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ISSUE TWO OCTOBER 2000 |
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Contents
News in brief Common Land & Commoners Rights Volunteer Opportunities Gardiner's Quarry Path |
HELLO AGAIN!
Welcome again and thanks to everyone who commented on the professional style of the first issue! I believe that it's important to value the work of the volunteers, so why should we deserve anything less? By now those who came to the Volunteers Picnic will know me as the one who fell at the start of the Hills challenge!!! And I only had half a glass of cider (honest!) I'm interested in sharing knowledge - something Nicky mentioned in the first issue - so I am looking to everyone to contribute their knowledge to share via the newsletters - Volunteers, Staff and Committee members alike. It can be on anything, pictures etc welcome - as you can see from the splendid picture in this issue taken by Nicky! More please!!! Georgina Horton, Newsletter Editor |
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NEWS IN BRIEF Heritage Lottery Bid - The first stage has been successfully completed! Now we are awaiting recommendations for the second stage of the process. Fingers Crossed! Dog Bins - There are now dog waste bins at North Quarry and British Camp. Plans are underway to have extra bins put in depending on how well these two are used. New Post of Senior Warden - Simon Burnham-Slipper has been recently appointed in this brand new position that will involve taking over role as Volunteer Co-ordinator, amongst other responsibilities. He will join us on the 16th October, and is currently a countryside ranger with the West Sussex County Council. Nicky will not be losing contact with us completely as she will still be responsible for the Volunteer Conservation Days. Teachers Pack - Our AONB Officer has produced a teacher's pack, which is free of charge to schools within the Malvern Hills AONB area and for sale to schools outside the area. It seems to have been a success at the training day with 22 teachers in attendance. |
| COMMON LAND & COMMONERS RIGHTS The majority of the conservators land is common land. The exceptions are fields such as Lodge field, the fields off Brockhill land and Woodford's meadow. The commons arose out of the old hunting forest known as Malvern Chase. All the Hill land is common and although most of this is now owned by the MHC, there are other sizeable areas that are owned by the large estates such as Eastnor, Little Malvern Estate, and Bromsberrow. The owner holds the land subject to certain rights of commoners and on the land that comes under the jurisdiction of the MHC subject to the Malvern Hills Act. We are subject to other legislation, such as the Town and Country Planning Act, Highways Acts and subject to designations such as SSSI and SAMs. In practice the rights of the owner are:
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| Volunteer Opportunities -What else can Volunteers get involved with? According to Ian Rowat, another way that Volunteers can be involved in the work of the MHC is by gaining car park revenue. The Malvern Hills Conservators are funded from Precepts from certain Malvern Parishes, and from the revenue in the car parks. If we can increase the car park revenue then we can put the money back into supporting the Volunteers. Does anyone live near a car park and can help out here? Contact either Ian or Nicky if you can. |
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A Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - An Overview Did you know that the Malvern Hills was once described as the "Switzerland of Britain"? Because the Malvern Hills is a nationally important landscape, in 1959 the area was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). As a consequence three key objectives were drawn up. They are: 1) To conserve and enhance the landscape character and heritage of the area, 2) To take account of the social and economic needs of the local communities, and, 3) To meet the needs of recreation only in so far as it is consistent with the two objectives above. The Malvern Hills AONB partnership (of which MHC is a member) are orchestrating the strategy, which has involved community and industry consultations. The strategy will focus on developing partnerships between key stakeholders, i.e. the private, public and voluntary sectors, visitors, industry, community and environmental organisations etc. There are seven key issues highlighted to tackle; Protecting and Enhancing the Landscape of the AONB; Harnessing the Economic Benefits from Tourism; Providing Positive Measures for Localised Visitor Management; Ensuring a Better Quality of Life for Local Communities; Achieving a Distinctive, Competitive, Accessible and Sustainable Tourism Industry; Ensuring that Visitors Receive the Most Benefit From their Stay; and Establishing a Common Vision and Objectives to Which Everyone Can Subscribe. |
| Issue Number | Issue Index |
| Newsletter ONE August 2000 |
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| Newsletter TWO October 2000 |
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| Newsletter THREE December 2000 |
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