Love the broads is the Visitor Giving Scheme for the Broads National Park. It aims to inspire people to care for the environment through making a small donation at key tourism sites, through their accommodation provider, or by giving money directly.  If every visitor to the Broads National Park gave just £1 we could raise £7 million each year for projects to protect the Broads in the future.

We are sending our full support to our Business Partners that have been affected by the recent severe flooding across the Broads National Park.  We hope that you are back to normal business very soon.

We are so grateful for your fantastic continued support to our important work across the Broads.

Keep smiling!

Another massive thank you to The Hungry Otter overlooking the beautiful Salhouse Broad for their fantastic support and to their fabulous customers that have kindly donated to Love the Broads in 2023.  An amazing £600 raised by Helen, Chris and their customers.

The Hungry Otter raises donations by selling Love the Broads wildlife badges.  They also add a small voluntary donation of 10p onto ice creams and cookies and sell second hand books with donations being collected for our charity.

Helen says “I became a Love the Broads partner in order to give something back to the wonderful area I am lucky enough to work in and the charity is focussed on providing services and enhancing the visitor experience for those visiting and living in the Broads. I also feel that all businesses, whether large or small, should try to do what they can for our local areas.  Every little bit helps and we would all be so much better off if everyone helped. I can’t lie, it makes me feel good about myself and the business to be helping a local charity!”

What a difference a small business can make to help our wonderful environment in the Broads National Park.  We are very grateful.

The sun shone, there was tea and cake galore and a fabulous trip on the historic Falcon steam boat.  Who could ask for more?  Love the Broads’ Members enjoyed a fantastic exclusive event at the amazing Museum of the Broads on Saturday 10th June.

Come and join us as a Member and know that you are helping to keep the Broads National Park special as well as being able to visit the wonderful visitor attractions of the Broads for memorable experiences.

Application form available from:  info@lovethebroads.org.uk.

You will be very welcome.

Our grateful thanks to our wonderful business supporters and their fabulous customers for their recent donations to help our important work to keep the Broads special. Thanks for your hospitality, Tracey, at The Dog at Ludham Bridge also Woodforde’s Fur & Feather and Brewery Shop Oliver’s Sailing Holidays Salhouse Broad Wheatacre Hall Barns Broadland Home Interiors (Corporate sponsor). If you are a business, or know one, that might be interested in helping with our important work to keep Broads National Park special, please email lynne@lovethebroads.org.uk. There is no fee to be involved but you could make a real difference.

Where there’s muck – there’s brass.  Well that’s what they say up north and we won’t argue with that.  We are delighted that 3 of our fantastic business supporters, all small family owned businesses, are now providing a small donation from each boat “pump out”.    Please use them for your “pump outs” in the knowledge that not only are you being provided with excellent service but you are also helping the Broads to remain special from your donation.  Thank you to:

Maycraft Boat Services

The Big Shop on Womack Staithe

Ludham Bridge Boat Yard

We are delighted to have received donations recently from several of our business supporters to help us with our important work.  We would like to thank all our loyal business supporters that donate throughout the year, and their fabulous customers, including:

Maycraft

Riverside Rentals

Hall Farm

Bure Valley Cycle Hire

Burnt Fen Alpacas

Herbert Woods

Broadland Cycle Hire

A grant has been awarded for £670 to towards a new board game and poem as an educational tool to raise awareness of eel as a species and its relevance to Norfolk and The Broads in terms of heritage and biodiversity. It will increase engagement with The Broads as a landscape, awareness of eco-systems and waterways in The Broads, plus the impact of issues such as pollution and illegal trafficking.

Many of our business supporters have now closed for the winter and the time is right to send all of our business supporters and their customers, a huge THANK YOU. So far over £100,000 has been raised which has funded 55 amazing projects helping wildlife, the environment, education and the visitor experience across the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads. Given the many recent challenges you have all had to confront you have been fantastic. No words can express our gratitude.

We are very grateful to the wonderful Norwich Community Choir and St Helen’s Church (Cathedral of the Broads) at Ranworth for an amazing concert dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday 24th September.  All proceeds were kindly donated to Love the Broads.   What truly magical songs, music and poetry were performed by the Choir and the audience loved every minute.

You can listen to several pieces by clicking on Love the Broads’ facebook – see link:

 Love the Broads | Facebook

A scrumptious new business partner has just joined us.  We are delighted to welcome the Ice Float as our latest prime business helping us with our important work to keep the Broads special.  Customers will have the opportunity to donate 5p from each cone of ice cream sold.  The Ice Float will be cruising around parts of the Broads and looking out for your waves so that they can draw up alongside for your delicious ices.  Thank you Pam and all the team.