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100% of event profits will be donated to local charities

70% will be donated to the ‘Forever Friends’ £8.5m appeal for the new Royal United Hospital Cancer Centre, which is due to start construction in 2019.

The state-of-the-art health centre will offer an individualised and holistic approach to the treatment of cancer patients and will revolutionise cancer care in the South West.

Some of the RUH funds may also go towards the creation of a new Therapies Centre at the hospital, where donations are being match-funded by the Brownsword Charitable Foundation.

100% of event profits will be donated to local charities

70% will be donated to the ‘Forever Friends’ £8.5m appeal for the new Royal United Hospital Cancer Centre, which is due to open in 2019.

The state of the art health centre will specialise in the individualised and holistic treatment of cancer patients and will revolutionise cancer care in the South West.

The remaining 30% of event profits will be share between three local charities: the B&NES Young Carers Centre, the Roman Baths Archway project, and the UK Little Owl Project, which is based in Bath.

The remaining 30% of event profits will be shared between three local charities:

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The Archway Project will create a new state-of-the-art Learning Centre and World Heritage Visitor Centre at the Roman Baths complex, due to open in 2019. It will bring back to life an important group of Victorian spa buildings, adjoining the main Roman Baths via an ornate 19th century archway, constructed to transport the thermal spa waters, and which lends the project its name.

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Bath & North East Somerset Young Carers provides help, support, advice, workshops and breaks for young carers aged 5 to 18 who regularly look after a family member who is ill, frail or disabled.

“Young Carers have so much responsibility at such a tender age so things like the Minerva Owls sculpture trail provide an opportunity for them to just be children and enjoy themselves. That’s why we’re delighted to be a charity partner of such a great event that will make such a big difference to Young Carers in the future”

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The UK Little Owl Project is a Bath-based conservation organisation, set up in June 2015 to help protect UK Little Owls.  The project aims to further understanding of the Little Owl's ecology in the UK, and support, develop and promote new and existing UK Little Owl research projects.

Donations will be made to the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, which gives grant funding to the UK Little Owl Project. Charity number SC023741

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The Archway Project, Project Director

“School children will be able to learn about their heritage and take part in hands-on archaeological activities using in-situ Roman remains. The Centre will explain why Bath is a World Heritage site and inspire the next generation to get hands-on with Bath’s past.”

Sonia Hutchison, CEO, B&NES Carers Centre

“Young Carers have so much responsibility at such a tender age so things like the Minerva Owls sculpture trail provide an opportunity for them to just be children and enjoy themselves.
That’s why we’re delighted to be a charity partner of such a great event that will make such a big difference to Young Carers in the future”.

Emily Joachim, Director of the UK Little Owl Project, Bath

“I can’t wait to see 100 super-sized Little Owls displayed across my home city this summer. Little Owl numbers have reduced by over 60% in recent years, so I am so grateful that some of the proceeds from this wonderful creative event will help us protect this wonderful, charismatic species.”

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The Little Owl has a large global range and is found in 84 countries (much of Europe, Asia east to Korea, North Africa, and the Middle East).

In 2008 the King Bladud’s Pigs auction raised over £200,000 for charity and 16,000 pig fans came to say their ‘final farewells’.

“It was with sheer delight that I rounded a corner on my first ever visit to … where they were filming Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and saw a line of big, grey, fluffy, bewildered-looking owls blinking back at me.” JK Rowling

Owls do not have spherical eyes, they have tube eyes (providing better depth perception and allowing them to see prey from great distances. Their close vision is not as clear.)

Little Owls have decreased by 70% over the last 20 years. The UK Little Owl Project is working to protect them and is based in Bath.

A group of owls is called a parliament.
(Of course, most owls are solitary!)

My pet owl will soon turn 180.
He’s not old, he just has a bad neck. (Hoot!)

Many owls have asymmetrical ears that vary in size and are at different heights on their heads. This allows them to better pinpoint where their prey is.

You can find Little Owls in a range of habitats including quarries, villages, orchards, parkland, liveries and on lowland farmland. They prefer semi-open habitat and avoid woodland. Read Emily’s Little Owl Spotter’s Guide here.

There are around 200 species of owl.
The largest is Blakiston’s fish owl (Japan, China, Siberia)

A Little Owl with an olive branch appeared on a Greek silver tetradrachm coin from 500 BC and a 5th Century BC bronze statue of the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena, shows her holding a Little Owl.

Little Owls love sunbathing! You can spot them basking in sunshine on their favourite perches during the winter months in parks and rural villages. On a sunny day, look out for Little Owls on barn roofs, poles and fence posts.

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