A grant of £2,000 has been awarded to the Friends of Salhouse Broad towards creating an exciting bespoke natural play space for everyone to enjoy. The new play area will encourage children and families to engage with the stunning natural woodland adjacent to the Broad and within The Broads National Park. It will widen the offer to both local residents and families visiting the area, encouraging them to visit at any time of the year and to stay for longer.

CAP.Co, a local, Broads-based company who are international leaders in the field of creating adventurous, playful, educational spaces, have been commissioned to deliver this project

Just some of the 80 businesses who, together with their fantastic customers, are all playing a part in helping to keep the Broads special

Thank you to everyone

Hall Farm  Cottages, Maycraft , Riverside Rentals, Ivy House Country Hotel Prima Rosa, A Piece of Cake, Limes Farm and Smile Bikes

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Love the Broads is delighted to have provided a grant to the award-winning RAF Air Radar Museum, Neatishead,  to preserve and record current Volunteers’ memories of their service time at this fascinating 1942 built radar operations building which played such a major part in the Cold War.

A cheque for £2,219 was presented by Peter Howe of the Broads Trust to Trustees of the Museum in the Cold War Operations Room.

Love the Broads wishes to thank all of our fantastic business partners, Members and Visitors who kindly help us with our exciting work to keep the Norfolk Broads National Park special.

We have had a great year and have so far raised a total of over £45,000 which has supported projects including wildlife, education and the visitor experience.

We couldn’t do it without you.  We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Members enjoying a walk with Burnt Fen Alpacas

Looking for that perfect Christmas gift for loved ones?   Something a little different?  Well, how about presenting them with a unique gift of a Love the Broads’ annual membership.   From just £15 you can give your friends and family a gift which will enable them to be invited to exclusive events at major attractions on the Broads with guided walks and talks as well as knowing that they are helping to keep the Broads special for the future.

To learn more contact:  info@lovethebroads.org.uk

We look forward to welcoming Members to our next event on Saturday 7th December.

A great itinerary has been designed including a Tour of the Brewery, meeting the team, opportunity to buy those special Christmas gifts and light refreshments.   See you all there!

We’ll be there – come and join us!   Book your table now to avoid disappointment! All profits will be going to Love the Broads.   Help us to keep the Broads National Park special and have some fun.

White Horse Inn, Neatishead, NR12 8AD, Tel: 01692 630828 Email: thewhitehorseinn@hotmail.com

The Two Rivers Artists Festive Fair this year takes place on 16th November at  the New Victory Hall, Neatishead. 10am – 3pm.

Once again, this fantastic event offers you the chance to meet Norfolk artists & artisans using traditional skills to make beautiful, unique and individual objects; artefacts and designs which last – the antithesis of the high street throw away.   It will be bursting with imagination, inspiration and quality, supporting talented local artists and artisans who genuinely craft their ideas from concept to creation.

There will be fantastic guest artists and artisans to add to an eclectic mix which and the Fair will be supporting the brilliant local Nancy Oldfield Trust (which has also received a Love the Broads’ grant this year). Delicious, homemade, refreshments will be available.    See you there!

www.tworiverstrail.com

Thank you to Broadland Cycle Hire and its fantastic customers for their donation of £400 to help us with our work to keep the Broads special.

We wish Peter Kiernan every success in taking over this amazing cycle hire business and Peter Howe, former owner and loyal and hardworking Trustee of the Broads Trust/Love the Broads, a wonderful “retirement” but we will be keeping him very busy.

Thurne Mill

Everyone’s invited to the launch of the Capturing Memories event being held at Thurne Mill from 2-4pm on Sunday 1st September.  This induction and reception will showcase this amazing project which has been funded by Love the Broads and Water, Mills & Marshes.   Attendance is free but donations are welcome.

Please RSVP by email info@thurnewindmill.co.uk or by telephone on 07796407864

(Left to right: Kate Aldridge, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Nicky Rowbottom, Suffolk Otter Group, Peter Howe, Trustee of the Broads Trust which administers Love the Broads, Stephen Bradnock, Nancy Oldfield Trust, Carol Horner and Debra Nicholson of Friends of Thurne Mill)

A grant cheque for more than £5,000 has been presented to four amazing projects which will help wildlife, an iconic building, the visitor experience and people’s wellbeing in the Broads National Park.   Businesses, Members and grant beneficiaries attended the presentation which was held at the Nancy Oldfield HQ at Neatishead on a very sunny and warm day.   The grant beneficiaries are:

Suffolk Otter Group – £822 – surveying of the otter population at three Suffolk Wildlife Trust  Nature Reserves in the Lower Waveney

Norfolk Wildlife Trust – £2,125 – for an interpretation board on Heron’s Carr boardwalk overlooking Barton Broad (part of Tipping the Balance)

Friends of Thurne Mill – £2,034 – capturing memories of the past of this iconic Mill through digital and pictorial documents to be available online and through libraries and Mill archives

Nancy Oldfield Trust – £500 – to purchase presentation equipment to raise additional funds for free boating activities for people who are in palliative care or who have received diagnosis of a terminal illness. This project was exclusively supported by Norfolk Broads Direct.

Thank you to everyone for their generous donations to enable us to help to keep the Broads National Park special and for people to enjoy.