About us

We are a high quality consultancy practice working with clients from the cultural, creative, heritage and environmental sectors to make good things happen. Our key skills are research and analysis, development of effective strategies, organisational and project development and fundraising.

Here are some of the projects we are currently working on...

UNESCO World Heritage Fundraising Model

We are currently commissioned by UNESCO to explore the potential for establishing a more effective model for fundraising for the world's most important natural and cultural heritage sites. This model will be aimed at securing more investment from tourism/tourists, by using new technologies. 


Eden Rivers Trust - catchment action plan

We are currently commissioned to work as part of the Eden Rivers Trust team to develop an innovative catchment action plan of the River Eden. This is a bold new initiative to demonstrate how local third sector organisations can better engage with communities and stakeholders than traditional statutory environmental organisations - watch out for some cool new stuff including a film.

Lake District World Heritage Project

We recently worked with Professor Mike Robinson of Birmingham University to undertake a technical evaluation of the Lake District's nomination for World Heritage Site status. A fascinating and complex project trying to identify the 'universal value' of the Lake District. 


International speaking engagements...

We have been booked to speak at a number of events this spring and summer, including in Mexico and Edinburgh. We'll be presenting our most recent research and ideas about the value of natural and cultural heritage. See link

Why Art Works

We have just completed a major research project looking at the value of the contemporary visual arts to Cumbria and Lancashire in the North West of the UK for the North by North West Turning Point Network. See Executive Summary (Screen version) or Full Referenced Report.


Visitor Payback Schemes

We, in partnership with Nurture Lakeland, have just helped stakeholders on the island of Arran to create The Arran Trust. http://www.arrantrust.com/

We have also recently developed a similar scheme for the Norfolk Broads and for the mountain bike trails of South Wales for the Cognation project http://www.cognation.co.uk/


World Heritage Sites Global Analysis - The Economic Gain

Our seminal study of the socio-economic impact potential of World Heritage Sites was published recently and was extremely well received by audiences in the UK and internationally. The work is being translated into German at present, is already translated into Chinese, and we working with UNESCO on developing the future of this work after presenting this work recently in Paris at UNESCO headquarters. See http://www.lakeswhs.co.uk/

 

See UNESCO World Heritage Review (Issue No 58) for 'The Price of Lemons; World Heritage and Economic Development' by James Rebanks... click here


Rebanks Consulting Limited
The Office, Hillside House, Newby, Penrith CA10 3EX

Telephone 01931 714319

Email helen@rebanksconsulting.co.uk


Rebanks Consulting Ltd has just signed up to be a corporate sponsor of the Red Kite reintroduction programme for the Lake District - working closely with Nurture Lakeland. If you'd like to join us in fundraising for this worthy cause contact Nurture Lakeland at http://www.nurturelakeland.org/
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