Timo talks to Tina Cunnell, Brandon Town Clerk and former Thetford Town Clerk. Today’s episode takes a walk through Brandon’s green spaces, from the public-access orchard, up the avenue of lime trees planted for Queen Victoria and the memorial playing fields behind the Leisure Centre to the staunch on the Little Ouse river.
Join them as they discuss:
- the love Breckland people have for the outdoors
- Tina’s project to connect the towns of Thetford and Brandon by river
- finding the balance between preserving heritage structures and adapting our environment to meet today’s material needs
- how strange conservation can be in the Brecks and why a sense of community identity is important for the environment
- how to use engagement to ensure a resilient and sustainable landscape in light of a growing population
- the essential role of the non-expert in heritage and conservation projects
- how projects happen: what dispositions, attitudes and skillsets are needed?
- how the landscape partnerships raise the next generation to continue the work
- Tina’s dreams for the future of the landscape partnership.
Find out more about collaborative working in the Brecks at www.brecks.org and about Brandon Town Council at www.brandon-tc.gov.uk
