Moretonhampstead Water Meadow
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The Pitch
Focus Areas
Delivery plan
Budget breakdown
| Access gate (installation of gate into existing fenced area and cost of additional posts and wire strainers) with labour supplied by Trust's 'Men in Sheds' project. | £495 |
| Interpretation and information board - design, print and installation | £450 |
| Picnic Table - cost of materials only as labour provided by Trust's 'Men in Sheds' project | £300 |
| Training and materials for school and youth club trips | £200 |
| Youth Worker/ Trust time preparing and running 6 school and youth club trips to site @ £15/hour. Prep time with one staff 9 hrs and trips with two staff 6 x (1.5 x 2) hrs = 27 hrs total | £405 |
Beneficiaries
1,500 people
Who will benefit
Expected impact
The Water Meadow will directly impact on at least 1500 within 6 months but indirectly the number will be far greater as residents and visitors to the Wray Valley multiuse trail (which is well established as a tourist trail) read the information boards which will detail the importance of water meadows and the role they play in sequestering carbon, providing biodiverse environments, holding water and preventing flooding and helping stem pollution.1) School and youth trips - 6 x 20 = 120 children will learn about the importance of water meadows. Outcome - carbon awareness raised 2) Summer picnic events run by Trust - information materials shared and community cohesion around a shared project as people are invited to volunteer through the trust to look after and help measure and assess the site Outcome - carbon awareness raised and community cohesion3) Information board - Outcome - carbon awareness raised and new volunteers join team4) Water meadow now protected for all
Track record
In 2012 MDT were asset transferred the old school building from Devon County Council. The school was converted and Green Hill Arts, Youth and Heritage Centre, which includes Dartmoor leading art gallery and shop, the Yard youth centre and local heritage archives, was opened. The building, run by MDT, is an open access, public space. There is a gallery space for the exhibition program of national artists, a central circulation area is an exhibition space for local artists and historical displays, a Community Archive room run by the History Society, offices for small businesses, and studios to support local artists. Wellmoor is the health and wellbeing arm of Moretonhampstead Development Trust and aims to empower whole community well-being by pioneering innovative projects to respond to the needs of local people, such as the community allotment and the digital befriending scheme.