Full time 37 hours per week, £14,906 – £16,584
We are currently seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and conscientious Administrative Assistant to join our hardworking and friendly team at the Cotswolds Conservation Board.
For further details, go to www.cotswolds-nl.org.uk/jobs
Full time 37 hours per week plus essential user car allowance, £23,743 – £28,214
For further details, go to www.cotswolds-nl.org.uk/jobs
Part-time 22 hours per week, £21,257 – £22,998 pro-rata
We are currently seeking to appoint a Community Engagement Officer to join our hardworking and friendly team at the Cotswolds Conservation Board.
For further details, go to www.cotswolds-nl.org.uk/jobs
Three photographs have been selected as joint winners of the Cotswolds Landscape Photographer of the Year 2016 competition following a public vote online and at the recent Cotswolds Inspired Art Exhibition.
As part of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), the Cotswolds Conservation Board were looking for the most captivating local landscape images.
The three joint winners are:
Autumn Eye of the Cotswolds by Anthony Paul Inwood from Bourton on the Water |
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| Broadway Tower, by Andrew Caley from Bourton on the Water | Naunton, by Andy Prior from Witney |
Over 170 photographs were entered into the completion with 10 selected by judges in December. Judges were: Andrew Grahame (CEO – Farncombe Estate, Dormy House Hotel & Spa, Foxhill Manor, The Fish Hotel); Nick Holliday (Vice Chair, Cotswolds Conservation Board); Sarah Howard (landscape photographer); Nick Turner (photographer/filmmaker) and Nicky Price from BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
The 10 finalist’s photographs then went to the public vote online during December and at the Cotswolds Inspired Art Exhibition at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester throughout January.
Nick Holliday Vice Chair of the Cotswolds Conservation Board and one of the judges said: “It was extremely tough selecting the final 10 photographs from the 170 that were entered into the competition. Many were of a very high standard. Congratulations to the final 10 that made it to the public vote and to our joint winners!”
Sponsors of the photography competition; the Dormy House Hotel and Seen Image will be awarding the joint winners with their prizes.
Hedgelayers from across the country will battle it out against each other in the new look Cotswolds Hedgelaying Championship this Saturday at Daylesford Farm near Kingham in Gloucestershire.
The annual event organised by the Cotswolds Conservation Board will see competitors tasked with transforming a 15ft high wild hedge into an agricultural work of art!
It’s your chance to watch this traditional countryside craft at its very best. Witness the skills and craftmanship of our competitors.
The new look event which will have ‘hands on’ rural skills activities for visitors, coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Cotswolds as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
While the hedgelayers compete there is chance for you to grab a hot drink and have a go at rural skills such as dry-stone walling, wooden spoon carving, wool weaving and cider making and of course hedgelaying.
Entry is free, event starts at 9:30am with winners announced at around 4pm at the Greedy Goose Pub where the awards ceremony is being held.
For more information about the event and rural skills courses and workshops across the Cotswolds AONB visit www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk
To crown the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) the Cotswolds Conservation Board is hosting a public art exhibition at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester from 13 January to 5 February 2017.
Open to amateur and professional artists from within and beyond the Cotswolds, the exhibition showcases works in a variety of medium and genres inspired by the Cotswold landscape.
We welcome paintings, sculpture, photography, textiles, ceramics, glass, mosaics and digital art.
You can submit your work by going to the following website www.cotswolds-nl.org.uk/inspired
Deadline for submissions is 18 November 2016 at 5pm.
Following the submission deadline a panel of art professionals will look at each submission and will select a mix of works that capture all that is inspired by the Cotswold landscape.
The art professionals are: Beth Alden, CEO of New Brewery Arts Centre, Steven Parissien, Director of Compton Verney, Liz Eyre, Chairman of the Cotswolds Conservation Board and Cotswold artist Alexandra Woods.
You can submit a maximum of two works, for a supporting fee of £25.00. There is no charge for those who are currently studying on a full or part time course. Please include details of your course and your college or training provider in your submission details.
For more information about submitting works or about the exhibition please contact Chris Brant on 01451 862003 or visit www.cotswolds-nl.org.uk/inspired.
Full-time 37 hours per week, £29,332 – £31,048
We are currently seeking to appoint a LEADER Programme Manager to join our hardworking and friendly team at the Cotswolds Conservation Board.
For further details, go to www.cotswolds-nl.org.uk/jobs
The Cotswolds Conservation Board’s Chairman Liz Eyre has completed walking the 102 mile Cotswold Way National Trail marking the 50th anniversary of the Cotswolds as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Liz, began the golden anniversary walk in March from outside Bath Abbey and completed the walk in ten stages over seven months along the Cotswold escarpment, through picturesque villages and past famous ancient sites, reaching Chipping Campden in early October. She was joined by members and staff from the Cotswolds Conservation Board, walking groups, local residents and the Board’s own Cotswold Voluntary Wardens.
Liz says that the anniversary walk has enabled her to rediscover the variety of landscapes that make up parts of the AONB: “In addition to celebrating all that our designation means, especially in this the 50th anniversary year, the walk offered me many other opportunities. I was able to meet and thank those that are our voluntary arm working tirelessly in many ways for the accessibility of the Cotswolds. I reconnected with the variety of landscapes that make up the area. I fell in love with many of our views.
I was surprised at the extent of the variety of people from other countries, drawn to what we hold so dear. I learnt even more about our individual landscapes The flora and fauna, wild flowers – woodland and meadow, bird life and butterflies seemed to be out in great numbers as I passed by.
Most surprisingly the landscape came alive, through interpretation and features left behind, as I clambered over hill forts and encampments, passed burial grounds, great houses, ecclesiastical and civil features. The whole journey was physically and mentally enriching a lesson I hope passed on to others via the BBC Radio Gloucestershire coverage.”
Liz is raising funds for caring for the Cotswolds AONB and there is still time to do your bit by donating.
If you would like to donate £5 to help support the Cotswolds Conservation Board in caring for the Cotswolds simply text ‘COTS 01 £5’ to 70070.
You can find out more about the Cotswolds AONB and other 50th anniversary events and projects by visiting www.cotswolds-nl.org.uk/50
Saturday 3rd December – 10am – 4pm
Cotswolds Discovery Centre, The Old Prison, Northleach
Visit our festive market to purchase locally made food, unique handmade gifts and artwork.