May 13th is the next working party for those of you regulars and new who want to help your community woods. There is also a team gathering on a Wednesday to paint and repair the fence on Otterbourne Road, I know they would be delighted if anyone wanted to join them. Many thanks to all of you who join us for these monthly working parties. We are making progress clearing paths, boundaries and will shortly embark on a coppicing program. We can never have enough volunteers so please come and enjoy some fresh air, modest work, great company in the knowledge you are helping the community.
A BIG PLEA to our neighbours please do not deposit any garden waste, cuttings etc in our woods, its bad for the habitat can attract rodents, and is just not neighbourly.
If you wish to become a member and help our work, there is no fee, just a commitment to a £5 winding up fee in the unlikely event that the company was ever wound up. Joining the membership group allows you the opportunity to influence the running of the woods, appointment of trustees etc.
Running the woods is expensive and whilst we have many volunteers, we do need to pay for specialist work when dealing with large trees, and obviously all materials like wood for fences costs us money. So any financial help you can give either by one off payments or regular standing orders would help us and possibly speed up our efforts. Gift aiding any donations obviously also gives us extra benefits and possibly helps you as well.
Blank membership, standing order forms, a summary woodland mangement plan, newsletters, unapproved minutes of the agm and public meeting can all be found on the downloads page.
Regretably, we still get incidents of Fly and Vegetation tipping in Sparrowgrove and Oakwood. Those who live nearby could help by letting us know of any incidents of this nature and it’s especially helpful if we can get some identification of the culprits.