Tuesday 31 October 2017

Weekly update, 31st October

Happy Halloween! I was looking for a bit of Halloween trivia to add in today's bulletin but instead found this joke far more amusing:

Q: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o’-lantern by its diameter?
A: Pumpkin π!

Moving on! We have lots coming up on the volunteering front, read on to see what's happening...

Have spooktacular week,

Hannah
Volunteering Development Manager

What the volunteers have been up to:

Thursday Group (Abingdon), 26th October

Last week the group were scything willow in one of the conservation areas at Thrupp Lake; this field floods in the winter and keeping it nice and open encourages more wading birds to visit. The next session is 2nd November.



Friday Group (Little Wittenham), 27th October

Coppicing, coppicing, coppicing! The group were back in Paradise Wood last week for more coppicing. They'll get a break from it next week though when they're off to Mowbray Fields in Didcot for a change! The next session is 3rd November.

Lending a hand

We had three new maintenance volunteer start with us last Wednesday, helping to keep the Earth Trust Centre in good condition - thanks guys!

Coming up...

Oxfordshire Art Weeks

Next May Earth Trust is going to be throwing open the doors to become an exciting new exhibition space for Oxfordshire Art Weeks! We are currently meeting artists and getting plans in place and would love to hear from you if you would like to be involved in a committee to make this an event to remember. Maybe you've had experience of Art Weeks or a similar art exhibition before? Perhaps you'd like to be part of the team to get this event off the ground and build a strong base for the future? Whether you have experience in this area or not, we'd love to hear from you! We're really excited for this one and would love to have some brilliant volunteers on board with us. To find out more, please drop us a line to the usual address.


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