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Education Land Trust Annual Review 2018

Education Site of the Year “ If we can replicate Economy
Elba Park is a site playing a lead role in our the success of Elba Park
education work and was awarded Land Trust
Educational Site of the Year after delivering across a number of our
activities to nearly 1,000 school children over sites then we can make
the last 12 months. a huge impact and
Based in Sunderland the team at Elba have effect real change in
built excellent working relationships with local so many people’s lives.”
schools which has seen children enjoy activities
such as geocaching, pond dipping, meadow Euan Hall, Chief Executive
sweeps, crafts, surveys and identification, bulb
and tree planting and heritage activities.
Students from Portland Academy, a school for
young people with special educational needs
and disability, attend weekly sessions at the site
with post-16 students undertaking the Duke of
Edinburgh award.

Local school
children enjoying
the outdoors at
Elba Park

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