Cotswolds Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty

New Rural Skills and Crafts courses are open for participants! We have Meadow plant identification and Weaving in the Woods available with reduced fees, as we would really like to trial these courses and keep developing our Rural Skills programme. Just follow this link, then select the option from the drop-down menu, for more information and to book places.https://www.cotswoldsruralskills.o rg.uk/events/

What a beautiful way to enjoy the amazing weather next weekend! Remember your hats, suncream, and water - and then get out and about on this free wildflower walk to find out all about our precious grasslands in the Cotswolds. BBC Gloucestershire @GlosNatSoc

We've just released our Annual Review for 2018/19 - lots of good things achieved last year! Read the full review here: https://bit.ly/2ISSMeU

ThereŌĆÖs still time to get applications in for our Chief Executive vacancy....closing date is this Friday 28th June. Update those CVs and get your covering letters submitted!

Our Rural Skills programme is looking for locations to run placements for Stepping Stones candidates. These placements involve a newly qualified waller restoring 10 metres of dry stone wall, to develop their experience and provide them with the beginnings of a work portfolio. More information is available via the link provided. Please respond to this post or email ruralskills@cotswoldsaonb.org.uk if you would be interesting in hosting these placements, and the Rural Skills Officer will be in touch. https://www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk/Ō Ć”/stepping-stones-ŌĆ”/

Introducing the Lords of the Manor Hotel in Upper Slaughter and a new partnership for our Rural Skills programme! We're starting with our scything course on a beautiful meadow in the hotel grounds, which provides a fantastic location to learn this particular skill. Just follow the link for more information and to book a place. https://www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk/Ō Ć”/introduction-to-sŌĆ”

Some absolutely beautiful work in this exhibition- and brilliantly curated - well worth a trip to Painswick!

Have you heard? There's a new walking festival coming up in the region this September. Find out all you need to know here: https://stonehousewalkfest.wixsite.com/wa lkstonehouse

Fantastic morning yesterday with the Disabled Ramblers, opening the new 8 mile all-terrain mobility vehicle route around Winchcombe. This project has taken many, many hours of collaborative work between the Cotswold Voluntary Wardens, the Disabled Ramblers group, the staff and estates team at Sudeley Castle, local landowners, and Gloucestershire Highways. A fantastic to way to open up exploring the countryside to more people. Thanks to Chris Sandys from BBC Gloucestershire for joining us and helping spread the word about the project!

Reminder... applications for our Chief Executive vacancy close on 28th June! https://www.berwickpartners.co.uk/opportu nitiŌĆ”/assignment/ŌĆ”/

Introducing Weaving in the Woods as a new course for our Rural Skills programme. This course is taught by Rebecca Connolly, who runs her own weaving studio and takes place at Ullen Wood in Gloucestershire, with its mature beech trees interspersed with silver birch, ash, oak and diverse woodland flora, to make an inspiring setting! https://www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk/Ō Ć”/weaving-in-the-woŌĆ”

For anyone looking to celebrate the start of summer, we've recently launched a new course in meadows and grasslands plant identification! Course is suitable for complete beginners, and hosted at a farm with a fantastic record of interesting plant species. Just follow the link for more information, and to book places: https://www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk/Ō Ć”/grasslands-and-meŌĆ”

We're recruiting! We're looking for a Chief Executive to take the helm after our current director, Martin Lane, retires this summer. Apply here: https://www.berwickpartners.co.uk/opportu nitiŌĆ”/assignment/ŌĆ”/

What a lovely day to get outside and enjoy being in our national parks and AONBs!

Call for Project Grant Applications in the vicinity of pylon lines ZF3 (Upper Coberley to Cirencester) and 4TE1 (Upper Coberley to Eastington)
Following a successful call for projects for the National Grid Landscape Enhancement Initiative earlier this year, the Board is issuing a further call, this time for pylon lines ZF3 which runs between Coberley and Eastington & 4TE1 which runs between Coberley and Cirencester
This ┬Ż24 million grant scheme offers awards of up to ┬Ż200,000...
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