Weekly update, 4th July

What the volunteers have been up to:

Wallingford Green Gym, 27th June

Warden Lucy was joined by Wallingford Green Gym at Wallingford Castle Meadows on Tuesday for some meadow management.

Thursday Group (Abingdon), 29th June

It was a continuation of the weed control in the conservation area at Thrupp Lake for the team last week. It's not glamorous pulling thistles and ragwort but somebody's got to do it! The next session is 13th July.

Friday Group (Little Wittenham), 30th June

George and the group were collecting timber from Little Wittenham Wood to store for the winter. Our wood-burning boiler heats the office and centre buildings during the colder months so this is a really important job! The next session is 7th July.

Summer Picnic, 2nd July

A HUGE thank you to you lovely volunteers who came and helped out at Sunday's Summer Picnic. The site was looking gorgeous thanks to the mountain of hand crafted decorations made at the craft evenings last month and we think the effort really paid off! We got super lucky with the weather too with the sun coming out for families to have a lovely chilled out afternoon with us. We had party hats and placemats, campfire popcorn, singing and dancing, smoothies, music making, tea, birthday cake and ice cream and NONE of this would have been possible without you. So, once again, thank you... and please come and do it all over again at the Autumn Water Festival on Sunday 1st October!

Coming up...

Are you handy?

We're in need of some extra pairs of hands to help us keep the Earth Trust Centre looking in tip top shape. The list of tasks is ever growing and we just don't have the people power to tick things off it! We're talking grounds maintenance, a spot of fixing things up (e.g the bike shed roof), keeping the gardens and car parks looking neat and tidy and, most importantly, safe. If this sounds like your kind of thing, drop us a line to the usual address.

10K Run

In case it's dropped off your radar, don't forget the Earth Trust 10K is on Sunday 10th September. If you'd like to help promote this event by distributing flyers or posters please get in touch. We'd also like to hear from anyone who's interested in being a marshal on the day. And if you'd like to participate don't forget to sign up!