Get creative and celebrate North Devon's natural beauty with your own short film...

As part of the BBC's Get Creative campaign, community film makers North Devon Moving Image (NDMI) want you to get out into the wild and create a short film about the landscape and nature of the North Devon Coast AONB.

NDMI are BBC Get Creative Champions - encouraging people in the UK to get involved with the arts, culture and creativity. Amanda McCormack, Creative Director of NDMI says

"We are thrilled to be a part of this campaign and we know that there are lots of talented film makers and photographers of all ages in North Devon who can help us build a collection of short films about our very special environment."

"We are great fans of the outdoors and value the outstanding natural beauty of our coast and countryside. The Wild Shorts competition has entry categories for film makers of all ages and any level of experience. We want to inspire nature lovers and environmentalists to pick up their camcorder, digital camera, mobile phone or tablet and share their perspective of the AONB with the world."

All the information you will need about the Wild Shorts competition can be found on the NDMI website www.northdevonmovingimage.org.uk or by telephoning Amanda on 01271 860610: the website also provides film making tips and for inspiration NDMI will be blogging with inspirational ideas throughout the competition.

Amanda adds "We are grateful to our funders for helping us run this initiative - a first for North Devon - and want to thank the North Devon Coast AONB, Fullabrook CIC and Tarka Country Trust for their funding. We have also been delighted with the response from local businesses and organisations in offering prizes with donations from GoldCoast Oceanfest, Down End Croyde Car Park, The National Trust, Devon Wildlife Trust, Combe Martin Dinosaur and Wildlife Park and Ilfracombe Aquarium."

Wild Shorts is open for entries throughout the summer and autumn with a closing date of 30 November 2016. There are some great prizes to tempt all ages and the winning films will be shown at a red carpet award ceremony in January and be exhibited on the AONB website.

Wild Life Shorts Film Making Competition

North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Tap here for The Wild Shorts competition 

or call Amanda on 01271 860610

A day of discovery at Cricklepit Mill and wildlife garden

A wildlife garden and historic mill in the heart of Exeter will be opening its doors
to the public for a special summer open day.

The 'Water and Wildlife' event is being held at Cricklepit Mill, the headquarters of
Devon Wildlife Trust, on Friday 12 August, 10am - 3pm. Cricklepit is the last
working watermill in Exeter and is only a stone's throw away from the Quay.

Visitors will be given the chance to see the historic mill in action. Milling will
run throughout the morning from 10am-12noon with volunteer millers on hand to answer
any questions and help people discover the fascinating process of flour production.

Exeter once had many mills in the city but Cricklepit is the only one to survive in
its working state, and represents an integral part of the city's industrial
heritage. The flour produced on the day will be available to buy.
Families can go wild in the garden with natural arts and crafts. There will be
weaving, flower pressing and wild art pictures, all making use of the natural
materials around.

Visitors can also discover what hides in the meadows with bug hunting throughout the
day! The Cricklepit garden has been designed for wildlife with grasshoppers,
colourful moths and flower beetles all making their homes here.

Devon Wildlife Trust's Jasmine Atkinson said 'this is a day for everyone to discover
the wonders of Cricklepit. The historic machinery fascinates all, both young and
old. Visitors can feel the grain, smell the flour dust and hear the old cogs'

'The wildlife garden will be our inspiration for natural crafts, and children can
create and make wonderful artwork to take home with them.'

'We are looking forward to opening the gates on this special summer holiday event.
Its drop-in so visitors can come anytime; bring a picnic and make a day of it or pop
in on your way to the Quay'.

The wildlife garden will also be open to visitors. Cricklepit's garden is an urban
oasis in the heart of the city. Mid-Summer is a great time to visit this
community-led project. Holly blue butterflies, grey wagtails and occasionally
kingfishers can be seen in the garden!

The Water and Wildlife Day is taking place at Cricklepit Mill, EX2 4AB, near Exeter
Quay on 12th August, between 10am- 3pm. It's free and visitors are invited to
drop-in throughout the day. Milling demonstrations will run 10am - 12noon.

This day is part of a new campaign called My Wild Neighbourhood by The Southern
Co-operative and Wildlife Trusts in the southern region to help families get outside
and explore wildness in their neighbourhoods.


For more information about this event go to http://www.devonwildlifetrust.org 

or find us on Facebook facebook.com/devonwildlife and Twitter @Cricklepitmill.

For people who cannot make this date the Mill's gardens are open 9am-5pm weekdays
(except Bank Holidays) throughout the year.

Clovelly Lectures: Clovelly welcomes Lord Hennessey of Nympsfield FBA,

Clovelly welcomes Lord Hennessey of Nympsfield FBA, the 12th political speaker at Clovelly’s Forum on World Affairs, International Relations, Security & Defence and Science & Technology. A platform for providing information for informed choices.

Now in its 5th year, Clovelly Lectures has found in Devon a responsive audience. A curiosity and interest in listening and discussing matters that affects our lives in a fast changing and confusing economic and political world.

On the 1st October 2016, Lord Hennessey will be tackling the subject of:

“BRITAIN’S PLACE IN THE WORLD AND IN THE AFTERMATH OF A HISTORIC EUROPEAN REFERENDUM”

Honorary Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, the London School of Economics and St Benet’s Hall, Oxford, Lord Hennessy has been a regular contributor to the Press, Radio and Television since 1987 including a regular presenter of ‘Analysis’ on BBC Radio 4 and guest editor of the ‘Today’ programme.

In 2010 Lord Hennessy became a life peer taking the title Baron Hennessy of Nympsfield and sits as a cross bencher in the House of Lords. Lord Peter Hennessy started his career in Journalism writing for the Times, The Financial Times and the Economist, where he found a love of the constitution and specialised in the history of the British Government. Lord Hennessy moved into academia in 1992. He became Professor of contemporary history at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London. From 1994 – 1997 he gave public lectures as Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, London. In 1986 he co-founded the Institute of Contemporary British History. Since 2001, Lord Hennessy has been Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary. The themes of the constitution and the power of the machinery of Government in Britain have stayed at the heart of Lord Hennessey’s research.

Lord Hennessy has written several contemporary history books most notably ‘Never Again: Britain 1945–1951 which won the Duff Cooper Prize and the NCR Book Award and ‘Having it so Good: Britain in the 1950’s which won the Orwell Prize.

Clovelly Lectures:Speaker Lord Hennessey 1st October at Clovelly Visitor Centre

For tickets and further information please contact:

Clovellylectures11@gmail.com or Tel: 01237 431200

http://www.clovelly.co.uk/clovelly-events/clovelly-lectures-0