Case Studies
Showing records 1 to 3 of 3
SS Peter & Paul Scout Hut
Location: Godalming
Aims:
To build a log store adjacent to SS Peter and Paul Scout Hut, subject to Planning Consent and approval by the Historic Buildings officer.
Outputs:
To build a sympathetically designed, traditional, green oak-framed log store adjacent to the scout hut (a listed building) and on the footprint of a previously existing agricultural building. The original stone floor to be reused and repaired where necessary. Skilled and unskilled volunteers from the scout group will carry out some of the work where appropriate. The logs will be used in the wood burning stove which heats the main hall. The stove uses approximately 4-5 tonnes of logs per year and the log store will need to hold twice this amount to allow the wood to be stored and seasoned.
Impact:
The outputs have been delivered. Local Authority Planning Consent was granted and the log store was completed to a high standard. Following a volunteer day when logs from a variety of local sources were split and put in the store, there are now sufficient logs stored to heat the scout hut for at least one year.
Grant: £9,235
Surrey Hills All Terrain Mountain Bike Tours: ‘All Biked Up’
Location: The Surrey Hills area
Aims:
To expand an already established Mountain Bike guiding and instruction service, by the purchase of a fleet of mountain bikes and associated safety equipment, to a full time operation.
Outputs:
To enable the existing service, aimed at private clients, to be offered to youth groups, schools, public sector, charitable and publicly funded groups at a more competitive rate. To promote a Mountain Bike Code of Conduct to ensure minimum negative impact on the area, an increased sense of awareness of the environment and a good relationship between all leisure users, landowners etc. To achieve First Aid and MTB training for new and existing staff. To redesign marketing material.
Impact:
The outputs have been delivered. Articles in local and national publications have helped to raise the Surrey Hills profile and good relationships have been formed with local landowners, businesses and accommodation providers. Three further instructors have now qualified and a total of 4 instructors have been approved as CTC instructors and will be running CTC courses in the area. Although it is too early to assess commercial success, early indications look good. Bookings are well up on the same period last year and client feedback has been excellent. Students from schools, both within the locality and further afield, have been enjoying the Surrey Hills, along with groups from the RAF, corporate groups and youth groups from Kilburn, Camden and the City of London.
Grant: £9,421
West Surrey Countryside Access Volunteer Scheme:
Location: Surrey Hills Area
Aims:
To provide training and basic hand tools to volunteer groups so that they can be used to their maximum potential to help maintain and improve countryside access in Surrey.
Outputs:
To train volunteers leading or participating in task days. To equip regular volunteer groups with tools and first aid kits. To increase the number of rights of way Volunteer Task Groups. To maximise the number of volunteer task days, using the staff resources available.
Impact:
The outputs have been delivered. 4 training days were held with almost double the number of volunteers attending the training courses than had been expected. Regular volunteer groups were equipped with tools, first aid kits and steel toe-capped safety boots where necessary. One group has been reformed and one new group trained. The provision of training for volunteer groups has made them more self-reliant which has enabled SCC officers to concentrate their time on co-ordinating tasks, thus enabling more tasks to be organised.
Grant: £4,930