Award History

 

1987

YHA

Employ’ Errol John for 10 days to research ways in which the YHA could increase the participation of the ethnic minorities in outdoor activities and countryside recreation through youth hostelling

 

Dr Frank Rennie and Highlander

To establish the charitable objects of the Highlander educational trust

1988

None

 

1989/90

James Derounian

Finland - Northumberland Exchange

 

Mansfield Settlement

Land use consultant project in the East End of London

 

Arthur Cillette Museum UNESCO

Guiliano Cesarini - Rural World and Museum Iconography

 

Lesley Turner

Durham Rural Community Council - Women’s conference

 

Sybil Crouch

West Wales Arts - research into arts in rural areas

1991

Graham Stockham

Withdrawn others listed in newsletter

1992

Giuliano Cesarini

 

 

James Derounian

 

 

Drennan Watson

 

 

Skye Forum

 

 

Arthur Elliot Fund

Donation

 

Museum of English Rural Life, Reading

Donation

1993

Jim Ledwith

Assist his participation in a UK/Sweden rural community workers exchange

 

ORCC

Care in the Community project

1994

Cromarty Study Centre

Help to renovate two important buildings to create a centre for education and training opportunities in the highlands and islands

 

Jeanette Ralph

Study problems of rural planning in Shropshire

 

Kiki Schwartz

Assist her study of appropriate counselling services for farmers under stress

 

Upper Nithsdale Adult Centre for education

 

1995

Yorkshire Youth Television

Trying to establish a video arts project for young people

 

Oxfordshire Federation of Young Farmers

 

 

Graeme Robertson

Study travel

 

Habitat Scotland

 

1996

Countryside Movement

A contribution

 

Gloucestershire Rural Community Council

 

 

Elm Farm Research Centre

 

 

Oxford Brookes School of Planning

 

 

Highlands & Islands Forum

 

1997

East Anglian University

Research project, Study on the Future Landscapes in the West Oxfordshire Region

 

Action with Communities in rural england

Article in the Parliamentary Review: Capturing the Political High Ground

 

ORCC

Volunteering in Rural Oxon Conference

1998

Oxfordshire Rural Education Initiative

To help to bridge the gap between the vast amount of information on agriculture which is available for educational purposes but which has failed to ensure that farming features within the curriculum for many school children

 

Citizens Advice Bureau

Mid-Devon CAB, Tiverton to enable the Bureau to train volunteers for their mobile CAB ‘Surgery’ which plans to visit local health and community centres.

 

ORCC

Oxfordshire Rural Volunteer Award

 

Rural Stress Information Network

Set up a data base

1999

Reading University

Rehousing of Rural History Centre

 

The American Agricultural Economics Association Foundation

Towards setting up a fund in the name of Philip M Raup.

 

Stephen Wright

Gloucestershire Rural Communities Council Japan Study Tour

2000

The Archbishops’ Rural Commission on Rural Areas

Contribution towards the funding of a Conference following the 10th anniversary of the publication of ‘Faith in the Countryside’.

2001

Jo Willett

Dissertation - carry out research into the agricultural outputs in Kenya

 

Norfolk Rural Life Museum

Have formed a partnership with The Village Museum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to work together on various projects.

2002

Hatherleigh Project

Contribution

2003

Prof Baviskar

Attend IRN conference in Inverness

 

Lauren Rickards

Problematizing the Agricultural Field:  Conceptions of Nature and Rurality in Agricultural Education –  A Case Study Approach.   

2004

Gordon Rural Action

Portable printer

 

Castle of Mey Trust

Facilitate printing of report for Arkleton Centre

 

Solway Heritage

Facilitate one landscape architect to attend a stonewall building conference in Greece

 

Critical Mass Theatre

Funded an advisor to travel to Uganda to do a  feasibility study for future Ugandan/UK productions

2007

Yayasan Tadabaca

Video showing adaptation by communities after the Yogyakarta and Central Java earthquakes of 2006