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                      Wishing you a Happy Christmas and New Year from Sarah, Norma, Andy, Jonathan and Owen at the AONB Unit!  And a big Thank You to all our volunteers and partners for their support throughout the year. December Practical Volunteer Tasks … Continue reading →

 The Mendip Hills AONB Partnership Annual Forum 10th November 2011 report is now available.  http://www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk/partnership-committee/annual-forum-2011/ The event at Folly Farm attracted representatives from local organisations, businesses, parish councils and local authorities. The theme – Benefits of a well managed landscape … Continue reading →

Mendip Hills AONB Annual Forum 10th November – Benefits of a well managed landscape. Understanding the unique character of the area and how it functions are important to ensuring the area is conserved and enhanced. Guest speakers include local businesses … Continue reading →

AONB Gateway project – four new Visitor information boards will be going up at Chew Valley Lake, Cheddar, Burrington Combe and Axbridge. Designs for new village entry signs with the AONB logo on and restoration of cast iron finger posts … Continue reading →

AONB dry stone walling volunteer tasks – the AONB Unit has run two sessions in August with two more to follow in September. All the days booked up at least a month in advance. Working with local stone-waller, Tracy Reynolds, … Continue reading →

The 13th National Association for AONBs conference held in Penryn, Cornwall early July was attended by the AONB Partnership Chairman and AONB Manager. 2011 is the International Year of Volunteers, a theme that coincides well with the coalition government’s Big … Continue reading →

 Mendip Hills AONB Annual Review 2010-11 is now available as a PDF and hard copy. The review highlights key achievement of the AONB Unit over the last year including work on the Black Down project, development of the Young Ranger … Continue reading →

Young Rangers 2011 – 2013 recruiting now – Every two years the AONB Unit takes on new Young Rangers to the scheme and we are now recruiting 15 young people between the ages of 11 to 14 to join the … Continue reading →

 Richard Benyon, Minister for Natural Environment and Fisheries on a visit to South Devon AONB on 4th April the Minister reaffirmed the government’s commitment to AONBs and the adoption of a new national memorandum of understanding jointly by Defra, Natural … Continue reading →

  Email update March 2011 2011- 2012 AONB Partnership Business Plan, Delivery Plan and budget were agreed at the Partnership meeting on 16th March 2011. Key projects for 2011-12 will be the Young Ranger scheme, Black Down Project and the … Continue reading →

 National Association of AONBs (NAAONB) has been keeping members informed of the new funding arrangements for AONBs and monitoring the situation with regard local authority funding contributions for individual AONBs for 2011/12. Cllr Dawn Hill, Mendip Hills AONB Partnership Chairman … Continue reading →

Mendip Hills AONB web site relaunch. During this interim period we will not be including any links to our site in this update. We will let you know when it is launched and look forward to your feedback. The National … Continue reading →