Environmental project management and consultancy services

Walking-the-Talk can offer you help in the following specialist areas:

Outdoor Access

Communications

Project Management

Land Management Advice

Recent and ongoing projects

Arran Access Trust: contracted to undertake a fesibility study for paths on the isle of Arran, including strategic, condition and specification surveys of the Coastal Way and upland paths, prioritisation of repairs and development of a major funding bid.

Countryside Council for Wales:  production of a programme of works and two funding bids for a large-scale river restoration project.  This work includes assembling a database of potential project actions, liaising with key stakeholders and project partners to establish a coherent project plan and completing funding applications for the finalised project.

Cairngorms National Park Authority: developing technical guidance for directional signposts and intermediate waymarking within the National Park.

The Upper Deeside Access Trust: acted as Project Manager on a part-time basis from September 2006 to March 2008 to oversee the running of core business and led the transition of the organisation into the Cairngorms Outdoor Access Trust.

Yummy Science: project management of an innovative Science Communication project for National Science and Engineering Week 2008, having led the successful funding bid to the Scottish Government.  The project was developed in partnership with the Rowett Institute, Aberdeen and the Aberdeen Branch of The BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) and is a evolution of the original idea for communicating science to the wider public through the medium of local radio (available at www.sciencesnaps.co.uk).

NNR Website for Scottish Natural Heritage: developed site descriptions for 56 National Nature Reserves in Scotland for use on the official NNR website (due to be updated in Summer 2008)