NEWS & PROJECTS
Bittern Countryside Community Interest Company supports the Arnside and Silverdale AONB Partnership
and the Landscape Trust
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News
Our 2024 AGM was held on Friday 26th April. Full details are given in the draft minutes on the reports page.
Our new Chair is Caroline Howard and our new finance director is Ann Kitchen. Thanks were given to Ray Anslow for all the work he has done over the past 3 years who has now retired as a Director. A new Project was announced to continue the work done with our Sustainable Schools Programme. It will focus on working with the National Landscape team and our local schools and community organisations with an emphasis on Climate and Wildlife.
The AGM was followed by a talk on "How the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme works in our area by Lucy Barron and Caroline Howard.
At our 2023 AGM it was agreed that we would assist the AONB Partnership in producing and carrying out their new Nature Recovery Strategy. The first action is to work with the Arnside Natural History Society and others in producing a database of landscape types and plant species in the area that we can monitor over 5 years so we can assess how the strategy is working .
Our Fact Sheet 5 on Heat Pumps has been updated and the new version is available on the web site.
Our new Company Secretary is Ken Kitchen who is replacing Mike Smith. Our thanks go to Mike for all the work he has done over the years. Mike has also retired as a Director. This means we have vacancies for a Director. If you have some spare time and want to know more about the role please let us know.
The AONB unit and the BCCIC have got funding for their Bittern Sustainable Schools Programme. They will work in partnership with the primary schools in the AONB. More info will shortly be available and there will be a talk at the 2022 AGM.
Click for our partners' websites at the National Landscape Partnership or The Landscape Trust