Projects taking place in the week beginning
10 March 2008

Growing Our Own Grub
Where? Leicester, Leicestershire
When? 11 March 2008
What's it about? Growing vegetables in a small patch in our inner city school. Volunteers will dig, plant and care for plants, and harvest and cook vegetables when grown.
Where's it happening? Pluto Close, Leicester, Leicester
What to wear/bring: Sturdy Footwear
What will be provided: Health & Safety, Tools & Materials
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Yes
Any restrictions? No pets
How many NEW volunteers required?
Press/Volunteer Contact: Debby Fiddament (01162531382)
Organised by: Highfields Primary School
Email: dfiddament@highfields-pri.sch.uk
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Crazy Composting
Where? Leicester, Leicestershire
When? 13 March 2008
What's it about? Teaching the community about recycling fruit & vegetable scrap into compost. Including installing a composting bin in the nature garden
Where's it happening? Knighton Fields Road West, Leicester
What to wear/bring: Protective Clothing
What will be provided: Health & Safety, Training, Tools & Materials
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Yes
Any restrictions? No pets, Children under 16 must be accomapnied by an adult
How many NEW volunteers required?
Press/Volunteer Contact: ()
Organised by: Knighton Fields Primary School
Email: sevans@knightonfields.leicester.sch.uk
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Hidden Corner
Where? Spennymoor, Durham
When? 14 March 2008
What's it about? We have a number of compost bins which we wish to conceal. We have decided conifers to be grown and to spread out to hide the compost bins. Hopefully this will be pleasing to the eye and also practical.
Where's it happening? School Compost area, Durham Road, Spennymoor
What to wear/bring: Sturdy Footwear, Protective Clothing
What will be provided: Tools & Materials
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Partial
Any restrictions? Children under 16 must be accomapnied by an adult
How many NEW volunteers required?
Press/Volunteer Contact: J. Eddy (01388 814 285)
Organised by: St Charles RCVA Primary School
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Ashley Village Spring Clean
Where? Ashley, Market Harborough, Northamptonshire
When? 15th March 2008
What's it about? Volunteers will remove litter from pavements and roadside verges in the village and roads around it. We will also plant cowslips in a recently reclaimed nature corner of the village.
Where's it happening? Ashley Village Hall, Main Street, Ashley, Market Harborough
What to wear/bring: Sturdy Footwear, Protective Clothing, Packed Lunch
What will be provided: Health & Safety, Refreshments, Tools & Materials
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Yes
Any restrictions?
How many NEW volunteers required? 6
Press/Volunteer Contact: R A Gallant (01858 565578)
Organised by: Ashley With Weston-By-Welland W.I
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A Nice Place To Be - All Spic & Span
Where? Clayton le Moors Blackburn Lancs, Ac, Lancashire
When? 15 March 2008
What's it about? Preparing bowling green, pathways, driveway and small woodland, ready for the new season. Encouraging members to make sure that their little corner of Lancashire is clean, spic and span. Volunteers will clean windows, sweep paths, weed community memorial garden, clean driveway, and help elderly members be involved in our Action Earth Project.
Where's it happening? Grange Bowling Club Contact Address, Church Street 17 Meadow Rise, Clayton le Moors Blackburn Lancs, Ac
What to wear/bring: Protective Clothing, Just bring along a nice smile and your friendship please
What will be provided: Health & Safety, Refreshments, Tools & Materials, We will provide a nice smile and friendship
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Yes
Any restrictions? No Restrictions whatsoever, No Restrictions whatsoever
How many NEW volunteers required? 12
Press/Volunteer Contact: Laurie Denton - Club Secretary (01254 208495 or 07989 043819 or MLBDEN@aol.com)
Organised by: Grange Bowling Club
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Elizabethan Garden
Where? Saltash, Cornwall
When? 15 March 2008
What's it about? We have recreated an Elizabethan garden at Mary Newman's Cottage but need volunteers over the Easter weekend to assist with the 1000 plants still to be put in, plus to help finish off paths and clipping of existing hedges and to generally help finish the garden.
Where's it happening? Mary Newman's Cottage,, Culver Road, Saltash
What to wear/bring: Sturdy Footwear
What will be provided: Health & Safety, Training, Refreshments, Lunch, Tools & Materials
Is there wheelchair access to the site? No
Any restrictions? No pets, No under 16s
How many NEW volunteers required? 20
Press/Volunteer Contact: Brigette Dixon (01579 384 381)
Organised by: Tamar Protection Society Ltd
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Green Green Grass of School
Where? Stalybridge, Cheshire
When? 15 March 2008
What's it about? Turn two desolate areas of school grounds into lawned sitting/ playing areas. Areas will be de-weeded, turned over, levelled, top soil spread and finally turfed.
Where's it happening? Birbeck Street, Stalybridge
What to wear/bring: Sturdy Footwear, Packed Lunch
What will be provided: Refreshments, Tools & Materials
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Partial
Any restrictions? No pets, Children under 16 must be accomapnied by an adult
How many NEW volunteers required? 5
Press/Volunteer Contact: Jackie Kneen (0161 303 0674)
Organised by: Trinity School
Email: jackie@trinityschool.org.uk
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Old Play Copse Haircut
Where? Sutton, Cambridgeshire
When? 15 March 2008
What's it about? Volunteers will help with cutting back of dogwoods and hazels, clearing dead vegetation and cutting paths, planting more bluebells and wild garlic. This is needed to enhance colour and interest for autumn and winter for Sutton residents to enjoy.
Where's it happening? Old Play Copse, Old Recreation field,, left at bottom of Lawn Lane, Sutton
What to wear/bring: Sturdy Footwear, Protective Clothing, loppers if possible
What will be provided: Health & Safety, Refreshments, Tools & Materials
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Yes
Any restrictions? No pets, Children under 16 must be accomapnied by an adult
How many NEW volunteers required?
Press/Volunteer Contact: Joy Owen, Secretary (01353 777904)
Organised by: Sutton Conservation Society
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Poling Furgefield Conservation Project
Where? Angmering, West Sussex
When? 16 March 2008
What's it about? Maintenance work on our conservation project, removing thistles, brambles from glade and woodland trail, create more dead hedging. We are also clearing a pond and planting marginal and emergent plants.
Where's it happening? Acorns,, Arundel Road, Angmering
What to wear/bring: Sturdy Footwear, Protective Clothing
What will be provided: Refreshments, Lunch, Tools & Materials
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Partial
Any restrictions?
How many NEW volunteers required?
Press/Volunteer Contact: Betty Fox (01903 248 597)
Organised by: 4th Goring (St Laurence) Guides
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Planting of Flower Beds
Where? Bishop Auckland, Durham
When? 16 March 2008
What's it about? Planting shrubs in flowers beds opposite the historic Saxon church in Escomb. We have secured partial funding for this project via county Durham Foundation and this grant would purchase more plants than original budget allows. We have volunteers help from local residents, groundwork Southwest Durham and the local Cub Scouts group
Where's it happening? Flower Beds Opposite Escomb, Saxon Church, Bishop Auckland
What to wear/bring: Sturdy Footwear, Tools and Materials, Protective Clothing
What will be provided: Health & Safety, Training, Refreshments, Tools & Materials
Is there wheelchair access to the site? No
Any restrictions?
How many NEW volunteers required? 10
Press/Volunteer Contact: Lyn Heslop (01388 609405)
Organised by: Escomb & Witton Park Community Partnership
Email: ewpcp@escomb.org.uk
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Wildlife Wetland Created by Cub Scout Group
Where? Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire
When? 16 March 2008
What's it about? The Biodiversity of an area once used as a gravel storage site at Paxton Pits nature Reserve will be enhanced by creation of several shallow ponds. Designed to hold a few inches of rain water (and to dry out in in dry weather), these temporary ponds will provide drinking places for birds and breeding places for insects. Similar ponds on site have previously hosted newts. Water will be retained in the ponds for many days after rainfall because the ground is highly compacted through its previous use. The work will be organised by the Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve and carried out by the Godmanchester Cub Scout Group. The site is adjacent to one of the Reserve's nature trails, so visitors to the Reserve can readily appreciate the results of the cub's work. The task will involve digging out the ponds using spades, and transporting the spoil a short distance by wheelbarrow to create south-facing banks for burrowing insects.
Where's it happening? Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, Little Paxton
What to wear/bring: Sturdy Footwear
What will be provided: Health & Safety, Training, Refreshments, Tools & Materials, Protective gloves, hard hats, knee pads
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Yes
Any restrictions? No pets, Cub scout group will be supervised by scout leaders, Cub scout group will be supervised by scout leaders
How many NEW volunteers required?
Press/Volunteer Contact: Ray Matthews (01480 215 277)
Organised by: Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve
Email: pamela@matthewspe196es.freeserve.co.uk
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Tree Planting Day
Where? Stone, Staffordshire
When? 16 March 2008
What's it about? The project is to create a hedge on the edge of our hay meadow alongside our woodland footpath to replace the unsightly barbed wire fence or at least hide it and create valuable habitat using a wide variety of hedging plants.
Where's it happening? Hay Meadow, The Plot House, 122 Old Road, Stone
What to wear/bring:
What will be provided:
Is there wheelchair access to the site? Partially
Any restrictions?
How many NEW volunteers required?
Press/Volunteer Contact: Adrian Page (01785817892)
Organised by: Stone Common Plot
Email: joy@apage30.fsnet.co.uk
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