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The Land Trust Managing Partners Awards Shortlist 2022

Nominations for Community Space of the Year

Avenue Country Park

The Avenue Country Park brings together different elements of the community on site.
Initially it was the wildlife interest that brought in the volunteers, but quickly the dog walkers,

health walkers, and sports activities became popular.
In the last year the community have come together to support the country park helping to
raise over £6k through social media to fix the damaged boardwalk.

Hogmoor Inclosure and PPP

51 events were run throughout the year attracting more than 9,000 people. These ranged from
regular adult and junior park run’s and orienteering events to Brian Wood’s multiple charity
marathon runs raising money for walking with the wounded. A Managing partner, the Deadwater

Valley Trust also worked with the South Downs National Park on a lottery funded partnership
based event called Secrets of the Heath.

Deadwater Valley Trust rangers also run two conservation volunteer groups and have delivered
63 sessions involving 287 individuals. Many of our volunteers experience issues with their
mental health and getting outdoors and being sociable helps reduce isolation and improves their

wellbeing. DVT also encourage young people through a Junior Rangers group that connects
local children to nature.

There is a wide range of other volunteers and trustees who help run events, undertake litter
picks and even a dog ambassador who chats to local dog walkers to encourage responsible dog

ownership.

Warren House Park

Warren House Park’s site ranger puts a huge effort into engaging with the community to
participate across all elements of the sites management, from managing biodiversity, to
engaging them via day to day site maintenance and through to helping tackle anti-social

behaviour. Regular social media posts also help gel the community, encouraging them to
participate in the range of volunteering and family activities on site. This is ever more

important as Warren House Park is now completely surrounded by housing (and a new
community) following the completion of the Keepmoat development.