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How we work
We’re an environmental charity, with over 200 local groups, a branch in every county and 55,000 members, and supporters – including more than 2,000 affiliated parish councils.
CPRE fights for a better future for England’s countryside
We believe a beautiful, thriving countryside is important for everyone, no matter where they live. Millions of town and city dwellers recharge their batteries with a walk or a bike ride in the local Green Belt, spend weekends and holidays in our National Parks, or enjoy fresh local produce. People who live in rural areas keep our countryside beautiful and productive.
Our vision for the countryside
Unlike many environmental charities, CPRE has no vested interests – we own no land, rely solely on donations and grants, and are politically independent. We make decisions with the head not the heart, as much as we love the countryside, and we are possibly the only green group which has a completely holistic approach. Planning, in particular, is all about looking at the bigger picture, and our wide remit means we have to consider the whole of the country – rural and urban – when creating policy.
Countryside Awards winners 2009
Winners of the CPRE Sussex Countryside Awards were presented with plaques and certificates by Lady Caroline Egremont and Dr Peter Brandon (Chair of the Judging Panel) at an Awards Ceremony on the 26th May held at Braylsham Castle , Broad Oak. The fabulous home of Mr and Mrs John Mew.
The entries were considered by a panel of distinguished judges, chaired by landscape historian and geographer Dr Peter Brandon. Lady Caroline Egremont, Mrs Phylidda Stewart-Roberts OBE, CVO, DL and Miss Margaret Moore, Vice President of CPRE Sussex, completed the panel.
Countryside Awards winners 2011
Award winners from eleven projects from across Sussex were presented with plaques and certificates by Lady Caroline Egremont in Petworth House on Thursday 6th October 2011.
Private Guided tour of Cherry Ingram Gardens
17 May 2012
Cherry Ingram Gardens
Near Cranbrook, Kent
Trip to the garden of the flowering cherry expert, Cherry Ingram, who rediscovered the great White Cherry in a Sussex garden after it had had become extinct in its native Japan.
Private visit to King John's Garden
13 June 2012
Etchingham, East Sussex
This romantic five acre garden has captured the hearts of many a garden writer in the UK and abroad. It has many mature trees, a secret garden, water features and a stunning wild garden with a gazebo.
2012 AGM
10 July 2012
Chichester College, Brinsbury Campus, North Heath, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 1DL
Welcome to our AGM; with guest speakers Jonny Morris MRICS of the South Downs National Park Land Managers Group and Jane Cecil of the National Trust.
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