Information
Education & Resource Centres
Green schools
Exmouth Community College and St Peter's Primary, Budleigh Salterton - renewable energy audits
In 2005/06 the Devon Association for Renewable Energy used the East Devon AONB Sustainable Development Fund to support 2 renewable energy audits for the above schools. This was part of a wider project also linking into other community buildings such as village halls. Through undertaking this evaluation of the resources available, schools are abl to start taking decisions looking at green energy production - which is good for on-site education, could reduce running costs and is good for the environment.
Although the reports are location specific - they contain lots of useful information of a more general nature which is useful for either school governors or head teachers alike.
Download the Exmouth Community College report (pdf 1.17 mb)
Download the St Peter's Primary, Budleigh Salterton report (pdf 1.14 mb)
Conservation & Wildlife
Offwell Woodland Trust - Woodland Education Centre
The Offwell Woodland and Wildlife Trust is responsible for the restoration of a 50 acre Forestry Commission site in East Devon , which has now become the Woodland Education Centre. Much of the woodland has been restored and supports woodland plants and animals such as badgers, deer and woodpeckers. An area of heathland is also being restored and the Centre now has three ponds, a small lake as well as wetlands and marsh.
The Trust runs the Woodland Education Centre in partnership with the Forestry Commission. Trained staff are provided to lead structured activities at the Centre, or at your own location, if suitable habitats are available. For further information visit www.offwell.info
East Devon District Council - Education Ranger Service
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The council employs a full time Education Ranger to promote access to the Local Nature Reserves for school groups looking to use the available facilities. The Ranger is able to provide guided walks around the sites and draw up detailed programmes of events for whole and half day visits. The Ranger Service is offered to schools, colleges and local interest groups, free of charge from the District Council. Visits have included pond dipping and story telling at Seaton Marshes LNR with 48 reception aged children, sand sculpture and The Living Estuary with a class of Year 2 children. For further information visit www.eastdevon.gov.uk/index/visiting/countryside_index/education_opportunities.htm |
RSPB
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The RSPB has a Teacher Naturalist offering an education service for local school groups. For further information Tel: 01392 432691 |
The Axe Vale and District Conservation Society
exists to encourage an informed and active interest in the local environment and to work for the conservation of the area and the protection of its wildlife. For further information visit www.axevaleconservation.co.ukThe Sid Vale Association
The Sid Vale Association was formed to protect the beauty and amenities of the neighbourhood and to promote and aid its cultural development. For further information telephone 01395 516982The Otter Valley Association
The Otter Valley Association was formed as an amenity society to interest residents and visitors in the history, geography, natural history, present architecture and future planning of this area of Devon . For further information visit www.ova.org.ukMuseums
Fairlynch Museum
The displays illustrate aspects of Budleigh Salterton and the villages of the Lower Otter Valley - geology, archaeology, ecology and people. www.devonmuseums.net/fairlynch
Sidmouth Museum
The museum reflects the history of Sidmouth and the Sid Valley and is the starting point for regular Guided Strolls around this unique town.Axe Vale Heritage Museum
The museum concentrates on the lower Axe Valley and is well known for its excellent collection of old photographs of the area.