Estate Days
Designed to give children from urban backgrounds the experience of getting out of the classroom - and into the countryside!
RHET Estate Days provide the opportunity for school pupils to learn about the life and processes of a working Scottish Estate.
These events are designed to give children who would benefit most from an outdoor learning experience an insight into how their food is produced, with hands-on activities to really get "stuck-in" and develop their interest in the countryside.
In a typical event, classes from six local urban schools are invited for the day, approximately 180 children altogether.
On the estate children take part in hands-on activity sessions around the estate grounds, linked to farming, the environment and conservation.
Activity sessions in the past have included:
- Pond-dipping
- Farming
- Forestry
- Outdoor Access
- Deer Management
- Gamekeeping
- Beekeeping
- General Biodiversity
Activity sessions are kindly provided by volunteers made up of staff from the estate and rural organisations such as:
- Local Council Ranger Services
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- The Deer Commission Scotland
- Scottish Beekeeping Association
- Scottish Gamekeepers Association
- SRPBA
- Local Police Wildlife Crime Units
- Countryside Access Groups
RHET seek full funding for these events, including transport costs.
Past funders of events include:
- The Whitaker Trust
- The Scottish Government (Foot and Mouth Disease Fund)
- Forestry Commission Scotland
- East Ayrshire Council
- LEADER Ayrshire
Thank you to all the estates that have very kindly held events for us in the past, including:
Blair Attholl Estate - Perthshire
Ballathie Estate - Perthshire
Kinnordy Estate - Angus
Raehills Estate - Dumfriesshire
Douglas & Angus Estate - Lanarkshire
SAC Auchincruive - Ayrshire
Fyvie Estate - Aberdeenshire
Alvie Estate - Highland
Harestanes Estate - Scottish Borders
Argaty Estate - Perthshire
Gilston Mains - Fife
Haddo Estate - Aberdeenshire
