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FUTURE PLANS FOR THE BARN OWL CENTRE

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Netheridge Farm 2007 prior to us moving inShowing where we have located our Temporary Centre - March 2008Creating paths through 12.5 acres of land to create access for planned nature reserveLocation of Barn Owl CentreSize of New Barn Owl Centre
Area to house temporary aviary areaNew temporary aviary areaTemporary Aviaries at nightLeading out from Temporary Aviary area to Flying areasSpring 2008. Training area for our birds with seating
Spring 2008. How the paths are looking within 5 monthsBefore - Temporary Indoor flying areaAfter - Temporary Indoor flying areaMore Building work commencesProposed Plans showing new aviaries & Education/Conservation Centre
Aviary block to include rehabilitation aviaries for wild casualtiesProposed 3D front elevation showing Entrance ViewProposed 3D design showing inner courtyard with seating areasProposed 3D Plan showing view at rear leading to Exit & Educational Building
Future Development Plan

New for Gloucestershire

Barn Owl Conservation Centre with Bird of Prey Centre

The Barn Owl Centre has now settled within its new home at Netheridge Farm located in Hempsted, Gloucester. For those who are new to our organisation, we moved to this farm from a previous location in Brockworth, all happened during March 2008. The 12.5 acre farm with many outbuildings has been handed to our charity by Gloucester City Council; we have been granted a long lease for a period of 99 years with the added support of a peppercorn rent period for the first 25 years.

The farm we have moved into needs a lot of TLC, it was handed to us in a derelict state & before we could move in we had to build from scratch & with very little funding, a temporary Centre, this was professionally constructed & is located to the side of the many derelict buildings we have future plans for. By building temporary it kept our initial moving costs down, this allowed our organisation to move to the farm much quicker. With the tightest budget & determination WE MADE IT!

With the temporary Barn Owl Centre with our new added Bird of Prey Centre now up & running & looking very presentable, we can now go forward with the knowledge of working with minimal disruption being caused during the future development of the farm buildings.

To help with the extra funding requirements, we need to look at increasing our income levels so we can meet the future expenditure that will occur.

For us to create Gloucestershire’s first Barn Owl Conservation Centre with full educational facilities we need all the support we can get, we can do so much ourselves but we will struggle to do it all ourselves. Any offer of help & support will be of great help to us, it will benefit not just the work of our charity, but all ages of the community who visit us & most important the wildlife we support!

For anyone wishing to become involved, please give us a call so we can show you around, a visit will enable you see the full potential of this exciting project.

Images below will help show the scale this project

Below are many other ways to offer support, also view the image gallery below by scrolling down 

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If you wish to support us by post, donations can be sent to us using the below address

 

Barn Owl Centre
Netheridge Farm. Netheridge Close
Hempsted. Gloucester. GL2 5LE
Tel: 01452 383999

Your support is very important to us as a charity - Our Charity Number is: 1097410

 

 

AMBITIOUS WISH LIST - Can you help?

All materials of any quantity will be a great help to us. We have loads of storage space where materials can be stored for use during the development. Any unwanted materials can keep the charities cost right down as we develop the Centre to its full potential. Everything helps!
 
Building & Roofing Materials
6 x 7mtre RSJ's - 6"x6" - 37kg
20,000 Old Reclaimed Bricks
1000 of 4” Concrete Blocks & 1000 of 4” Thermolite Blocks
20,000 Clay Roof Tiles
1000 square metres of Reclaimed Flagstones or Paviers.
Wall, Ceiling & Roof Insulation
100 bags of Cement
72 sheets of 8”x4” - ½” Plasterboard
3 rolls of 9” damp course
20 Rolls of Roof Felt & 10 Breathable Roof Felt
 
Aggregates
100 ton of Type One Stone
40 ton of Type One dust
60 ton of Washed 10mm Pea Gravel
20 ton of Building Sand
 
Treated or untreated Timber
1000 metres of 9”x3”
1000 metres of 8”x2”
2000 metres of 6”x2”
2500 metres of 4”x2” PSE
2000 metres of 2”x2” PSE
20 bundles of Roofing Batten
200 sheets of 18mm External Plywood
3000 metres of T&G Timber Cladding
1000 metres of 6”x1” Sawn Timber
 
Aviary Wire: 200 metres x 4ft of 2”x2” Plastic Coated Weldmesh
 
Electrical: To fit a 3 Phase Supply plus other electrics
 
Plumbing: Heating, Pipework, Fixtures & Fittings
 
Miscellaneous Trades that would be most helpful
Damp Course, Plastering/Dry Lining, Bricklaying, Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing & Fencing
 
Fencing Materials
500 Round Stakes
600 metres of Stock Proof Fencing
500 metres of Half Round Rails
 
Plant Machinery/Vehicles
JCB or 8 ton excavator, dumper truck & twin vibration roller
A pick up truck or the kind use of one to collect materials

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The Barn Owl Centre is a Registered Charity. No:1097410 

A CENTRE DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY EDUCATION, CONSERVATION & BIRD WELFARE
The Barn Owl Centre: Netheridge Farm, Netheridge Close, Hempsted, Gloucester. GL2 5LE Tel: 01452 383999
A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England. Certificate of Incorporation 4147016
Registered as a Zoo. Licence No: 1/2002