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Chief Executive                                                                                                                                                 Land Trust Annual Review 2018







         Euan Hall




         Chief Executive










                                                 Making a difference
                                                 The past 12 months have been ones of
                                                 great progress for the Land Trust. With 63
                                                 sites across the country our work has had
                                                 a positive impact across so many areas,
                                                 including our key charitable objectives
                                                 of environment and biodiversity, health,
                                                 education and learning, economic vitality
                                                 and community cohesion.
                                                 In the last year alone, working with our
                                                 managing partners who make such a vital
                                                 contribution to the success of our sites, 1.3
                                                 million people have enjoyed spending time in
                                                 our green spaces, over 40,000 volunteer hours
                                                 have been completed and 13,200 individuals
                                                 took part in educational or training activities
         Euan Hall has                           on our sites.
         been Chief
         Executive of
         the Land Trust                          A summary of our activities and events for                 Evidencing our impact                   Site acquisitions
         since 2004                              2017-18 is shown below.                                    As the 15th anniversary of the Land Trust   2017-18 has seen more land come under
                                                                                                            rapidly approaches it is incredible to see   our management, adding a 75 hectare
                                                                                                            how far we have come and how many       service charge site at Waverley to our
                                                                                                            people’s lives we are positively affecting.  portfolio. This brings our portfolio of land
                                                                                                                                                    under management to 2,367 hectares.
                                                                                                            Over the last 12 months we have committed
                                                                                                            significant time and resource to understanding   Our role in delivering sustainable green
                                                                                                            and evidencing the contribution that we make,   infrastructure, integrating green space into
                                            2012/13  2013/14  2014/15  2015/16  2016/17  2017/18            and proving that well managed green space   the built environment and helping to secure
                                                                                                            can have a positive impact on people’s physical   better quality environments and better
          SCHOOL VISITS                     3,500  6,278   7,711  7,811  7,448   7,970                      and mental wellbeing, the economy, local   places for people to live, saw us recognised
                                                                                                            community and the environment. You will read   at the High Sheriff of Cheshire Awards
          TRAINING ACTIVITIES               800    660     802    1,572  1,712   3,591
                                                                                                            more about this work throughout our review.  for Enterprise with the Land Trust taking
          HEALTH ACTIVITIES                 4,500  8,648   9,501  14,885  20,857  39,391                                                            home the award for Responsible Business
                                                                                                            This evidence will be highly valuable in the   Practice. This is further evidence that our
          COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES              8,000  18,570  15,887  31,867  54,868  59,403                   future when lobbying key decision makers   placekeeping philosophy is working.
                                                                                                            for more investment in green space and
          PRACTICAL VOLUNTARY WORK (DAYS)   3,000  5,274   8,064  14,474  11,503  10,379
                                                                                                            infrastructure.

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