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  Waitrose customers and staff support the Discovery Centre

  01 May 2019

  Sussex Wildlife Trust was delighted to receive a cheque from Waitrose & Partners for almost £5,000 for their Rye Harbour Discovery Centre Appeal. Matthew Street, Crowborough branch manager, handed over the cheque to Emma Chaplin, Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Communications Officer. Eighteen branches across Kent and Sussex the Discovery Centre. Three more branches will soon be adding their contribution to the total. Waitrose managers decided to support the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre with their Community Matters green token scheme after spending a day volunteering at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve with Reserve Manager Dr Barry Yates.

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  Interview with Jane Lovell, poet

  01 May 2019

  Poet Jane Lovell has been birdwatching at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve for years, taking wonderful photos. Sussex Wildlife Trust is delighted to be collaborating with her on a series of workshops, called Voices of Rye Harbour. These are planned for June, during The Wildlife Trusts’ 30 Days Wild campaign, encouraging people to take part in an activity relating to nature every day.

  Emma Chaplin asks Jane about herself, her poetry and her connection with nature as they walk at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

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  Aerial photo of the Discovery Centre site

  25 April 2019

  Many thanks to volunteer Stuart Conway for this fantastic photo of the nature reserve, showing where the Discovery Centre will soon be built.

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  Discovery Centre drop-in

  23 April 2019

  Sussex Wildlife Trust is holding a drop-in event for members of the public interested in finding out more about the Rye Harbour Discovery Centre. This will be held at Rye Harbour Sailing Club on Tuesday 14 May 2019, from 3pm - 6.30pm.

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  Knitting 'Bus' Teddies and Zonks for the Discovery Centre

  23 April 2019

  Emma Chaplin speaks to Marylyn Elphick, who has been busy knitting some amazing creatures to raise a fantastic £500 to Buy a Bird in support of the Discovery Centre

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  Interview with Brennan Drummond, Trainee Site Manager, Baxall Construction

  16 April 2019

  Twenty year old Brennan Drummond is learning his trade as a Trainee Site Manager for Baxall at the Discovery Centre project build. He talks to Emma Chaplin about what that involves,

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  Appeal Board Chair Alastair Fairley

  10 April 2019

  Alastair Fairley tells us about his role as Chair of the Appeal Board for the Discovery Centre project

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  Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Discovery Centre

  09 April 2019

  On Monday 8th April, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new Rye Harbour Discovery Centre.

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  Run for the Discovery Centre!

  05 April 2019

  Sussex Wildlife Trust is looking for runners! Why not join us on Friday 31 May for an Ekiden Relay event on our beautiful nature reserve, to help raise funds for the new Discovery Centre?

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  Help us secure the future of Sussex Wildlife Trust's first visitor centre

  20 March 2019

  Sussex Wildlife Trust is making an appeal to its members and supporters to secure the future of the new Discovery Centre currently being built at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.

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