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    How the money will be spent

    All money raised on behalf of the National Trust through these open challenges will go towards our Action Fund – used where the need is greatest.

    Some examples of what your money will buy:

    • £5 a meter for standard stock fencing (flat ground)
    • £10 a meter for a new hedge
    • £20 a meter for stock fencing (steep ground)
    • £30 – £60 to frame a watercolour painting
    • £30 to £250 - Tree planting - costs range per tree to plant, guard and maintain
    • £150 for a meter for a dry stone wall
    • £150 pays for a countryside kissing-gate
    • £200 is the cost of printing and setting up 2-3 site interpretations with 'real' objects
    • £200-250 to buy a registered in foal Dartmoor Pony from the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust to graze in hand conservation land (save the breed and help conservation of coastal SSSIs)
    • £200-£500 to acquire small display cabinets - antique and suitable for use in show rooms
    • £400 - Framed engraved map by Thomas Bewick c.1785
    • £500-£700 - Lighting for small display cabinets - fibre optics, LEDs or other heat-free types
    • £1,000 pays for a day's professional photography in a collection, providing images which we otherwise wouldn't have for use in publications and lectures

    All enquiries:

    National Trust Challenge Events

    PO Box 536
    Melksham
    Wiltshire
    SN12 8SX

    Tel: 0844 800 4877

    All registration documents to:

    National Trust Challenge Events

    Discover Adventure Ltd
    Throope Down House
    Blandford Road
    Coombe Bissett
    Salisbury
    SP5 4LN

    Tel: 01722 718444

    Email: challengeevents@nationaltrust.org.uk

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