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SPARC is a community-based charity that raises awareness of recycling, sustainability and green issues through creative environmental education. Using innovative ideas and exciting materials, SPARC provides experiential opportunities for both children and adults to enjoy themselves and further their development.

TEPEE (Teignbridge Play Network) is a charity which evolved in 1995 and operates in the Teignbridge area of Devon. TEPEE exists to support community led children's play activities, particularly in rural areas. TEPEE offers help and support though an enabling community development approach which aims to stimulate interest and involvement in play and is followed up with training and support. TEPEE co-ordinates play opportunities, and provides advice, including access to funding - to enable groups to grow and expand, improve their quality and provide affordable play provisions throughout the Teignbridge area.


The Sharpham Estate , an area of ‘Outstanding Natural Beauty’ is composed of woodlands, pasture, gardens and three farms. The river Dart winds its way along a three-mile stretch of the estate providing a rich setting to the Sharpham Outdoors activities. Whether canoeing, sifting mud or watching a visiting seal, the tidal rhythm of the Dart is ever present as a magnificent backdrop to the day's adventure.


ARTIS (Associated Rural Training In Sustainability) provides a curriculum for learning the practical skills required for sustainable living. ARTIS is a network of rural tutors who aim to provide life-changing, fun, affordable and practical short courses in the southwest. They include: How to build your own wind turbine, water pump or solar water heater, compost toilet; Bushcraft: build your own coracle, knifesmithing, wildfood foraging & sustainable building techniques.


Carol Asuray, Fire performer - 'Priestess of the Flame,' performs her art in various locations, including touring Europe with one-woman show, performing in the mountains, jungles and beaches of Southern and Central America and with "Fire of the Wastelands" in the USA, as well as delighting audiences at many festivals from the Burning Man Festival of Art to Solipse in Zambia, and of course Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts.


Tribe of Mog is an educational movement, handing down enviromental knowledge to keep our planet safe in our childrens hands.
We support low impact living; reducing our footprint on the earth by growing own food or buying local, ethically sourced and organic produce, re-cycling everything possible, replacing what we ‘borrow’ from nature, remembering the natural rhythms and cycles of what we are and remaining connected to all that is.


The South Devon AONB provides a popular setting for traditional leisure pursuits of walking, hiking, horse-riding, sailing, rowing, angling, beach-going, surfing and birdwatching. There is also a growing generation of active and technical pursuits such as mountain biking, coasteering, diving, canoeing, rock climbing, parascending, hang-gliding and kite-surfing.


Awards for All England is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England.
We award grants of between £300 and £10,000 for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.

 

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