to deliver project activities. 8 x 16-25 year olds 21 under 25s 26 active vols 5.5 skilled 1.5 professional Delivered by 31 volunteers Regular heritage talk, walk, tour programme with local societies around the theme of Exmoor’s Inspiring Landscapes (woodlands) 24 walks, talks, tours, trails 15 185 people attended 81 1850 people attended 3 talks were organised during this quarter under the banner of ‘Evenings@thePavilion’ related to our theme of ‘Exmoor Tourism’: “Off the rails” by Martyn Snell of the West Somerset Railway, recounting the colourful history of the steam railway’s arrival to Exmoor “West Country Farm & Food Tours” by Shaun Bryant, sharing samples of locally produced pork sausages as he and guest farmer, Pam, explained about the new and popular tour-guide concept showing how meat is reared and enabling visitors to buy direct from the farm “Tails & Verse from over The Hill”, linking new prose, verse and quirky country-style illustrations with visitors’ experiences of Exmoor (especially Porlock Hill!) by author Miles Robertson One guided walk took place this quarter, led by Project Volunteer Walk Leader Elaine Drewe (enjoyed by 9 people)
In total, 25 people attended these events. Training for volunteers 15 days of expert time for training. 4 sessions per year 6 training events 34 total attendance 21 vol training events 131 total attendance 25th January – Scanner Training – Attended by 1 Volunteer 5th February Inspiring Landscapes – Nature Craft Workshop – 3 volunteers attended 26th and 27th February – First Aid Training (1 day) – 5 volunteers attended There was also informal training for volunteers with the Volunteer Co-ordinator. Training planned for next quarter includes “Interpretation ...So What!” which will allow volunteers to improve their interpretation skills. Launch Heritage theme memory challenge One theme every two months, 10 new on average 4 themes 62 responses 9 themes 345 responses During this quarter the ‘Your Exmoor’ section has launched the themes of: Romantic Exmoor (39 responses, plus magnetic poems that were ever-changing and so not recorded). This theme in particular was accompanied by regular tweets to share archived images of Romantic Exmoor, which received considerable online interest, comments and reminiscence. During each theme we have held special celebration events to encourage people to share experiences around each theme (see Your Exmoor Heritage Activity Day Workshops below) NB Year one figures are not included in the whole project tally.
to trial the app (less than 1000) It will be promoted more widely on social media and in the written press during the next quarter. The App is receiving 5 star ratings on Google Play and verbal feedback locally is extremely positive. Your Exmoor heritage activity day workshops Target to deliver 14 for year 3 themes; 14 new activities 10 people per 12 events 529 people attended 44 on average per event 56 events 1734 people attended 31 on average per event 3900 poetry responses (from poetry box project alone) There were 5 events in this category this quarter: Your Exmoor – Stone Painting Workshop in January Your Exmoor – Roses & Poems in February Meet Moorland Mousie – discover Exmoor Ponies from the Exmoor Pony Centre Your Exmoor – Soil Painting Workshop in February Your Exmoor – Butterfly Kite Making Workshop in March 205 people attended – 41 per event ;
attend at least one session over the year. attacking Countisbury Hill, fully costumed and scripted 1304 school children engaged in total since project start 2 mini-films 1 slideshow 3 temporary exhibitions Heritage Open Day Events (1 per year; need to catch-up on undelivered Year 1 event) 500 people attending over the weekend; 1 None delivered this quarter. The National Trust will be opening Piles Mill in May in delivery of this element of the Project.
Working with Foxes Academy in Minehead, students will be led by Somerset Film to develop questions surrounding tourism on Exmoor. While being filmed, they will then interview selected repeat visitors to Exmoor about their holiday experiences. The Foxes Academy teaches students with special needs to live independently, whilst also training them to run a small hotel. North Devon Schools and College Challenge (landscape photography competition.) 250 entries ; a successful dynamic poster 5 competition 60 entries 9 competitions 342 entries During this quarter the Project completed the Exmoor in Winter Photography Competition, receiving 18 entries. Lynmouth National Park Centre are keen to run this again next year. The Project is contributing to local celebrations of the Queen’s Birthday by running a competition for children to design a brochure for a fictional visit by the Queen to Exmoor. We look forward to receiving the entries in early June. Community events for Exmoor residents 3 each year ; 20 people attending on average per event; 1 event 21 people attended 7 events 238 people attended No additional activities were organised for delivery this quarter. Plans are afoot to deliver: a special film viewing of documentary showing the old Blue Motors bus tours and invitations have been sent out this quarter; and A community supper for residents of Exford and surrounding areas to ‘Bring and Share’ their photos and stories of old Exmoor Deliver 8 Education days schools across 5 schools, approx. 20 1 online resource now launched Sound recording artist Martin Prothero visited 5 schools across Exmoor to share his soundscape recordings with around 100 children, discuss his approach to recording and develop Haiku poems. His report is sent as a separate document.
wider Exmoor children per school 38 education sessions 713 children An exciting shoreline educational resource has been developed in partnership with the Devon Wildlife Trust and will be returning from the printers during the next quarter. This complements the free ‘shore species’ leaflet already produced through the Project which has a more general audience. Other work with schools is due later in the Project: Riddle workshops linked to the Exmoor Icon Campaign Filmmaking workshops linked to the filming of The General The Project is developing an online learning resource about tourism on Exmoor and this is in its initial stages of design. Deliver 2 Educator days/ mini-conference 2 days in year 2 30 educators overall 6 educator events The Exmoor Shoreguide (by children, for children) has now been printed and is being circulated to visitor information points along the coast of Exmoor. Deliver local business information days 2 10 local 6 business information days 175 people attended Planned as a Grand Finale to promote the resources available as a result of the Project activity.
Activity Annual Target Tally – Year 2 Tally Year 3 Tally Whole Project Status Audio-visual productions 3 overall 30 9 54 2 additional films completed this quarter (3D Lynmouth, ‘What’s Great About Exmoor Woodlands’) Digital ‘stories’ – responses to Exmoor as part of the Your Exmoor Project (young person’s, children’s, family and visitor content) 100 124 The ‘Postcards, Paddlesteamers and Holidays Past’ project continues to record the memories of repeat visitors. In total we have handed out 28 special Holidays Past packs have been distributed to tourism operators across Exmoor who are all taking part in recording the memories of their visitors. There’s been considerable interest in this aspect of the project within the press. We have already had 2 books returned with people’s memories and photos of lifetime’s holidaying on Exmoor. Three new oral history recordings have been received this quarter. We are looking to employ an individual to develop all of the Project’s oral history recordings into interpreted ‘finished pieces’ to share publicly within the National Park Centre and online. Outreach No specific target Meetings this quarter with: Mosaic Young Champions Devon Wildlife Trust / Shoresearch Somerset Wildlife Trust Plymouth University ENPA (various) South West Coast Path Association Exmoor Arts