About our work
Agency Meetings
Workshops and Conferences
Journal 'Countryside
Recreation'
Information
Directory
Joint Agency
Project - Social Inclusion
Agency
Meetings
Four Agency meetings are organised throughout the year to
keep the CRN agency reps up to date with the work going on
in the secretariat and to identify areas of mutual interest
amongst the agencies.
Workshops
and Conferences
Up to eight workshops / conferences are held by CRN every
year on topics decided on in advance at the Agency meetings.
In general, the events attract about 60 people from a wide
range of organisations covering England, Ireland, Scotland
and Wales, and comprise a mixture of presentations, workshops
and field visits. Conference papers are also produced after
each event. These events provide an ideal environment for
networking and exchanging information.
Events organised by CRN in 2006, 2007 and 2008 are listed
below. Proceedings of these events may be ordered through
the publications page on this website.
"Activity
Tourism: From Strategy to Delivery" - 21 March 2006,
Birmingham
"The National Lottery and Countryside Recreation"
- 22 June 2006, Birmingham
"Volunteering:
Strategies and Practice for Engaging Volunteers in Countryside
REcreation and Management" - 28 June 2006, Birmingham
"Young People
in the Countryside" - 27 September 2006, Sheffield
"Knowing Your
Customer: The Joys of Statistics and Visitor Monitoring"
- 26 October 2006, York
"Why? How?
Who? Community Engagment in Countryside and Urban Greenspace
Management " - 22 November 2006, Birmingham
"Outdoor Recreation
and Nature Conservation" - 24 January 2007, Sheffield
"Activity
Tourism: A Practical Approach" - 7 February 2007, Belfast
"Branding
the Outdoor Experience" - 29 March 2007, Birmingham
"The Changing
Funding Environment for Outdoor Recreation" - 23 May
2007, Southampton
"The Impact
of Outdoor Recreation on Changing Social Behaviours"
- 20 September 2007, Birmingham
"Accessible
Outdoors Environments for All: Shared Understanding"
- 21 November 2007, Sheffield
"Preparing for Climate Changein the Outdoor Recreation
Sector " - 30 January 2008, Birmingham
"Arts in the Outdoors" - 13 March 2008, Glasgow
"Volunteering
in the Natural Outdoors" - 1 May 2008, Wimpole Hall
Visit the Current Events
page on this site to find out the forthcoming CRN events
for 2008.
Journal 'Countryside Recreation'
Countryside Recreation is published three times a year and
distributed free of charge, and includes articles from professionals
in the field of countryside recreation, news and a diary
of events. If you are interested in receiving a hard copy
of the journal please contact the secretariat with your details,
but an on-line version
is also available on this website. If you already receive
a copy but wish to change your mailing details please contact
the secretariat at CRN@shu.ac.uk or
fill in the change
of address form.
We welcome articles and letters from all readers, the Journal
themes planned for 2008 can be seen on the Journal
page. Contact the Network
Manager if you are interested in submitting an article.
Information Directory
CRN produces an annual Directory from a database of research
commissioned by the CRN Agencies in the area of countryside
recreation. Research up to 1998 is available in hard copy
from the CRN secretariat, or up to date information can
be found on the information
directory page on this website.
Joint Agency Projects
Volunteering was raised by members of CRN as an important
area of outdoor recreation, and therefore the Coutryside
Recreation Network commissioned a report, written by The
Tomorrow Project. It was launched at a conference at Wimpole
Hall, near Cambridge, in May 2008. Copies of the report,
'Volunteering in the Natural Outdoors', are available to
buy through the publications
page.
2005 saw the publication of 'A Countryside for Health and
Wellbeing: The physical and mental benefits of green exercise'.
This report was undertaken by the University of Essex, on
behalf of the Countryside Recreation Network. Copies are
available to purchase through the publications
page. The executive summary is available for free from
the website click
here for more details.
Social Inclusion was identified as an area of mutual interest
for several CRN Agencies at a CRN meeting at the end of
1999. This was taken forward during 2000 and early 2001
as a project to identify good practice in social inclusion
and to be used by the agencies to influence their own social
inclusion policies.
The project was completed in early 2001 and the research
is now available as a report from CRN and can be ordered
through the publications
page. The Executive
Summary can also be found on this website.
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