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Job Vacancy - Planner (part-time)

We have an exciting opportunity for a professional planner to work with us on a flexible, part-time basis.

Job Vacancy - Planner

Landscapes

Restoring Somerset’s historic signposts

We are delighted to announce that we are able to offer funding to help restore historic signposts close to Hinkley C.

2020 Photography Competition

Reasons to be cheerful – 2020 Photo Competition now open for entries

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

Looks like it might be a bit stormy in #Somerset this weekend. Never mind- you can still have fun and make a splash. Here's a great image sent in by John Davies. Why not send in your best rainy day pics to our #photo #competition?
https://www.cpresomerset.org.uk/discover/2020-photography-competition/
#countryside #summer

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

CPRE Somerset is proud to support the @tauntonareacyc1 #manifesto

Now is a unique time. We can't go back to normal. Normal was the problem. We need to look at our world differently as shown in @CPRE 's own #greenerbetterfaster report https://bit.ly/2C2x9bp

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Tim Whittingham @WhittinghamTim·

A vacancy for a professional planner to work paid and part time with @CPRESomerset
https://www.cpresomerset.org.uk/get-involved/vacancies/

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

I've just signed the @CPRE petition for a green and fair recovery for our countryside. As the government draws up its plans for the country's future, will you join me in our collective call to #buildbackbetter?

https://takeaction.cpre.org.uk/page/64246/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=twitter-share

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

Further deregulation of the planning system would erode the foundations of any green and just recovery long before the first brick is laid - the exact opposite of ‘building back better’.

Our letter to @BorisJohnson with 18 other organisations @WCL_News
https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/limit-planning-deregulation-says-cpre-and-other-charities/

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

Today, along with 17 other organisations, including @friends_earth @woodlandtrust and @Natures_Voice, we've written to the prime minister to sound the alarm bell about the environmental impact of a race to the bottom on planning deregulation.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/planning-proposals-a-race-to-the-bottom-hpb80q5rr

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

Congratulations to our July lottery winner and thanks for everyone who has bought tickets. All tickets are for 12 draws over 12 months so you have 12 chances of winning & you can help the Somerset countryside at the same time.

Join the club! http://ow.ly/87m150ADX87

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Taunton Area Cycling @tauntonareacyc1·

20's Plenty Somerset launched to today. Please support the campaign by signing the petition https://bit.ly/20ssom

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

Lockdown has shown just how important our green spaces are to us all. We've been working harder than ever to protect, enhance and celebrate our wonderful #Somerset #countryside.
You can read our summer newsletter here
http://ow.ly/leCW50AARtS
#volunteers #planning #landscapes

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

We love our peat here in Somerset! @AvalonMarshes @NESouthWest @SomersetWT @RSPBHamWall @RSPB

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

We're hiring! If you're passionate about Somerset's countryside and you're a qualified Planner, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

A flexible, part-time role - helping our charity with planning casework to support local communites.

Details at http://www.cpresomerset.org.uk

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

I never knew that about Nunney Castle!
Here is another painting of the castle - by Pauline Bullard of @brutonarts This was winner of our Landscape Painting of the Year award in 2018. #painting #Castle #Somerset #BastilleDay

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

We are delighted to support the restoration of another of our lovely #Somerset #historic #fingerpost signs, thanks to our grant from Hinkley C Community Fund @Somerset_CF .
Well done to Mark Parish Council & Somerset Forge for getting the work done during #lockdown

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

Let's harness the power of nature and the countryside to fight climate change.

From planting more hedgerows, restoring peatlands and moving to more sustainable farming, here are five ways the countryside can help us tackle the #ClimateEmergency.
https://www.cpre.org.uk/discover/five-ways-the-countryside-tackles-climate-change/

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

Recession or no recession - our communities deserve better than the rabbit hutch, windowless homes a deregulated planning system will surely deliver-Tom Fyans @CPRE

Our #Planning system needs protecting so people get the right development in the right place #GreenerBetterFaster

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CPRE The countryside charity@CPRE·

Care workers, nurses, bus drivers and all key workers should be able to afford to live in the countryside communities they serve.

We’re calling on the Chancellor @RishiSunak to invest in genuinely affordable homes for the heroes of the pandemic. 2/
https://www.cpre.org.uk/news/homes-for-heroes

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Tom Fyans @TomFyans·

Restore hedges to pre-war levels to help UK become carbon neutral by 2050, says CPRE' | via @telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/07/restore-hedges-pre-war-levels-help-uk-become-carbon-neutral/

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

Just tuning in now to the launch webinar #GreenerBetterFaster #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

Anyone for croquet?

Taken in spring 2019 by Tracy Astwood from North Yorkshire - a timeless scene from @Bishops_Palace in Wells

Send us your "Reasons to be cheerful" photos - we love sharing them

http://ow.ly/lp3W50ArNuT
#photography #croquet #somerset #countryside #cathedral

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CPRESomerset @CPRESomerset·

Great photo! This was one of the entries to our @CPRESomerset photo competition last year - by Colin Manson.
If you want to enter the #2020 #photography #Competition details are at https://www.cpresomerset.org.uk/discover/2020-photography-competition/

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