Notes to Project Co-ordinator:
Below is a Press Release Template and additional notes, to use if you find it helpful to do so.
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When creating your press release try to keep the press release ‘story’ to one page
Attach a relevant photo with the press release, if at all possible. Make sure you have parental
consent if you are using photos which feature children. If photo belongs to someone else, please
ensure you have their permission to reproduce photo for print/publicity.
Please run final draft of all SDF Project press releases’ past either a.heimann@btinternet.com or
dave.edgcombe@devon.gov.uk
REMEMBER TO DELETE THIS BOX AND ALL RED TYPE FROM FINAL PRESS RELEASE!
Insert YOUR LOGO
PRESS RELEASE
Insert DATE FOR RELEASE
Insert WORKING TITLE OF PROJECT/HEADING
Insert Para 1: Provide a brief summary of key information about your project: Who, what,
where, when and why
Insert Para 2: Further detail (focus on one or two key points/projected outcomes/community
involvement/request for volunteers)
Insert Para 3: Quote from Project Leader
This project has been supported by the North Devon Coast AONB’s Sustainable
Development Fund (SDF) which is funded by Defra. The SDF supports projects such as
insert working title of project which bring environmental, social or economic benefit to the
North Devon Coast AONB. Insert quote from AONB (contact Alison, details below)
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For further information:
Insert Project Contact + Organisation Name
Tel:
Alison Heimann, North Devon Coast AONB
Tel:07824 849759/01769 520237
a.heimann@btinternet.com or
dave.edgcombe@devon.gov.uk
Insert Project and/or organisation Website Details www.explorethecoast.org
http://www.northdevonaonb.org.uk/grants.htm
Notes to Editors:
Insert Name of your Organisation
1. Insert notes about your organisation/details of other funders, website links for further
information + key factual information.
North Devon AONB
1. The Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) supports projects that bring environmental,
social and economic benefits to the North Devon Coast Areas of Outstanding Natural
Beauty (AONB). The fund aims to support projects which develop and test new methods
of achieving a more sustainable way of life in this area of great beauty and diversity.
North Devon Coast AONB receive this money from Defra because this area is designated
an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
2. This spectacular coastal area, which covers some 66 square miles from the boundary of
Exmoor National Park at Combe Martin to Marsland Mouth on the Cornish border, was
designated as an AONB in 1959.
3. Further information about the North Devon Coast Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
can be found on www.northdevon-aonb.org.uk or www.explorethecoast.org
4. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), along with National Parks, are considered
to be the most special landscapes in the country and belong to an international family of
protected areas. There are 38 AONBs in England and Wales, and a further eight in
Northern Ireland. For further details, visit: www.landscapesforlife.org.uk
5. The work of the North Devon Coast AONB staff unit is guided by the AONB Partnership,
which includes representatives from: Natural England, Devon County Council, Torridge
District Council, North Devon Council, Environment Agency, National Farmers Union,
Tarka Country Trust, North Devon Biosphere Foundation, Country Landowners and
Business Association, National Trust, Taw Torridge Estuary Forum, Forestry
Commission, South West Forest, North Devon Plus and North Devon Biosphere Reserve
Partnership.
6. The North Devon AONB is a stunning coastal area which is nationally protected for the
beauty of its landscape. It is made up of several distinct landscapes, each with their own
special habitats and geology with many of them receiving extra protection in their own
right. The AONB contains many Sites of Special Scientific Interest including Braunton
Burrows, which is the core of a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
www.northdevonbiosphere.org.ok