Managing a Masterpiece Landscape Partnership

Everything you need to know about
Managing a Masterpiece…

• Managing a Masterpiece is a three year programme to understand, conserve and celebrate the landscape of the Stour Valley
• There are 14 projects covering archaeology, biodiversity, and conservation of historic features, which will involve volunteers, visitors and organisations already working in the Valley
• The Stour Valley has long inspired artists and writers. Managing a Masterpiece will focus on clusters of heritage hotspots around Clare, Sudbury, Bures, Stoke by Nayland and Dedham

The details:
• Managing a Masterpiece consists of three programmes: Understanding the Masterpiece, Conserving the Masterpiece, and Celebrating the Masterpiece
• Each programme has five projects, which collectively aim to build up a picture of the heritage sites, undertake practical conservation work, and enhance the experience for visitors

Management:
• Managing a Masterpiece has been drawn up by three organisations working together as the Stour Valley Landscape Partnership. They are the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Stour Valley Project, Essex County Council’s Historic Environment Branch and Suffolk County Council’s Archaeological Service
• The scheme will be overseen by a board of representatives from Babergh District Council, Braintree District Council, Colchester Borough Council, Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley Project, Diocese of Chelmsford; Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, English Heritage, Environment Agency, Essex County Council, Field Studies Council at Flatford Mill, National Trust, Natural England, Otley College, River Stour Trust, St Edmundsbury Borough Council, Suffolk County Council, Tendring District Council, University Campus Suffolk and the University of Essex

Funding:
• The Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) Landscape Partnership Scheme has awarded a grant of £925,000, and a further £67,000 development funding grant, to the Stour Valley Landscape Partnership for Managing a Masterpiece
• A further £100,000 is being contributed by the partners, which together with in-kind contributions from volunteers, brings the funding to £1.1m
• “This is the first Landscape Partnership award in the East of England, and will be of enormous benefit to those who live and work in the Stour Valley,” says Simon Amstutz, Operations Manager for the Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley Project, and chief architect of the bid to the HLF
• “Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund’s support, local communities and groups will be able to work together on a wide range of activities helping to sustain the unique distinctiveness of our natural heritage. Through partnership and collaboration, our funding will have a long-lasting impact on this remarkable and beautiful historic landscape,” says Robyn Llewellyn, Head of HLF East of England.

Who to contact:
Dedham Vale AONB & Stour Valley Project,
c/o Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 2BX
Contact the project office on T: 01473 264263 E: simon.amstutz@suffolk.gov.uk

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