At Groundwork South we manage the Combe Valley Countryside Park Community Interest Company (CIC) and the Discovery Centre at the Gateway to the Park near Bexhill. We plan infrastructure improvements and run environmental education programmes in the park including the popular seasonal holiday clubs from our Discovery Centre and Café at Freshfields, Bexhill.
Volunteering in the Park
The Park offers a fantastic opportunity for local people and businesses to get involved in action-packed outdoor volunteering events. For businesses we can tailor unique team-building volunteering experiences for your employees. Please get in touch with ben.coles@groundwork.org.uk to hear more.
We also work closely with the Friends of Coombe Valley who coordinate regular park maintenance and habitat protection activities. If you’re an individual interesting in volunteering in the park, please visit the Friends of Coombe Valley Facebook page for the latest opportunities and information.
‘Recovering Combe Valley’ project receives National Lottery Heritage Fund and Defra support
Working in partnership with Groundwork and the Friends of CVCP, the CIC’s new programme ‘Green Teams’ will provide paid training opportunities for 10 local 16-24 year olds not in employment, education or training, utilising secured match-funding from the government’s Kickstart scheme. They will participate in a broad programme of environmental renewal projects, learning landscaping and horticulture skills to help secure employment whilst delivering park biodiversity enhancements.
‘Recovering Combe Valley’ will carry out a range of improvements including tree and hedge planting, wildflower planting, pathway clearance, and habitat enhancement right across the park. Having adopted a 5-year park activation plan, the CIC will continue striving to ensure that ‘Recovering Combe Valley’ is a very significant piece of a much bigger programme of sustained work and improvements over the next 5 years and beyond.
For more information on this latest project, please contact ben.coles@groundwork.org.uk.