Sustainable Development Fund projects supported in 2006/2007

Ref. No / Project / Applicant / Description / Grant
BA.79 / Windy Old Weather 2 / Nutmeg Puppet Company / Free delivery of ‘Windy Old Weather’ puppet shows and six associated workshops to five Broads schools in early 2006/07. / £995
BA.80 / Ashley Duke of Edinburgh’s Award 2 / The Ashley School / A project that will help young people with special needs, many of whom are socially or financially disadvantaged, to go on canoeing expeditions in the Broads as they work towards their DoE Awards. / £776
BA.81 / Swan Scouts Sailing Expedition / Nene District Scout Association / The ‘Swan’ is one of several ‘Cruises’ that take place in the Broads each Easter. It involves 18 yachts and 52 young people (mostly Scouts). The SDF grant will fund RYA Assistant Instructor training for two young people (16 and 17 year olds) who will assist during the 2006 Cruise and for some years to come. / £405
BA.82 / Broad Futures 3 / Norfolk Environmental Education Service / The final stage of Broad Futures. BF3 will offer Learning for Sustainability support to more Broads schools, introduce LfS2 to Early Years teaching, develop LfS2 resources for secondary schools and provide LfS2 training for another 62 Broads teachers. The project will also develop LfS2 documentation that can be shared with schools in Norfolk and elsewhere in the UK. / £24,059
BA.83 / Heatwave Puppet Show / Nutmeg Puppet Company / Development and production of a puppet show and teachers’ pack addressing climate change, rising sea levels and the concept of managed retreat. The project consists of 15 public shows in the Broads - two of them in vulnerable coastal communities - and 15 shows and 20 workshops in Broads schools. / £11,113
BA.84 / Ellingham Wind Turbine / Ellingham VC Primary School / Part funding of a 5kW wind turbine that is expected to generate most the electricity the school uses each year. The project, which is supported by the local community, will help an already ‘green’ school achieve an additional carbon saving of 7 tonnes per annum. / £5,671
BA.85 / Cormorants Bursary Scheme 1 / The Cormorants / Part funding of a bursary scheme that allowed the Cormorants to offer subsidised places on its 2006 sailing holiday to five young people with special needs who would otherwise have been unable to participate. / £340
BA.86 / The Green Boat Show -
A Silent Sensation 2006 / The Broads Society / An educational event at Salhouse Broad that will promote ‘green’ boating in particular and ‘green’ ways of enjoying The Broads in general. The free public show will include boat trips and demonstrations plus information and advice on sustainability issues. / £1,000
BA.87 / Eco-friendly Hull Cleaning / Galleon Storage & Mooring / Part funding of innovative boatyard development where boats will be stored out of water or in ‘air’ berths and anti-fouling paint discouraged. The SDF funding is specific to a WashTek decontamination facility that removes heavy metals and toxins from hull wash water and is the first of its kind in Europe. / £12,500
BA.88 / A Sense of Place / BTCV / Majority funding of a project that will introduce 25 disadvantaged young people to the Broads and to Broads-related activities and encourage them to use their five main senses to compare their impressions of special places in the Broads with those gained in their own communities. / £7,000
BA.89 / Carlton Marshes Local Community Project / Suffolk Wildlife Trust / A ‘Community Education Officer’ project that will encourage adults and young people to access the Nature Reserve, provide specific opportunities for young people to take an active part in conservation work and run a series of ‘sustainable living’ events at Carlton Marshes. Other project aims include the recruitment of more adult conservation volunteers and a community Green Fair in 2007. / £4,875
BA.90 / Boats for a Sustainable Future - The EcoBoat Project: Phase 3 - Design / Anglia Boatbuilders’ Association / Majority funding for Phase 3 of the Anglia (formerly Norfolk and Suffolk) Boatbuilders’ Association EcoBoat project. Building on the successes of the Phase 1 and 2 research work carried out in BA.35, the project will deliver a design and specification for a ‘minimum carbon’ EcoBoat and produce a display. / £4,250
BA.91 / BeWILDerwood - Electric Boats / Bure Valley Adventures / Conversion to electric of the three ferry boats that are used to transport visitors from the car park to the main woodland activities centre at BeWILDerwood. / £9,000
BA.92 / Reedcutting equipment for HLF Bursary Scheme Graduates / Broads Reed and Sedge Cutters Association / 100% funding for a basic outfit of reed and sedge harvesting machinery, which will be used by a reedcutter graduate of the HLF Reed, Sedge, Fens and Mills Bursary Scheme when he/she joins the Association. The equipment will remain the property of the Association and the reedcutter concerned will contribute towards its eventual replacement. / £3,278
BA.93 / Sensory Experience / Fairhaven Garden Trust / Funding of the ‘inclusion’ elements of a major tourism development at Fairhaven Woodland and Water Garden. These include hearing loops and Braille panels and hand guides for hearing and sight impaired visitors to the Sensory Garden and the new Boat House facility. / £4,000