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Established by EDF Renewables and Roxburghe Estates, the Environment Fund supports local and regional projects within the Scottish Borders area. Designed to help fund a balance of built, natural and cultural heritage projects, and support those parts of the Borders without access to other community benefit funds, it has, in addition to supporting 33 projects, helped lever in more than £3million of additional funding. That’s an additional £5 for every pound invested by the Fund. Projects are chosen for their contribution to supporting local rural communities (funding some of our excellent local organisations), helping preserve and enhance our special landscapes and biodiversity, preserving and telling the story of our heritage and enhancing the Scottish Borders as a tourism destination.

INVESTING IN THE BORDERS ENVIRONMENT

FALLAGO ENVIRONMENT FUND UPDATE

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£3.7m value of projects

67 Applications

33 Projects supported

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£591,943 total Fallago funding

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In this first Fallago Environment Fund (FEF) update, you’ll find village halls and mountain bike trails, iconic Borders landmarks and innovative new artworks. The Fund has supported over 30 projects throughout the Scottish Borders since 2013. Here, we offer a short introduction to some these projects; for more detail please visit tweedforum.org/fallago.

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Ettrick Water

River Teviot Jed Water

Gala Water

Leader Water

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Fallago Fund ApplicationsSeptember 2013 - 2015

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n Westruther Village Hall: Solar Panel InstallationSolar photovoltaic panels have been installed at the village hall, reducing CO2 emissions and improving financial sustainability, as part of a wider initiative to make the hall as environmentally sustainable as possible.

n Restoration of Redpath Village HallThis important historical building has now been restored, ensuring this facility continues to serve the

Redpath community.

n Future-Proofing Football Coldstream Football Club, one of the oldest football clubs in Scotland, is upgrading Home Park and the Fund has supported the installation of railings and a park gate, as part of a wider plan to improve safety and secure the Club’s SFA membership.

n St Boswells Village Hall Restoration of this village hall, dating back to 1896, has created a modern high-quality venue for the community of St Boswells.

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Redpath Village Hall

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n A Son of Kelso on the SommeIn this book, the personal letters, photographs and experiences of a Kelso man who survived three years in the frontline trenches of World War 1 are compiled. The book preserves an important historical legacy as well as providing an educational resource for upper secondary school age children.

n Widows and Bairns Bronze, EyemouthA wax model gives a sense of the finished work – a 5 metre-long bronze sculpture -commemorating the 1881 Eyemouth fishing disaster.

n Angraflats Plantation Off-road Cycle TrailsKelso Wheelers, above, celebrating the opening of their new cycle trail on the outskirts of Kelso.

n Bowden Common: Access and Habitat ConservationCreating a circular walking route around Bowden Common, this project has also restored habitat for local wildlife.

n Record, Conserve, Restore: Surveying at Talla & Gameshope ValleysVegetation and biological surveys carried out in 2014, are the first steps towards ecological restoration of the Talla & Gameshope valleys.

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n Connect Berwickshire Youth Project A core funding award from the Fund has supported the creation of the Allotment Project in Eyemouth where young people and volunteers can get involved in planting and maintaining the allotment and growing their own produce, leading to improved employability, health and well-being.

n Ellem Fishing Club MuseumThe Museum received funding to relocate to a larger room within Paxton House and expand an array of exhibits, wall displays and an interactive computer system.

n BUAS Countryside DayThe Fund is contributing to this annual event, held at the Border Union Showground, where around 50 organisations educate P5 children throughout the

Scottish Borders about the countryside, rural issues and the environment they live in. Over 1200 children attend with the help of nearly 100 volunteers.

n Coldingham Priory Community Archaeology ProjectLooking for new sub-soil evidence of the early, pre-Norman monastic settlement close to Coldingham Priory, this project detected many anomalies, particularly geomagnetic anomalies, many of which are potentially of archaeological interest.

n Hawick Saxhorn Band – Sounding Hawick’s BrassThrough the purchase of new instruments, the Fund is helping the Band to promote the playing and appreciation of music through education and performance. Founded in 1855, the Band also plays a key part in the annual Hawick Common Riding celebrations.

Fallago Environment Fund is administered by Tweed Forum. Please contact us at fallago@tweedforum.org, 01896 849723 or visit www.tweedforum.org/fallago