Transcript OWLP PP Presentation May 2014_for blog

Ouse Washes: The Heart of the Fens
Landscape Partnership scheme
(OWLP)
Image: Kite Aerial Photography by Bill Blake Heritage Documentation
OWLP: The area we cover
Left: 5 Districts
covered by
scheme
Right:
Topography
Images by
Sheils Flynn,
for OWLP
OWLP: The area’s multiple layers of heritage
Images: Bill Blake Heritage Documentation; Cambridgeshire ACRE;
Cambridgeshire Archives; Valence House Museum; Pete Johnstone;
flickriver.com; Norfolk Our World Ltd; RSPB
OWLP: The area’s multiple layers of heritage
Engineering History
Natural Assets
Historic Assets
Cultural Heritage
Images: Bill Blake Heritage Documentation; Cambridgeshire ACRE;
Cambridgeshire Archives; Valence House Museum; Pete Johnstone;
flickriver.com; Norfolk Our World Ltd; RSPB
What makes the OWLP area special?
Word cloud,
showing what
makes this
area distinct
and special
About Landscape Partnership schemes
• Overarching aim: to provide grants for the
conservation and enjoyment of areas of
distinctive landscape character throughout UK
Image: Patricia Kreyer
About Landscape Partnership schemes
• Partnership working: local, regional and national
organisations with a range of interests in the area
• Portfolio of projects, each delivering multiple
benefits
Images: Norfolk Our World Ltd; The Field Theatre Group Littleport;
Google images
About Landscape Partnership schemes
• Delivery across all 4 HLF Programmes
Conservation
Training
25
Projects
Access & Learning
Community
Participation
OWLP scheme: 26 Key Partners [+ Wider Forum]
Rosmini Centre
Diocese of Ely
Fen Skating
Association
Manea & Welney District
Drainage Commissioners
Cambridge Archaeological Unit
Fen Museum Partnership
Mike Petty
Cambridgeshire Association for Local History
OWLP: Where we are
2011/2012:
stage 1 bid
2013:
Project
Development
March 2014:
Stage 2 bid
granted
April 2014 –
March 2017:
Delivery
OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs
Key needs/issues identified:
• Divided management
• Lack of Tourism Promotion
• Low levels of Engagement
“A Mapp of ye Great Levell of ye Fenns extending into ye countyes of
Northampton, Norfolk, Suffolke, Lyncolne, Cambridge and Huntingdon and
the Isle of Ely as it is now drained.’ By Jonas Moore. Plan of the Bedford
Level showing the principal drainage channels built by the Bedford
Corporation and the location of Adventurers’ land [c. 1700]. Courtesy of
Wisbech and Fenland Museum (© Cambridgeshire Archives).
OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs
• Divided management
Strengthen Partnership Working - across all land
use interests
Agriculture
Water
Management
OWLP
Landscape
Community &
Recreation
Conservation
OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs
• Divided management
Strengthen Partnership Working – liaise with
related partnership
initiatives
Fens for the Future Partnership &
Great Ouse Wetland Vision.
Image by Sheils Flynn, for OWLP
OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs
• Divided management
• Lack of Tourism Promotion
Promote Area as a Visitor Destination
Image: Kite Aerial
Photography by Bill Blake
Heritage Documentation
OWLP: Addressing the area’s needs
• Divided management
• Lack of Tourism Promotion
• Low levels of Engagement
Leave a legacy of community engagement
OWLP scheme: Our Target Audiences
People who
are
uninspired
by the
landscape
Incomers and
new
communities
Farmers
and land
owners
Deprived
communities
Heritage
supporters
Young
people
and
families
&
Migrant
communities
Visitors
OWLP scheme: Our Themes
Water Everywhere
• Water defines the Ouse Washes
landscape
Hidden heritage
• The heritage of the Ouse Washes
landscape is largely unknown or ‘hidden’
Migration stories
• Movement and migration are key
elements of the landscape
Famed Figures
• The landscape is full of fascinating stories
about real and imaginary people
Future Heritage
• The future of the landscape is uncertain,
with increasing demands on its resources
OWLP scheme: The partnership’s 25 Projects
Great Ouse Wetland Engagement
Species Identification
& Monitoring
Community
Warden
Scheme
Barn Owl Recovery
Ditch Management to the
East of the Ouse Washes
Image by Sheils Flynn, for OWLP
Wildlife Friendly
Farming in the Fens
Giving Nature a Home
at Fen Drayton Lakes
OWLP scheme: The partnership’s 25 Projects
Ouse Washes
Community
Archaeology
Ouse
Community
Murals
Improvements to
Denver Sluice
Hidden Story Trails
Complex
Fen Folk, Legends
and Heroes
Manea Community
Conservation Project
Wind, Steam and
Diesel for the Ouse
Washes
Image by Sheils Flynn, for OWLP
Tales of Water,
Wildfowl and
Water
Migrant Links
Skating around the Fens
Community Kite
Aerial
Photography
OWLP scheme: The partnership’s 25 Projects
Ouse Washes Festival
Fortnight
Opening up the Ouse
Washes to All
Managing the Ouse
Washes in the Future
Ouse Washes
Annual Conference
Ouse Washes
Tourism Promotion
Community
Heritage Fund –
Small Grants
Image by Sheils Flynn, for OWLP
Ouse Washes
Volunteer Training &
Marketplace
Find out more:
Blog: http://ousewasheslps.wordpress.com/
@ousewasheslp
Dedicated OWLP website: July 2014
Or contact the OWLP Programme Manager:
[email protected]
Tel 01353 865030