Bovril donates £100,000 to National Trust sites
Lovers of the British countryside have a reason to celebrate this autumn, as the nation’s favourite outdoor companion, Bovril, is donating £100,000 to the National Trust as part of the Great Outdoors Revival
, helping to
restore special outdoor areas across the country with a well deserved makeover. A shortlist of 79 National Trust sites in need of restoration have been drawn up (listed on
www.bovril.co.uk/revival), from across the nation and now the makers of the beefy-fuelled drink are inviting the public to choose where the money goes. With your help, a special National Trust place you love could receive a much needed boost from Bovril, who will announce the most popular sites at the beginning of next year. From pathways to parks, fields to forests and campsites to coastline, there are plenty of worthy sites that need your vote. National Trust sites hoping to be awarded with the fund include; Malham Tarn Nature Reserve, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park who would use the fund to build a specially designed glass-bottom boat so that visitors can explore the undiscovered beauties of the lake - such as rare water plants, fish and 8,000 year old tree roots; the beautiful 18
th century gardens at William Wordsworth’s childhood home in Cumbria, where the love of nature that inspired his poetry was born, is also bidding for the fund to restore the gardens and make them more beautiful and historically correct than ever before, after they were damaged by flooding last year and West Wood Yurts camp site, a 600 acre forest garden on the outskirts of Gateshead, who hope to build a play area using natural materials with the fund – such as fallen trees as climbing frames and rope swings – the play area would be designed by children, and utilised by youngsters visiting the camp site. Bovril is leaving the decision entirely down to the public vote, so while all the sites are worthy winners, the choice is yours. So, if you want to give your local landmark a lift or show your support for broken beauty spots, rundown walking paths, or forlorn gardens, visit
www.bovril.co.uk/revival to cast your vote. The more support that’s gathered, the more chance there is of seeing your favourite National Trust site get a makeover, so round up your friends, family and work colleagues and get voting. A team of outdoor revival experts will bring the funding the life when they start work on the winning projects early next year. To see the full list of National Trust projects up for nomination and cast your vote, visit
www.bovril.co.uk/revival. Voting closes on 31 December and the winning projects will be announced in January 2011.