A film linked to the Moors for the Future Partnership, which focuses on raising awareness about the need to care for our landscapes, and the conservation/research work already being carried out on moorlands in the South Pennines and Peak District. This particular film focuses on some of the volunteer work carried out by Ellie Fuller. The BMCTV logo is shown at the start of the film. Volunteers standing on the moors are shown. . ‘The Climate Project’ logo is shown. A small blade of grass...

A film linked to the Moors for the Future Partnership, which focuses on raising awareness about the need to care for our landscapes, and the conservation/research work already being carried out on moorlands in the South Pennines and Peak District. This particular film focuses on some of the volunteer work carried out by Ellie Fuller. The BMCTV logo is shown at the start of the film. Volunteers standing on the moors are shown. . ‘The Climate Project’ logo is shown. A small blade of grass is shown in the ground. Volunteers wearing warm hiking gear are shown face-to-camera talking about the impact of volunteers. Water crashing down the rocks of the hillside and general views of the moorland are shown. Ellie Fuller, volunteer for the BMC, is shown sitting in a car and talking face-to-camera. ‘Ellie Fuller, Moors for the Future Volunteer, BMC Young Volunteer of the Year’ is shown at the bottom of the frame. She is shown putting items into her rucksack, and preparing for the job ahead. Barry Soames, a Research Assistant and Monitoring Officer is shown talking to Ellie about the tasks they will be undertaking. ‘Barry Soames, Moors for the Future Partnership, Research Assistant and Monitoring Officer’ is shown at the bottom of the frame. Another member is standing with them, outside the car. Ellie, Barry and other members of the party are shown hiking across the moorland in suitable outdoor clothing. Barry addresses the party as they set up quadrats and monitoring equipment on a section of the moorland. Ellie is shown observing the plants in the specified research area. A ruler is used to measure the height of the plants/trees. The members continue to observe the plants in the area; one of them holds a Samsung tablet. Ellie is shown addressing the camera. Views of the volunteers continuing to observe the area are shown using the quadrants. A close-up shows hiking boots on the grass/moorland. Ellie continues to address the camera. Views of Ellie rock-climbing on the moorland are shown; she is wearing the specialist climbing equipment/harness and a helmet. Barry is shown addressing the camera. Ellie listens intently to him. Views of the eroded and polluted moorland are shown, with minimal vegetation. Ellie is shown nodding at what Barry has to say about the lack of vegetation. Bare peat is shown again, along with dirty water washing some of the peat away. Barry continues to talk to the volunteers about the peat. More views of bare peat with minimal vegetation are shown. Volunteers in orange hi-vis jackets are shown planting vegetation into the bare peat. This is followed by views of the moorland now bursting with vegetation. Tom Spencer, a scientist, is shown walking down to a research area and collecting some water in a vial. A helicopter is shown dropping off resources to volunteers on the moorland. Barry continues to talk to the volunteers. Views of Barry, Ellie and other volunteers walking over the moorland are shown. Barry points out different areas of the land that he is talking to Ellie about. Huge areas of bare peat are shown; Ellie and Barry are standing on it, talking. The volunteers are shown with another quadrat set up on the peat. Barry holds a tablet, and the volunteers are chatting. One of the members of the party, Alice Learey, is shown face to camera; ‘Alice Learey, Moors for the Future Partnership, Communications and Engagement Officer’ is shown in the bottom of the frame. Barry continues looking at his tablet; Ellie notices a blade of grass in the peat and points it out. She laughs. Barry, Ellie and Alice continue observing the ground in the quadrat area. Ellie is shown talking to camera, sitting in the moorland vegetation. Views of the moorland, rocks and hillside are shown. A town/city is shown in the distance. Ellie is shown walking across the moorland, and then talking to the camera again. Ellie, Barry, Alice and another volunteer are shown observing an area in a quadrat full of vegetation, and then shown observing an area in a quadrat of bare peat. Moorland full of vegetation is shown. Ellie is shown continuing to address the camera. Large rocks on the moorland are shown. Titles - ‘The BMC have launched The Climate Project’, ‘You can make a difference: www.thebmc.co.uk/climate’ and ‘It costs £25 to plant one square metre of sphagnum, fight climate change - let’s plant moor’, overlaying imagery of the moors and frogs. Title card - Logos including ‘The Climate Project’, ‘BMC Access and Conservation Trust’, ‘Moors for the Future Partnership’, ‘Montane: Further. Faster.’, ‘Cotswold Outdoor’, and ‘Snow + Rock’. Title card - ‘Thank you to the National Trust High Peak Estate for the use of their land’. Title card - ‘The work of the partnership is delivered by the Moors for the Future staff team through the Peak District National Park Authority as the lead body. The partnership receives financial support from its partners Environment Agency, National Trust, Pennine Prospects, RSPB, Severn Trent, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water, and support and advice from representatives of the moorland owner and farming community including NFU and Moorland Association.’ Title Card - ‘BMC’. Followed by ‘Walk’, ‘Climb’, ‘Join’, ‘www.thebmc.co.uk/join’.