Falling in love on the River Kit
Dominic Acland2023-02-15T12:21:00+00:00The River Kit in East Devon flows to the east down from the Blackdown Hills into the River Axe - just as the River Culm flows to the west down from the AONB to join
A wrap-up of our nature-based solutions demonstration projects
Dominic Acland2023-02-09T17:43:50+00:00Over the last 3 years the CtC team have been working with landowners to design and deliver a range of ‘nature-based solutions’ (NBS) on land within the Culm catchment. A number of different NBS
Forum#5 – Rob Hopkins, a World Premiere and more!
Dominic Acland2022-11-30T10:59:26+00:00We had a wonderful time at our fifth bi-annual Forum in mid-November 2022. Held at Cullompton Community Centre, we welcomed over 60 guests to enjoy an evening of talks, film, discussion and discovery. The
Catching up with Catchment Connections
Dominic Acland2022-11-02T17:10:25+00:00The Catchment Connections team has been out across the Culm this summer running and attending community events and we finally caught up with them to find out what's been going on! It has been
The Culm attracts international attention!
Dominic Acland2022-10-25T09:54:45+00:00Late in September this year the Connecting the Culm project hosted a knowledge-sharing visit from our partners in the Interreg 2 Seas funded Co-Adapt programme. The CtC team coordinated the 2-day visit which, as
Green Finance for the River Culm
Dominic Acland2022-12-14T14:18:59+00:00We've had exciting news that Connecting the Culm has just been awarded an £73,000 grant by DEFRA’s Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) to help us attract private green finance for nature-based solutions in
The Future for Water Quality on the Culm
Dominic Acland2022-04-28T05:28:09+00:00Our latest Catchment Adaptation Workshop focused on the topic of Water Quality and featured a fascinating panel of speakers: Mark Worsfold, South West Water, Director of Asset Management. Mark is in charge of SWW’s
Team Changes at Connecting the Culm
Dominic Acland2022-03-24T15:24:34+00:00There have been several changes in our team here at CtC in the last months, and although the work goes on unchanged we’d like to let you know about those who have left and
A new Culm Catchment Officer joins the team!
Dominic Acland2022-03-24T15:23:26+00:00We’re delighted to welcome Lucy Jefferson into the team in the new role of Culm Catchment Officer. The funding for this post comes from a Devon-wide project being coordinated by Devon County Council called
Storytelling in person – Cullompton 25 September
Dominic Acland2021-09-22T14:08:24+00:00Clare Viner, our in-house story generator and fabulist, continues her series of blogs with reflections on her preparations for Saturday's first Connecting the Culm storytelling event. This week I'm getting ready for for my first