Page 19 - Managing Partner Awards Shortlist

Trust rangers who are our managing partner, local contractors (Goodyear garden services
and Quality Land Services), Whitehill & Bordon Community Trust and the local developer

Whitehill & Bordon Regeneration Company have worked together to deliver an awesome
greenspace for the benefit of both the public and wildlife in and around Whitehill & Bordon.
Word has spread and the site now attracts 160,000 visits per quarter, tracked by on-site

visitor counters. The 54-hectare wood and heathland site has undergone path and drainage
improvements, new entrance signage installation and new interpretation and way marking,

connecting visitors to the wider greenspace network of footpaths around the area.
Conservation work to enhance the site includes heather and invertebrate surveys, invasive
species control and woodland thinning.

Significant play area resurfacing improvement works have taken place to improve the visitor

experience. Additional smaller children play equipment has been installed and funding
obtained to extend the younger child play provision on offer.

Community involvement is significant, with local conservation volunteer groups regularly
getting hands-on with pine pulling or path vegetation clearance. A thriving café and
educational space offers regular weekend craft fayres which are proving popular along with

a wide range of events organised and facilitated by the team at DVT. Events range from dark
sky star gazing, seasonal family trails to a Halloween fancy dress orienteering and outdoor
theatre. An extremely positive event to raise awareness of heathlands ran for the first time in

its new location at Hogmoor in 2022 called Secrets of the Heath. Attracted more than 2,000
people to Hogmoor, this is a real example of fantastic partnership working with South Downs

National Park who have secure funding for the next three years.

Nomination for Managing Partner's Choice Award - Project of the Year

Learning through Nature – The Avenue Country Park

Learning through nature has three key aims, firstly, a programme of inclusive community
activities, enabling participation in learning activities, guided walks, forest schools, practical
conservation and volunteering. Secondly, forest school and nature activity areas,

waymarked trails and interpretation of key site habitats and wildlife to enable outdoor
learning and improved visitor experience and accessibility. Thirdly, wildlife viewing screens

to allow visitors to spend time engaging with and understanding the variety of key habitats
and wildlife present, while avoiding disturbance.