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Launch of the Brecks Breaking New Ground website


Friday 26 September, 2014


The Breaking New Ground team - which includes Norfolk and Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Norfolk County Council and UEA among many others - are pleased to announce the launch of their project website.
 
www.breakingnewground.org.uk

The website is a one-stop hub for all 37 projects to be delivered through the Breaking New Ground (BNG) scheme. From the restoration of pingo ponds and wildlife recording, to enchanted forest and craft skills events, it’s going to be a busy three years in the Brecks!
 
Visitors to the website will find a wealth of information, regular news items and useful links, as well as competitions, stunning images, and plenty of ways to get involved. Why not learn something exciting and new on one of many ‘have-a-go activities, courses or day-schools; come to our exciting events; or get ‘stuck in’ with a choice of volunteering opportunities? The website will also feature video-clips, downloadable resources and trails, links to research data and augmented reality apps, all celebrating the history and natural riches of the Brecks.

We invite people to visit it, like it, link to it and help spread the word about BNG and the beautiful Brecks.


Loving Living Landscapes

Living Landscapes are where people and nature come together. Breaking New Ground is a Heritage Lottery Funded Landscape Partnership Project, focusing on a 253km2 area in the heart of the Brecks. Over the next three years, in partnership with a wide range of organisations, the scheme will deliver over 37 landscape and heritage based projects, including a grant scheme for new ideas. The aim is to engage with local communities to tell the story of the Brecks and celebrate its unique social history, landscape character and the myriad of rare and unusual specialist wildlife.  

The partnership is made up of regional, national and local organisations with an interest in the area, community groups and members of the community and includes:

Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Sufolk Wildlife Trust, Suffolk County Council, Norfolk County Council, Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury District Councils, RSPB, Natural England, English Heritage, Forestry Commission, University of East Anglia, The Breckland Society, Farm Conservation, Iceni botanic Artists, Green Light Trust, Plantlife, Norfolk Geodiversity Partnership, Orchard Barn Environmental Education CIC, Ancient House Museum and West Stow Anglo Saxon Village.

The £2.2million scheme comprises just under £1.5million from the HLF, with the remainder contributed by the partner organisations and volunteer input.
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