The Partnership

The Bourne Stream Partnership

The Bourne Stream Partnership was formed in 2000 to improve, protect and enhance the stream and the valley it flows through on it's way to the bathing beach at Bournemouth Pier.

It comprises eleven member organisations from both the public and private sector. Partners have pooled their expertise and resources to work together toward their goals.

The Partnership is Chaired by Roger Harrington, Technical Director of Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water and a Chartered Environmentalist.

It was formally launched on 21st March 2002 when Barbara Young, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, met with Partnership representatives at Bournemouth Oceanarium to hear of the plans for the stream.

Photo (L-R): Nick Squirrell (English Nature); Neil Smith (Environment Agency); Barbara Young and Stuart Terry (Borough of Poole) at the launch of the Partnership.

Funding

Partners have demonstrated their commitment to the project by agreeing to provide funding themselves for five years and to seek funding from other sources.

We have also been successful in securing landfill tax funding from both SITA Environmental Trust and Biffaward under the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.

The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
The Landfill Tax, a levy on all material disposed in landfill sites, was introduced in October 1996. The tax aims to encourage recycling and reduce waste by raising the costs of disposal. The Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS) was introduced with the landfill tax and enables Landfill Operators to donate up to 6.5 per cent of their landfill tax liability to implement social and environmental projects.

ENTRUST
To access funding through the LTCS, organisations must be enrolled as Environmental Bodies with the Scheme’s regulator ENTRUST.
www.entrust.org.uk