CMA Events & Training

The seminar is aimed at all government agency, local authority and NGO staff and volunteers involved in developing and promoting outdorr access for all, with particular reference to disabled people.

Venue: Said Business School (adjacent to train station) Oxford

Delegate Fee £150

For CMA members this event attracts 10 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points

For more information and booking form please go to the Countryside Recreation Network website

http://www.countrysiderecreation.org.uk/events/Accessible%20Outdoor%20Recreation%20Flyer.pdf

This workshop is aimed at those in the transport and recreation/tourism sectors who are involved in strategic work or individual schemes, which are addressing the issue of how people can visit the countryside, coast and other forms of greenspace in more sustainable ways.

VENUE: Priory Rooms, Birmingham

Delegate Fee: £150

For CMA members this event attracts 10 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points

For more information and booking instructions please go to the Countryside Recreation Network Website

http://www.countrysiderecreation.org.uk/events/Sustainable%20Leisure%20Travel%20Flyer.pdf

Thursday 20th November 2008

Worcester Woods Country Park, Worcester
OS Grid Reference: SO878544

Time: 10am until 4pm (at the latest)

With more of us being required to apply for Green Flag accreditation, and the expansion of the scheme to include LNRs without facilities and other countryside sites, are you sure what this scheme is or whether it is applicable to your sites?

This study day will be run by countryside management staff who have been in the same position as you. The aim of the day is to introduce people to the scheme, visit a ‘classic’ green flag country park that has just achieved its fourth flag, and a visit to a Local Nature Reserve that has just got its first. It will be a fairly informal day, with plenty of time for discussion about what is required to achieve this award and its applicability to countryside sites. This event is limited to 30 places, so book your place as soon as possible.

For further information, please contact Liz Nether.
Tel 01905 766155 email: lnether@worcestershire.gov.uk

This study day is FREE to CMA members, prospective members and volunteers, so we hope to see you there.

Tuesday 23rd September 2008

The Museum of Cannock Chase, Valley Road, Hednesford. Just off the A460 Rugeley to Cannock road. OS Grid Reference: SK007127

Time: 12.30pm until 3.30pm, followed by a social event
(at a local public house, of course!)

Cannock Chase Council was the first authority in the Midlands to fence and reintroduce grazing to an urban heathland common- Hednesford Hills LNR. Even though the scheme involved permanent internal fences, the application did not go to public enquiry.

This was due in no small part to the ever poplar Schools’ Heathweek. This event, which has run since 1992, celebrates heathlands through song, living history and nature walks. Come along to this study day and experience the event for yourself.

Contact Phil Armshaw for more information. Tel 01543 450018 email: countysideservice@cannockchasedc.gov.uk

Heathland management, managing historic features in the wider landscape, Kit Hill Country Park, near Callington, Cornwall

Free to CMA members

Programme
9.45 – 10.15 Arrive at Louis tea rooms adjacent to Kit Hill
(tea / coffee and biscuits available)
10.15-10.45 Introduction to Kit Hill and its Management
Jenny Heskett and Chrissie le Marchant Cornwall County Council.
10.45 – 11.15 Managing Archaeological features in the
wider landscape Ann Reynolds Senior Archaeologist Cornwall County Council
11.15-11.45 Heathland Management techniques
Martin Davey Senior Warden Goss Moor Natural England
Question discussion time
12.00 Lunch Please bring money for lunch,
Louis do good food at reasonable prices from soup to Olympic breakfasts.
Walk around Kit Hill
15.30 Return to Louis for tea and cakes
16.00 Finish

For more information or to book please contact Jenny on 07973 813843 or email jheskett@cornwall.gov.uk