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In the winter of 2021 we commissioned The Roundhouse Company to provide a 6m
diameter timber framed roundhouse constructed through a series of workshops engaging 9

trainees. The structure is open-sided, with a timber roof supported on twelve round Larch
poles with a floor of Douglas fir. The project battled storms, Covid 19, problems with supply
chains and rising costs, but the result was delivered within budget and is fabulous, providing

an invaluable resource for the site for years to come, and actually enhancing the nature
reserve, with its warm colours and natural form.

West Wing Restoration- Fort Burgoyne
The Fort Burgoyne West Wing restoration has transformed a derelict decaying space which

was suffering antisocial behaviour into a high quality mini Fort informal recreation space.

Community engagement forming part of Pioneering Places East Kent a joint Arts Council
and National Lottery Heritage Fund project saw participants provide their thoughts on
potential future uses of the space in notebooks which were brought together into a Big

Drawing by Charles Holland. Further volunteer participation came in the form of a two week
community archaeology dig which informed landscaping plans and specification which
appointed architects developed and secured Scheduled Monument Consent.

The potential value of the space to a new residential estate on adjacent land has resulted in
the developer agreeing to provide water and electric supplies which will support potential

event use.

Outside if Fun- TCV Kiveton and Diddington
Outside is Fun, led by The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), was part of the Children and
Nature programme funded by the Department of Education and supported by Natural

England. The funding finished in March 22.

The Children and Nature programme is part of the Government’s 25-year environment plan
and comprises three separate projects. Outside is Fun is one of five Community Forest and
Woodland Outreach (CFWO) projects and sits alongside Nature Friendly Schools and the
Growing Care Farm project.

The aim of the CFWO initiative was to increase and help sustain community forest and

woodland outreach activities being delivered to school children, particularly those in
disadvantaged areas, to benefit their mental health and wellbeing, engagement with school
and other programme outcomes.