At Devon Biodiversity Records Centre (DBRC) we collect, manage and make available records of wildlife. We manage a database of over 4.5 million records which is updated by 2,000-5,000 records a month. All of our records are validated and verified. We also manage data on wildlife habitats and geological sites. DBRC is one of a national network of Local Environmental Records Centres in the UK and has been providing information about wildlife for over fifteen years.
DBRC is run on a ‘not for profit’ basis. We were set up and are hosted by Devon Wildlife Trust to act a central reference point for anyone who wants to know about wildlife in Devon. DBRC is supported by a large partnership of organisations and individuals including Devon County Council. We have a permanent staff of five people at DBRC and up to ten people working on a voluntary basis or on short contracts.
Devon Biodiversity Records Centre Unit 2, Aldens Business Court, 7a Chudleigh Road, Alphington, Exeter EX2 8TS
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We’re the government’s adviser for the natural environment in England. We help to protect and restore our natural world.
Natural England is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england
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Welcome to the home of the South West Coast Path Association.
We are the charity looking after the UK’s longest and best-loved National Trail. We believe everyone should have access to the South West Coast Path as a place to connect to nature, relax, exercise, and take time away from the stresses of daily life. With the help of our members, fundraisers, volunteers, and partners, we’re protecting and improving the Trail for the benefit of society now and in the future. We hope you enjoy the Path and consider supporting our cause.
https://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/
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Spurred by a shared love of rivers, the Westcountry Rivers Trust is very much a grassroots organisation, brought into existence from the bottom up. In the early 90s, a group of individuals, passionate – but concerned – about the waterways around them, began to stitch together their ambitions for restoring Westcountry rivers, laying the foundations for the Trust we know today.
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Tamar Grow Local is a ‘not for profit’ Community Interest Company (CIC) set up on co-operative principles for the benefit of the community.
This structure allows trading and has the ability to create a number of more specialist co-operative ventures under its umbrella to meet demand.
The area covered is the Tamar Valley, which includes the market towns of Tavistock, Launceston, Callington and Saltash.
Unit 20 Pannier Market, Callington, Cornwall, PL17 7AD
Tel: (01579) 208412 Email:
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Tamara Landscape Partnership is a 5-year project that will work for a brighter future for the Tamar Valley and its communities by creating opportunities and positive change through a programme of 10 exciting projects.
With the help of communities, farmers, local organisations and businesses, we will cultivate landscapes that are rich in wildlife, as well as cultural and historic heritage. We’ll help improve access to special places and promote ways for people to enjoy the landscape and improve health & wellbeing. We will continue to provide positivity and forward thinking for our beautiful project area and its people in as many diverse ways as possible.
Take a look at our list of ten target projects we’ll be working on and find out about how you might be able to play your part in our vision for the future.
https://tamaralandscapepartnership.org.uk/
Tamar Valley Centre, Drakewalls, Near Gunnislake, Cornwall PL18 9FE
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ARC conserves amphibians and reptiles, and the habitats on which they depend, to protect them for future generations. As a small charity with 30 staff, we own 24 sites, manage 80 sites, and work with around 1,000 volunteers each year through opportunities that enhance their lives. ARC patrons include the TV presenters Chris Packham and Iolo Williams.
The Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC) was established in June 2009, making its debut at the Hampton Court Flower Show with its Bronze Medal winning ‘Dragon’s Garden’. ARC was created around the core of the Herpetological Conservation Trust (HCT), in response to the wider needs of herpetofauna conservation, providing the UK focus for all aspects of reptile and amphibian conservation. Thus, ARC looks more broadly than the traditional focus on nature reserve management and rare species action plans and advocacy that had been the main reason for HCT’s formation in 1989. The creation of ARC was more than a rebranding exercise – it was established following extensive discussions with other organisations who had expressed a desire to work with and support the aims of the new charity.
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DRAG aims to raise awareness and understanding of the conservation of amphibians and reptiles, in Devon and the UK, through reptile and amphibian recording, and habitat management work. DRAG aims to bring together people with an interest in reptiles and amphibians.
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Rooms to rent in our lovely old Chapel building
North Tawton Community Centre Barton Street, North Tawton EX20 2HN
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We connect artists and communities with North Devon finding entertaining and extraordinary ways to explore our land, lives and future.
Arts We work with local promoters to present high quality arts events in rural north Devon. Whether it’s contemporary theatre, music or dance, we ensure the match is right for the community and have a built up a loyal audience established over 50 years working in the region. Moving, enthralling, laugh-out-loud funny – live events are a unique experience every time.
Heritage The Beaford Archive, a photographic record of people in rural North Devon, contains more than 80,000 images by James Ravilious and Roger Deakins. According to the Royal Photographic Society, it is “...a unique body of work, unparalleled, at least in this country, for its scale and quality”.
Environment Rural north Devon is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve - part of a global network of special places inspiring a positive future by connecting people and nature. As proud partners of the Biosphere Reserve we are working with communities to raise awareness of the designation and promote action through projects such as Plastic Free North Devon.
In 2013 we moved from Greenwarren House in Beaford to a central office base in South Molton, from which we manage our programme taking place across 1300 square miles of rural North Devon. The Beaford Archives are kept at the Devon Heritage Centre in Exeter. We work Monday to Friday
Beaford Arts Crown Yealm House, Pathfields Business Park, South Molton EX36 3LH
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