Education
- Delivered 83 sessions on the river enabling 2,082 children (5 – 15 yrs old) to experience outdoor education
- Worked with 202 young people (16 – 25 yrs old) on river-based projects
- From 31 schools and universities, inside and outside the catchment
- Benefitted from 249 volunteer hours
Community Outreach
- Engaged with 4,115 people in the community at 76 different events, including:
- 12 guided walks
- 22 community visits
- 24 fairs, festivals and shows
- 16 knowledge exchange events
- 2 large river community event
- Benefitted from 581 volunteer hours
Cotswolds National Landscape is part of the Evenlode Catchment Partnership (ECP) , which brings together partners and communities to look after their river environment.
The project is helping to build community skills, understanding and find solutions to the problems that affect water quality, and develop new relationships with landowners. Together, this will help the ECP achieve its long term goal of bringing the Evenlode – a river and landscape that truly merits its place at the heart of our community – back to good ecological condition. The project is being funded by Thames Water, as part of their ‘smarter water catchment initiative’. There are four main work themes, which are being delivered in a collaborative and multi-partnered way:
- Water quality and advocacy (delivered by Earthwatch for ECP)
- Biodiversity, habitat, and landscape (delivered by Wild Oxfordshire for ECP)
- Natural flood management (delivered by Wild Oxfordshire for ECP)
- Education, access and recreation (delivered by Cotswolds National Landscape for ECP)
Downloadable resources
As part of the project, we have put together some free, downloadable resources to help inspire people and communities to engage others in river-friendly activities and action. You can find them in our educational resources section.