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Fundraising Land Trust Annual Review 2019

The Land Trust’s fundraising activities local communities and other stakeholders to
provide us with an opportunity to deliver develop diverse projects across the country
even greater charitable benefits across that will allow us to deliver increased charitable
our parks and green spaces and for outcomes on.
those communities local to our sites. A number of projects have been funded and
delivered throughout the year, while we also work
This year we have successfully secured towards fundraising for longer term strategic
£670k working closely with our managing partners, developments and activities.

Pleasley Pit has
been transformed
into a valuable
community asset.

Funding from
the Denise Coates
foundation will
transform
Hassall Green.

Hassall Green Pleasley Pit

The Land Trust was delighted to secure initial The grant will also enable the Land Trust to Our site at Pleasley Pit was the recipient of a grant
funding of £291k from the Denise Coates expand its successful Green Angels training and of £164k from the Rural Development Programme
Foundation that should ultimately rise to £747k. education programme which delivers training for England (RDPE) through Bolsover North East
The grant will enable the Land Trust to carry out a courses on subjects including habitat creation and Derbyshire LEADER programme, which will be
major project at the Trust’s site at Hassall Green, a management, environmental education and hard used to create a new visitor centre and café on site.
two hectare green space which the Land Trust took landscaping. The project focuses on encouraging Expanding on the popular and well-used cafe
ownership of in 2014. social cohesion and improving the future prospects already on site the new facility will bring more
The planned five year programme will see of the local community. people to Pleasley Pit, providing a welcoming
extensive improvements made to the site with four space for the local community, schools and special
key objectives: interest groups.

Make the site safe for regular use
by the general public
Restore and improve habitats
Increase biodiversity
Engage the community

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