Broads Environmental Education Network (BEEN)
Contacts
The Broads Authority works with and supports a number of organisations in the Broads to provide environmental education. The organisations, which are listed below, belong to the Broads Environmental Education Network.
Broads Authority
Contact: Eilish Owen-Rothney
18 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ
tel 01603 610734
Ages catered for: 5 years and up
Broad Futures
The Broad Futures website aims to give school staff access to resources relating to the Broads that will help them to embed Learning for Sustainability.
Norfolk County Council Outdoor Education Centre
Whitlingham Country Park
Trowse, Norwich NR14 8TR
tel 01603 632307
Provides sailing tuition/environmental education
Ages catered for: 8 years and up
Natural England
Contact: Rick Southwood, Site Manager, Broadland Reserves
19 The Green, Woodbastwick, Norwich NR13 6HH
tel 01603 720788
Provides facilities for school visits/environmental education
Ages catered for: 8 years and up, depending on site visited
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Contact: Tim Strudwick
Strumpshaw Nature Reserve, Strumpshaw, Norwich
tel 01603 715191
Provides environmental education/school visits
Ages catered for: 5-13 years
Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Suffolk Broads Education Officer
Carlton Marshes Nature Reserve
Burnt Hill Lane, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 8HU
tel 01502 564250
Provides all aspects of environmental education
Ages catered for: 5 years and up
How Hill Trust
Contact: David Holmes
Ludham, Great Yarmouth NR29 5PG
tel 01692 678555
www.how-hill.org.uk
Provides residential and day visits
All aspects of environmental education
Ages catered for: 7 years and up
National Trust
Contact: Steve Prowse
Horsey Wind Pump, Horsey, Great Yarmouth NR29 4EH
tel 07885 581070
Provides school visits
Ages catered for: 11-18 years
Broads Tours
The Bridge, Wroxham, Norwich NR12 8RX
tel 01603 782207
Provides school boat trips and environmental education
Ages catered for: 5-15 years
Nancy Oldfield Trust
Contact: Anita Vinall
Irstead Road, Neatishead, Norfolk NR12 8BJ
tel 01692 630572
Provides tuition in water-based activities, including sailing, for people with disabilities
Ages catered for: 5 years and up
Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Bewick House, 22 Thorpe Road, Norwich NR1 1RY
tel 01603 625540
Provides school visits/environmental education
Ages catered for: 5 years and up
Ted Ellis Trust
Contact: David Nobbs
Wheatfen Broad, Surlingham, Norwich NR14 7AL
tel 01508 538036
Provides schools visits/environmental education
Ages catered for: 5 years and up