Common Connections brings people together to create a flourishing, connected landscape across the Cotswold hills, valleys, commons and farms — buzzing with wildlife, resilient to change, a place where nature and people can thrive.
The aim of this new and ambitious project is to connect high quality habitat along a 40km section of the Cotswold escarpment from Cleeve Common in the north to Stinchcombe Common in the south. It will also involve and connect the people that live and work in the area.
As part of this phase of work, we will:
- Develop the partnership model and governance
- Undertake mapping and ecological surveys
- Complete a species-rich grassland management service feasibility study
- Explore community engagement models
- Design a delivery phase application
- Evaluate our work
In partnership with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and National Trust, and with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we are undertaking critical feasibility work that will inform and evidence a future delivery phase project.
Common Connections is formally recognised as part of the Big Chalk project.
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Image courtesy of National Trust. Common Connections will create a connected landscape with a rich diversity of wildlife and plant life – making it resilient for the future.
People Involved
If you would like to get involved, or learn more about what we do, contact Ben Spencer:
Ben Spencer
Common Connections Project Manager
About National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Using money raised by National Lottery players we support projects that connect people and communities to heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.