement at being joined by Heritage Placements (we hope) in response to our vigorous online hunt for interested volunteers A wonderful new information leaflet summarising Exmoor’s shorelife Increased support from volunteers and ENPA staff in taking up the baton of arranging competitions and events within the Pavilion with a view to

handing-over at the close of the Project

20

€¦ · Web viewA vast array of the interpretative outputs from the Project are publicly...

Documents

Transcript of €¦ · Web viewA vast array of the interpretative outputs from the Project are publicly...