The Cave Hill Conservation Campaign is a voluntary group of approximately 100 people based in Belfast. It was founded in 1989 to counter the threat of a prospecting licence for the mineral zeolite being issued for the Cave Hill. The Campaign organised a petition which attracted over 11,000 signatures and helped to see off the threat of mining in the area. Today, the Campaign operates through an active committee which meets monthly. |
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The committee has thirteen members, including the three office-holders who are:
- Chair - Cormac Hamill
- Secretary - Edward McCamley
- Treasurer - Albert Dolan
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We try to ensure that the Cave Hill's natural environment and public amenity value are protected and, where possible, enhanced. We produce a periodic newsletter, The Cave Hill Campaigner, which keeps members and others up to date with current issues affecting the Cave Hill and the Campaign's activities. Other activities include:
- Organising volunteering activities, such as removing litter, planting trees and clearing invasive species.
- Opposing inappropriate development proposals.
- Collecting data on patterns of use of the Cave Hill, and users' views, by carrying out user surveys.
- Seeking to influence relevant statutory bodies, such as Belfast City Council.
- Seeking to promote the adoption of a comprehensive management strategy for the Cave Hill.
- Working with the other Belfast Hills groups on the Belfast Hills Partnership.
- Developing this website as a reliable and up to date source of information about the Cave Hill, in the context of the other Belfast Hills.
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The Campaign's objectives are as follows:
- To secure the preservation of the Cave Hill as a natural and unspoiled environment.
- To encourage public access for appropriate purposes.
- To encourage Belfast City Council (the principal landowner) to adopt an environmentally-friendly management strategy for the Cave Hill.
- To oppose all intrusive development.
- To oppose further degradation of the Belfast Hills.
- To support the implementation of environmentally friendly policies for the Belfast Hills.
- To support the creation of public rights of way across the Belfast Hills.
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- Our AGM is scheduled for Wednesday 12 May at 7.30pm in Belfast Castle.
- We will continue with tree planting and maintenance of previously planted areas.
- We will continue with the nest box programme begun last year.
- Cleanup Day will be Saturday 8 May from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
- Our annual fundraising event will be Friday 26 November, 8 p.m. at Fortwilliam Golf Club.
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