The Dartington Hall Trust Annual Review 2014-15www.dartington.org

Cover image shows 2014 Community Day© Will Carrodus

The Dartington Hall Trust Annual Review 2014-15www.dartington.org

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About us

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2014 saw more than 800,000 visitors from across the world join us here at Dartington. They took part in our events, courses, festivals and enjoyed films, our shops, restaurant and gardens.

Dartington is many things to many people but one aim underpins everything. And that’s how we use our estate to stimulate new thinking and action to help develop a more sustainable, more just and more enriching world. In this, very little has changed since Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst bought this estate in 1925 and embarked on what they called the Dartington Experiment to regenerate a rural community. 

The Elmhirsts welcomed artists, economists, horticulturists and social reformers to Dartington and encouraged them to grapple with the pressing issues of their day. The common theme then, as now, concentrated onmaking the world a better place for others. Today we are a social enterprise that ploughs surplus from our commercial enterprises back into the many projects we fund and support.

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Introduction from Vaughan Lindsay and Sir David Green

Our achievements in 2014

Food and Farming

Jobs and Homes

Enriching Lives

Our Year

Learning

Inclusion

Place

Our Reach

Our Future

Thank you to our partners

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Introduction: Celebrating our achievements

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2014 has been an exciting year for Dartington. So many new projects started and lives were touched positively through our work. There is a real feeling of energy around the estate, of creating new opportunities and generating fantastic ideas.

This is in no small measure down to our people who are brilliant at what they do. They bring true dedication to their work and the Trust extends a heartfelt thanks to each and every one of them for making Dartington the wonderful place it is.

The Dartington Hall Trust is an exceptional organisation not least because of the diverse range of partners with which we collaborate. We acknowledge many of these people and groups towards the end of this review but it is vital to recognise up front how important these relationships are and the ideas and force they bring to our work.

Within these pages you’ll find many lives transformed and ambitions realised through our work: the ex-prisoner who landed his first job; the women farmers feeding our community; the artists who throw a spotlight on society.

Dartington holds a special place in so many people’s hearts and minds. This review highlights why. As a snapshot of our achievements in 2014 and the people behind them, it gives an insight into our thinking and where we are going.

We find ourselves looking ahead with excitement. We have a clear focus. We will play our part in creating a society that is sustainable, just and enriching by enabling the broadest spectrum of people to contribute to their communities, delivering more good ideas into action and by using our estate as a community resource.

As a charity, our challenge is to continue to raise £1.5m a year to keep this wonderful estate open and sustain positive social change in the local, national and global communities we work with.

2015 is a very special year for us. It marks Dartington’s 90th anniversary. It is also 25 years since we established our Schumacher College to offer life-changing courses for sustainable living. And it’s 10 years since the start of our Research in Practice for Adults to improve outcomes for children, families and adults by supporting thousands of social care practitioners across the UK to do their jobs well. In marking these, we rejoice in remaining true to our pioneering roots and look forward to building on this in the years to come.

As always, we aim to stimulate new thinking and action.

Vaughan LindsayChief Executive Officer

Sir David GreenChair of The Dartington Hall Trust

Food and Farming

Exploring new ways to feed ourselves sustainably

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Food and FarmingOur achievements in 2014

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We secured a new tenant to run our 440 acre Old Parsonage Farm and as part of theagreement we achieved an important departure from single crop monoculture in the form of a commitment to plant 50 acres to agro-forestry, ie tree planting combined with crops or pasture

We ensured a more joined-up approach to sourcing ingredients for our commercial enterprises: bringing food from the estate onto the shelves of our shops and our White Hart restaurant menu

Our restaurant has a Condé Nast Johansens Best Sustainable Hospitality and Corporate Responsibility award, Taste of the West bronze award, and 1 star from the Sustainable Restaurant Association

We showcased more local produce than ever before to the 5,000+ visitors to our fourth annual Food Fair

Our supported tenants, School Farm Community Supported Agriculture (featured overleaf), made a commitment to provide local, organic, ecologically-grown fruit and veg in the local area

We supported a new talent: Ross Birbeck, a 17-year-old Bicton College student, to farm 250 ewes across 65 acres using low-impact farming methods

Our tenants, Earth Wrights, who make children’s play equipment from local sustainable timber, expanded to create more local jobs

Our land at Week, Dartington, was the subject of a community share offer, with a view to create a sustainable mixed farm, with an emphasis on education, and to create community orchards and allotments for local families

Highlights

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Around 880 acres of our estate is home to over 100 diverse businesses and projects delivering innovative and exciting farming practices. Sustainability is at the heart of what we do and we place great weight on supporting community projects and local growers.

Food and Farming storyFeeding a community

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There’s a sense that people have become disconnected from where food comes from - the work that goes into it, the seasonality.

We want to give people an option: to get involved in a local community farm producing low-carbon food.

We created this amazing community and social enterprise from scratch: a farm that can support livelihoods, where we can grow sustainably and ecologically. We have 30 members that pay £500 a year. That’s their commitment to us in return for a weekly share of the harvest.

We’re a certified organic farm. It’s currently a no-dig site. We use hand tools rather than machinery, barrier protection and biological controls such as ladybirds to control aphids.

At 7.30 in the morning we harvest the crops and pack the boxes. Within a 12-hour window the vegetables are ready for our members.

Dartington has been really helpful. They’ve helped us with the tenancy: we started with 0.75 acres, have taken another 1.5 acres and they’ve offered us 2.24 acres in all. Last winter’s storms took out a lot of glass in the greenhouses and they fixed it. They are also advertising our courses that are coming up.

It’s a beautiful site to plant. We are now growing squash, beans, strawberries, cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts, carrots, parsnips, onions, garlic, leeks, raspberries and mixed salad. We’re even experimenting with loofahs this year.

Growers, volunteers and students get to know about their food. They know where it comes from. They get excited about the crops. And they tell their friends. It changes people’s relationship with the farmer.

We share the rewards. Over the last two years we’ve had abundant sunshine and abundant crops. We say: ‘Here’s all your food. If you want more, take more’.

We can’t control the sunshine. In a poor year we talk to our members and they are being flexible. They can understand why.

In the future we want to create a lush open space, a new tool shed and a classroom, a fire pit, pizza oven, herb beds and a shaded area for children.

By 2015 we hope to have 50 members. We’re here for the community and ready to serve their vegetable needs. Now we’ve got hammocks, I’m here for life!

Following an apprenticeship on a Cotswolds organic farm, Laura Creen co-founded School Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) with Jenny Gellatly, Melissa Harvey and Zoe Jong on the Dartington estate in 2013.

Why Dartington is involved...

‘To build community resilience, social change and a local food culture’

40 students working on site from Bicton, Schumacher and Duchy College courses£6,500 raised in crowd-funding, subsequently match-funded30 memberswww.schoolfarmcsa.org.uk

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Jobs and Homes

Helping to create sustainablejobs and better places to live

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Jobs and Homes Our achievements in 2014

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Our School for Social Entrepreneurs Dartington and partners launched a search for 50 South West social enterprises to join its cutting-edge accelerator, the Seedbed programme, which will help innovators grow their businesses and scale up their impact

Our pioneering Abundant Life project involved the community in its plans toincrease facilities for local people and provide lifetime homes for those aged over 55 to live full, active and engaged lives

We increased our support of local producers and enterprises at our shops by expanding our food shop and craft gallery

Building began on our £1.6 million regeneration of Webbers Yard industrial estate which will support up to 180 jobs

We provided workspaces and studios to over 100 tenants on the Dartington Estate, many of whom are burgeoning small companies

We extended the use of our excellent conference venue in our Grade I listed buildings to the widest variety of organisations and groups, and earned a 4 star rating on Trip Advisor for our accommodation

We increased our investment in Totnes Renewable Energy Society (TRESOC) to fund over 70 solar roofs for tenants and local businesses

We worked with our local community in response to their interest in potential housing developments in Dartington village

We introduced new employee-led internal communications, inspired by Schumacher College teaching, to empower staff in an open and inclusive working culture

Highlights

We support over 450 enterprises and directly employ 240 people. We directly stimulate employment for 700 people and contribute £25mto the economy through our shops, hospitality, our charitable programmes and through our diverse property portfolio.

Jobs and Homes storyCaring for the person within

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I was an occupational therapist and care worker for years. I was working in a small Oxford home care company when I first realised that I could set up my own social enterprise to care for older people at home.

I’ve seen first hand how older people often struggle to access services they need. I think many are disempowered and given limited choice in a market dominated by large providers.

The School for Social Entrepreneurs Dartington helped turn my idea into reality. I knew the area of care, but had to write policies and procedures and establish invoicing and rota management for the care we provide, as well as learning about recruitment and training needs for staff.

The best thing about the Dartington course was the support in putting together a business plan. I realised how much work I had to put in. It really was invaluable. I left in 2011 knowing exactly what I needed to do.

My company provides loving care and support to older people in their homes. Our mission is to see the individual within and treat everyone with respect. It is a great responsibility to care for someone three times a day. We cannot let them down.

As a ‘community interest company’, we generate profit but put it back into the community to provide extra support where it is needed. 

By the end of my first year my enterprise was profitable. Within a month of launch in June 2012I had my first clients and 2013 was a huge rollercoaster ride, as it took off really quickly.

I was holding onto my seat, hurtling along.We now employ six care and support workers and have cared for 36 clients. Initially my clients were private, but now the local authority contacts us regularly to ask if we can provide daily care.

Looking ahead, I can see many areas of potential growth including chiropody, hairdressing and extending our companionship services. Everyone who needs a tailor-made service should be able to access it.

After studying at the School for Social Entrepreneurs Dartington, Claire Burton set up a social enterprise to care for older people. Hestia Care at Home is now a flourishing south Devon business.

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Why Dartington is involved...

‘To support a thriving community of social entrepreneurs’

Enriching Lives

Supporting the arts and encouraging well-being

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Enriching Lives Our achievements in 2014

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Dartington International Summer School welcomed musicians, students and audiences to its 2014 residential music school and we were fortunate to secure Joanna MacGregor to follow on from our hugely respected outgoing Artistic Director, Nicholas Daniel

Amjad Ali Khan and Talvin Singh headlined Dartington’s Tagore Festival

Our facilities continued to provide a base for the acclaimed Ways With Words literary festival which featured Sandi Toksvig, George Monbiot and Michael Rosen

Schumacher College announced a unique new programme of short courses, Soul Spirit and Story, and launched a year-long programme in partnership with Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Centre

We refurbished our Barn Cinema and attracted record audiences to enjoy our acclaimed programme of independent and arthouse films

We provided advice and support to artists such as Aakash Odedra, EarFilms, Fanshen, Matthew and Me, Impermanence Dance Theatre, Ansuman Biswas, Richard Chappell Dance, Lisa May Thomas, Just Jones and Emma Lewis Jones

We offered collaborative events to our community with Dance in Devon, contemporary trapeze artists Upswing, Park School, Totnes Early Learning Centre and King Edward VI Community College

We supported Dartington Community Choir, Devon Baroque, Totnes Early Music Society, Dartington Playgoers and other local arts organisations with community rates

Highlights

Continuing in its rich tradition of providing arts, cultural and spiritual activities, Dartington delivers over 1,100 events, festivals and courses this year.

Enriching Lives story Films of the imagination

A nocturnal festival of performance, art, music and spoken word held across Brighton & Hove. www.visitbrighton.com/whats-on/white-night-p631581 Tagore is a three-day festival of music, dance, debate and film held on the estate to celebrate the life of Rabindranath Tagore, the visionary who inspired Dartington. www.dartington.org/tagore-festival/

I was in a band and took part in Brighton’s White Night music and blindfolded the audience. It became clear that this was something else.

Dartington gave us a dedicated studio space to develop an idea and to think where we could go deep into the process. To be in surroundings like this where there were no distractions - there was no focus other than the work.

To Sleep to Dream is an 85-minute piece taking you from a very controlling city to a magical realm. There are strong parallels between Dartington and London.

We all went a little bit crazy, working 15-20 hours a day. I hadn’t done anything so challenging in my life before. We had to put our lives aside. We all moved from our homes. We became part of the creative community here.

We’ve created a cinema for people’s imagination. The audience is blindfolded and they sit in the centre surrounded by speakers. It’s an immersive film with no pictures where the story plays out in the imagination. You need to relax and let it happen.

At the end of the show there’s an opportunity for people to talk about their experiences. They share their visions.

A social conscience is coming out. How can we help the next generation of thinkers and create something that will allow society to grow? We’ve found something deeper that we want to share.

We have performed at Dartington’s Tagore festivaland in New York, Alabama, Melbourne and Bristol. The response has been fantastic.

We’re now exploring setting up a sonic artists’ lab with Dartington, where other artists can use the space for their own work. There aren’t many ‘third order ambisonic systems’ in the world!

There’s something bigger about Dartington. You’ve got space to dream and explore an idea, away from the pressures of a city.

EarFilms, founded by Daniel Marcus Clark, took up a two-year residency at Dartington’s Space in 2012 to develop the ground-breaking ‘audio film’ To Sleep to Dream. The work has since toured the world.

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Why Dartington is involved...

‘To develop a vibrant arts programme that supports creative and resilient communities’

3 continents hosted the work22 speakers needed for each performance250 maximium number of people in the audiencewww.earfilms.com

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Scilla Elworthy at Tagore Festival Peace activist Scilla Elworthy talks at the Tagore Festival

Our Year

Dartington discovery day Local school children learn about the natural world on a ‘discovery day’ run by conservation manager Mike Newby and volunteer Vicky Churchill

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Scilla Elworthy at Tagore Festival Peace activist Scilla Elworthy talks at the Tagore Festival

Summer SchoolOne of many performances at Dartington International Summer School

Dartington discovery day Local school children learn about the natural world on a ‘discovery day’ run by conservation manager Mike Newby and volunteer Vicky Churchill

Countryfile film LandWorks The BBC1 Countryfile crew filming Dartington LandWorks 

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LearningHelping others to learn,

and evaluating and learningfrom what we do

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Learning Our achievements in 2014

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We enabled over 53,000 people to find practical ways to live more sustainable lives, developing their creativity and helping understand ‘what works’ in supporting and protecting vulnerable children and adults

We shared our skills, resources and learning with over 100 like-minded partners in social services to widen our impact, improve our learning and increase the difference we make

Schumacher College, which Dartington established 25 years ago to pioneer transformative learning on sustainability for a global community, ran a six-month sustainable horticulture apprenticeship scheme, and announced a new MA in Ecological Design Thinking

We delivered our craft education programme, including our year-round bookbinding and printmaking classes, to record numbers of people

Our Research in Practice charity, which guides professionals to improve the lives of children and young people, published ground-breaking research into adolescent protection issues in partnership with the Association of Directors of Children’s Services

We provided over 300 volunteers with volunteering and lifelong learning opportunities in conservation, gardening, Abundant Life, LandWorks, Barn cinema, Schumacher College, Summer School and our visitor centre

We delivered a new programme of craft workshops with seven local artists and craftspeople based at our shops, and with Tanner Bates, Crazy About Clay and the ReStore

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Creating a stimulating and dynamic learning environment has always been important to us and as a result we offer a great mix of learning and training opportunities.

Learning story Research in Practice

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I have a strong connection with Dartington. As a child I rolled down the grassy banks. My paternal grandfather was a trustee, my mother taught theatre at the College of Arts and my dad went to school at Foxhole. It was great. I loved it. It was an exciting place to go.

I’ve always had an interest in supporting vulnerable children. I used to work in public health in the NHS, working with adults and children. I now provide learning opportunities for social workers in Devon, and Research in Practice (RiP) is part of this. They help us train our managers to develop their own teams.

The causes of child protection problems in families are usually domestic violence, parental ill health and drug and alcohol misuse. We are here to improve outcomes for children in Devon and to have a positive impact on vulnerable children.

Working with RiP is like having another colleague in the office: a very well resourced, knowledgeable colleague who can help and advise. They provide up-to-date information about the best ways to work with vulnerable children and their families.

My proudest moments are organising conferences such as Keeping Devon’s Children Safe, run with help from RiP. It was an empowering day. There was a buzz in the room. We learned new strategies for talking to children - recording the voice of the child rather than putting it in our own words.

It’s important for social workers to come together and learn. It energises practice. At our conferences, people are excited and want to make changes as a direct result of what they’d heard. They can see the benefits.

We are looking to develop ourselves as an academy. At Devon County Council, we have developed a much more comprehensive programme for our staff, offering robust support at key points in their career.

The quality of RiP’s resources is excellent. They provide our staff with regular updates on the latest research and policy. They have a website with a host of resources and publications. They have recordings, webinars and e-learning tools, and they offer two days of bespoke support and workshops a year. I certainly advocate using them.

Workforce development advisor Verity Sutcliffe organises coaching and training for social workers helping vulnerable children across Devon. A vital partner is Research in Practice, the Dartington-based charity that bridges the gap between research and practice in children’s services.

Research in Practice helps organisations and individuals apply research and evidence in their work with children, young people and families. The charity supports children’s social care and education services provided by local authorities, voluntary organisations and other public sector bodies.

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Why Dartington is involved...

‘To actively support community resilience and social change’

200 delegates at Keeping Devon’s Children Safe, the spring 2014 conference organised by Verity with help from RiP450 social care practitioners across Devon100s of young people and families benefit from Verity’s professional development programmeswww.rip.org.uk

InclusionEngaging all partsof the community

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Inclusion Our achievements in 2014

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Supported by Dartington, the LandWorks project secured a major Big Lottery Fund boost in 2014 that allowed it to expand its land-based training scheme to help current and former prisoners return successfully to the community

We worked closely in partnership with Lifeworks, a local college supporting children and young adults with learning disabilities, by providing opportunities for students to work on the estate

We welcomed 1,000 people, including many local families, to our Community Day in May and laid on fun and exciting activities throughout the estate for them to enjoy

We worked in partnership with Robert Owen Communities and Lifeworks College for people with learning disabilities to provide opportunities for students to learn and work on the estate in gardening and conservation

Our Research in Practice for Adults created vital resources for social workers in readiness for the implementation of the Care Act 2014

We established the Dartington Collaborative Network to forge stronger relationships and exchanges of ideas between and with people who live and work on the estate

We committed to providing a living wage for all our staff, recognising their invaluable contribution to Dartington’s success, and have put in plans to achieve this by April 2016

Highlights

We work hard to ensure our estate is a resource for people from all backgrounds by being home to diverse activities and helping those who need extra support.

Inclusion storyClean break

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Before LandWorks my life was totally chaotic. I was a heroin addict and married to the drug. It was a lonely, sad and terrifying existence: sat in bedsits, never seeing the light of day and always looking over my shoulder.

Things have changed since coming to Dartington LandWorks in every single respect. LandWorks didn’t just give me the skills to get a job; it actual-ly made me feel like I could work, and that I had something to contribute.

I’m living a crime-free life and a drug-free life and that feels good. It’s not easy, and some days it’s really hard but then I realise what I’m achieving. LandWorks has made me into a person that I actually like.

I’ve got a relationship with my family now, which I’ve never been able to have before. It’s great to show them how far I’ve come.

Before now I’ve never had a job. I managed to get onto this project and good things started happening to me. Now I’ve got a job. I’m working full-time in roadside maintenance which is hard work but in a good way.

I work 12 hours a day. If you work, you know every fortnight you’ve got that guaranteed money. It’s mine. I can pay my rent. I can pay my council tax.

I think the highlight has been being trusted, and not constantly being judged; that’s what’s made the difference for me. And people being interested in what I’ve got to say. Oh, and making the wooden benches, sculptures and other things; that’s been brilliant.

If I can pass my experience onto the boys, I can tell them the road they should go down. I encour-age them all to work but I don’t want them to feel that they ought to be like me!

Sometimes it doesn’t look like much, a bunch of ex-prisoners working in a field in all weathers, but what we’ve got there is really special. It’s completely changed my life and I hope it goes on for years.

At 40, ex-prisoner and former drug addict Sam joined LandWorks, Dartington’s land-based training scheme designed to help offenders return to society and employment. He has now kicked his drug addiction and gained a full-time job.

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Why Dartington is involved...

‘To help ex-offenders find their feet and re-enter the community’

13 people supported by LandWorks£13bn is the cost of reoffending to the economy every year768 days worked by LandWorks traineeswww.dartington.org/landworks

PlaceBeing a place of

inspiration and beauty

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Place Our achievements in 2014

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We carried out a major bird nesting survey and introduced new speciesmanagement programmes for dormice and butterflies

As part of our ongoing work to improve eel habitats on the estate, we joined forces with our tenants Fishtek and the Westcountry Rivers Trust to install an eel pass at Bidwell Brook

We sensitively managed the removal of two fatally diseased iconic trees, our Monterey Pine and Turkey Oak (pictured), in our Grade II* listed gardens and are planning new planting for future generations to enjoy

We encouraged access for all our garden visitors by providing an all-terrain mobility scooter, in partnership with the Countryside Mobility Scheme and funded by The Friends of Dartington

Over 60 groups enjoyed Forest School, walking, fitness and leisure activities on the estate

As well as extensive tree planting, we made significant progress towards establishing a trial with the Forestry Commission on 30 acres of our land to determine which is optimum fuel for biomass boilers and to secure our future supply

We launched a major programme of work under the Environmental Stewardship Scheme that will improve the estate’s cirl bunting and greater horseshoe bat habitats by beginning the restoration of our extensive network of hedgerows

Highlights

As custodians of a 1,200 acre estate, we maintain our publicly accessible land as a place of inspiration and beauty for the benefit of over 800,000 visitors a year. We continued to breathe new life into the estate by hosting and encouraging projects that allow people to explore and enjoy the countryside in new ways.

Place story The woodlander

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I was always meant to be outside, in all weathers. I’m really fascinated by the land and how it is used. I like the challenge of it. I feel very at home in woodlands. I think maybe I was a tree in a previous life or something!

I thought: ‘I’ve got all these skills, I should put them into practice’. I had a level 2 NVQ in environmental conservation from Duchy College, had an interview here and they signed me up for estate work two days a week: hedge laying, coppicing, tree felling…

The Dartington estate is here for everyone to enjoy all year round. I love spring because everything is coming alive again and we do butterfly and bird surveys. In summer we make boxes for the field mice, and in autumn and winter we manage the woodland.

It’s more satisfying doing things by hand. We felled a horse chestnut tree and it took us nearly all day. The ground was like rock and the roots were in Australia.

I would have probably gone stir crazy by now if I hadn’t come here. I work in a shop, do a delivery round and have a cleaning job but Dartington is where I want to be. I feel like I belong here.

I believe that children should be out in the countryside. There are so many children stuck indoors. They don’t know what they’re missing. I’m a single parent and my ten-year-old son loves it here.

We want to do more environmental education at Dartington. We could bring school classes to the estate as part of the curriculum. I really enjoy working with kids. It’s good fun.

I like passing on my knowledge. We have recently signed up three new volunteers who are very keen. I do a lot of training with them. They gain an understanding of conservation, learn the skills and take that back to their gardens.

I decided to further my qualifications with a level 3 NVQ in environmental conservation. A lot of it is health and safety in the workplace, leading groups and managing volunteers. That was hard but I did it.

I would love to do a ‘bio blitz’ on the estate. Members of the public would come and record what they see over 24 hours. We would have so many eyes to help us.

Vicky Churchill was Dartington’s first woodlands and conservation volunteer. Four years on, she has gained further qualifications and is passing on her knowledge to new members of the team.

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Why Dartington is involved...

‘To provide people of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to learn and engage with our work’

350 days worked on the estate100s of hazel, honeysuckle and other trees and shrubs planted50 boxes made for field micewww.dartington.org/volunteer

Our economic impact• Dartington supports an impact on the national economy of circa £24.9m in gross value • added annually and helps directly and indirectly to support 716 FTE jobs

Our arts activities• Dartington International Summer School - last year 680 students worked with 135 artists• over three weeks - 50 concerts, 6 talks, 76 classes and courses• Barn Cinema - welcomed more than 40,000 film goers (1,000 up on the previous year)• including 4,000 people attending outdoor cinema events

Our land• 800,000 people visit our 1,200 acre estate each year, which includes 26 acres of free and• accessible Grade II* listed gardens • We host 177 commercial and residential tenants on the estate

Our hospitality• Dartington Hall source 80% of our products from within 20 miles and last year welcomed

• over 63,000 guests to events

Our shops• The Shops at Dartington source 56% of food produce from within Devon and another • 30% from the West Country; hosts 3 annual events to promote local goods • Food Fair, Apple & Cider event, Christmas Event

Schumacher College• The college welcomes 2,430 people from the local community to talks and workshops • each year and over 40,000 people worldwide watched our talks on YouTube in 2013-14

Our social justice activities• Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults support over 12,000 social care • practitioners and managers• School for Social Entrepreneurs Dartington each year enables over 60 new social • enterprises to start up

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Our economic impact• Dartington supports an impact on the national economy of circa £24.9m in gross value • added annually and helps directly and indirectly to support 716 FTE jobs

Our arts activities• Dartington International Summer School - last year 680 students worked with 135 artists• over three weeks - 50 concerts, 6 talks, 76 classes and courses• Barn Cinema - welcomed more than 40,000 film goers (1,000 up on the previous year)• including 4,000 people attending outdoor cinema events

Our land• 800,000 people visit our 1,200 acre estate each year, which includes 26 acres of free and• accessible Grade II* listed gardens • We host 177 commercial and residential tenants on the estate

Our hospitality• Dartington Hall source 80% of our products from within 20 miles and last year welcomed

• over 63,000 guests to events

Our shops• The Shops at Dartington source 56% of food produce from within Devon and another • 30% from the West Country; hosts 3 annual events to promote local goods • Food Fair, Apple & Cider event, Christmas Event

Schumacher College• The college welcomes 2,430 people from the local community to talks and workshops • each year and over 40,000 people worldwide watched our talks on YouTube in 2013-14

Our social justice activities• Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults support over 12,000 social care • practitioners and managers• School for Social Entrepreneurs Dartington each year enables over 60 new social • enterprises to start up

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Our Future

Wherever the next 90 years takes us, we will strive to create a society that is sustainable, just and enriching, and will measure our success against three key aims:

Helping more people to be ready to actWhere individuals - whatever their background, skills or experience - believe that they can make positive changes in their lives and a stronger contribution to their community and have greater skills and self-confidence to do so.

Bringing more good ideas into actionWhere new ideas and ways of doing things to deliver social benefit are created, nurtured, tested and put into action.

Using the Dartington estate as a community resourceWhere, through creative partnerships and enterprise, our distinctive assets are accessible to all parts of the community and being used in financially sustainable and socially useful ways.

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Our Partners

Everything Dartington has achieved in 2014 wouldn’t have been possible without the collaboration and support of our partners, including:

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Thank you

to everyone who makes The Dartington Hall Trust what it is today

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Our valuesIn all of our dealings we will…

Be Inspiring We draw on our creativity and uniqueness to inspire positive change.

Be CommittedWe are committed to creating the best experience for all.

Be Open We are open, honest, respectful and fair.

Be Collaborative Working and learning together, we have the courage to challenge and achieve great things.