Amble Puffin Festival

Funded on
07 May 2013

Amble Puffin Festival celebrates the puffin! Held at the best time of year to see our puffins & their pufflings. Walks, talks, food & drink, crafts, music & eco activities including an eco caravan.

£1,079 Raised of £1,079

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The idea

Guided walks, bird watching, environmental activities, recycling workshops, held in an eco caravan, pond dipping, sand sculpting, photo exhibitions, displays, creating a junk sculpture. Activities for all ages..

What we'll deliver

Host an event to help achieve sustainabilty for the town

Why it's a great idea

A puffin festival will promote Amble's unique identity
Increase tourism for the town
Help local business
Eco caravan will Increase awareness of conservation and environmental issues in a fun way
Increase green tourism

Steps to get it done

Working in partnership with other town organisations and volunteers

The eco caravan is a space for environmental and recycling workshops. It has been modified to include environmental features such as renewable energy and appliances adapted to run without electricity. The workshops will be held in a fun but informative way for children and adults.

Location

By Amble Development Trust

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Amble is situated on the north east coast of Northumberland. Amble Development Trust is a charity charged with the regeneration of the town through both infrastructure and community development.

The organisation was set up in 1994 in response to a Civic Trust Regeneration Study and has since then completed major physical improvement projects including: rebuild of the South Pier (now a tourist attraction), refurbishment of Queen Street – main thoroughfare, creation of a Town square, rebuild of derelict building and refurb of a former public house, amongst others.

Our attitude to community development is, hopefully, enterprising. We offer employment counselling, have developed a community newspaper, an interactive digital tourism game – Amble GPX, run a community shop which supports local producers, offer office accommodation to local businesses and organise community events. Our projects are all run on a social enterprise basis – any profits are reinvested for community benefit.

The Trust now operates with an administrative staffing level of 3 plus 2 production staff in our preserve making enterprise.

Since inception ADT has attracted in excess of £10m inward investment for the town.

In 2012 we launched a new regeneration strategy Amble 2020, which outlines plans to aid future regeneration and sustainability for our businesses, fishing and tourism sectors.

Project Owner: Amble Development Trust The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.

Contractor : Ellie Noble The team responsible for building or installing the project.