TWEED RIVERS HERITAGE PROJECT

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Life after HLF

• Who we are, what we do and how we do it
• Tweed Rivers Heritage Project
• The legacy of the project
• Maintaining the project assets and partnership
• Tweed Forum - post HLF

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Evolution
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Who we are
PRIVATE / VOLUNTARY SECTOR Borders Anglers
Federation Borders Forest Trust Farming and
Wildlife Advisory Group Northumbrian
Water Northumbrian Wildlife Trust River Tweed
Commissioners Royal Society for the Protection
of Birds Scottish Agricultural College Scottish
Borders Rural Partnership Scottish Rural
Property and Business Association Scottish
National Farmers Union Southern Uplands
Partnership Tweed Foundation
TWEED FORUM is..
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES Department
of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Agency Forestry Commission
Scotland Natural England Scottish Environment
Protection Agency Scottish Government Scottish
Natural Heritage Scottish Water Scottish
Enterprise Borders Visit Scotland
LOCAL AUTHORITIES Berwick upon Tweed Borough
Council Northumberland County Council Northumberla
nd National Park Authority Scottish Borders
Council
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TWEED FORUM - What we do
to promote the wise and sustainable use of the
whole Tweed catchment through holistic and
integrated management and planning.
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How we do it
THE CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE ROLE OF
TWEED FORUM
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• Facilitating and Enabling
• - Mediator/Honest Broker defuse potential
  conflicts
• - promote integration, coordination and
  cooperation
• - pool resources and secure funding

• Seizing Opportunities

• Filling Gaps
• - encourage others to action, or
• - taking direct action

• Communicating
• - improve flow of information
• - articulate and promote collective aims and
  objectives

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TWEED RIVERS HERITAGE PROJECT

• To conserve, enhance and raise awareness of the
  natural, built and cultural heritage of the
  rivers and valleys of the Tweed catchment and
  develop the recreational opportunities and the
  quality of life in the region.

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TWEED RIVERS HERITAGE PROJECT

• 9 million with 4 million from HLF (45) over 2
  phases 1999-2006
• 50 different projects

• Cash match funding from over 60 different
  sources

• Tweed Forum core funded 70 by HLF

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THE NATURAL HERITAGE
To conserve and enhance the landscape, the
indigenous habitats and associated wildlife

• 130 km of river enhanced through fencing and
  planting
• 1400 hectares of woodland, wetland and moorland
  brought into management
• 140,000 trees planted
• 80 ponds created
• 36 km of hedgerow created or restored
• Control of alien plant species along 300 km of
  river

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ACCESS RECREATION
To enhance and develop the network of public
access routes, recreational opportunities and
visitor facilities along the river system.

• Over 1000km of footpath upgraded and 520km
  created
• 175 km of multi-use path upgraded and 207 km
  created
• 170km of cycleway created
• 11 different trails created
• 9 bridges built and 9 replaced/restored
• 8 community woodlands established

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THE BUILT CULTURAL HERITAGE
To conserve and enhance the built and cultural
heritage of the Tweed as well as its enjoyment.

• 20 different listed structures and scheduled
  ancient monuments restored, including
• 3 listed bridges, 2 castles, a viaduct, a folly,
  an ornamental spring, a sawmill and waterwheel,
  an old colliery chimney, a number of significant
  tombstones and a summerhouse incorporating Roman
  masonry.
• 15 archaeological sites excavated
• 650 hectares of archaeologically sensitive
  landscape brought under management

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EDUCATION INTERPRETATION
To raise awareness and promote the importance of
Tweeds heritage and its management through
education and interpretation.

• 57 schools involved
• 43 publications produce
• 674 education/ resource packs distributed
• 187 school visits/field trips
• 370 talks and presentations given
• 14,000 people attending talks

• Over 90 interpretation boards installed
• 12 exhibitions and visitors centres enhanced and
  upgraded
• 20 key heritage sites and viewpoints enhanced
• Over 520,000 leaflets distributed

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• Economic legacy
• Estimated that the project has levered in 5.4
  million into the region and supported 40 full
  time jobs
• Even though the project is now finished it is
  estimated that continued project investment and
  visitor spend will amount to 3.6 million per
  annum supporting 90 full time jobs.

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• Social legacy
• Increased awareness
• Health benefits paths, biking, fishing etc.
• Community cohesion (through e.g. volunteering)

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Partnership legacy
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Maintaining the project assets and the
partnership
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The partnership Tweed ForumLife after HLF..
but not as we know it

• Leaner and meaner
• Have to practice cost recovery
• Build business cases /SLAs with key members
• CMP as our business plan need to keep dynamic
  and relevant
• Aligning our work to deliver members strategic
  objectives
• Demonstrating the power of partnership
• Established consultancy trading arm to help raise
  money for the charitable side

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What we are doing now
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HOW?THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE AND TWEED
FORUM

• River Basin Management Planning
• SEPA and the EA are using Tweed Forum as the AAG
• Effective stakeholder engagement
• Integrating RBMP with Tweed CMP
• Ensuring regulatory regimes meet in the middle
• Using Forum technical groups to resolve specific
  issues and promoting best practice

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Delivery of habitat restoration work to achieve

• .....good ecological status (WFD)
• .designated site protection SSSI, SAC etc.
  (Habitats Directive)
• ..natural flood management (Floods Directive)
• Helping discharge agencies duties more
  efficiently, in partnership.

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Built and cultural heritagefilling a gap
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The Tweed Invasives Project

• Invasive plant species
• biggest threat to biodiversity after climate
  change
• can rapidly out compete and displaces native
  flora
• affected over 300 miles of water course on the
  Tweed and its tributaries
• no one taking responsibility
• control work has multiple benefits for wildlife,
  access, erosion control, fishing etc.

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Expenditure 2002 - 2008
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Funding
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Why it works(and why the landscape partnership
concept - and Tweed Forum - works)

• Leverage
• At a scale to really make a difference
• Integrated approach everyone involved
• Multiple benefits on multiple strategic fronts
• Efficient makes best use of available resources
• Ultimately ensures bigger bang for buck