Here’s what’s been going on:-

 We have held three craft shop engagement events at Lower Moor Farm with the Alzheimer’s Support Group;

5^th of December - There was a nature walk and the group made insect boxes, the 6 attendees were led by Gina.

19^th of December -Tamsin led a group of 12 where they created wire sculptures and made lip balm.

16^th of January – Another 15 participants were led by Bill and a slightly broken Amy, self-proclaimed “Gump Boot” included! They had a fun packed day making bows and arrows and woolly letters.

Community Payback have been out twice at Blackmoor Copse working on site infrastructure;

11^th of December – A party of 8 went out laying boardwalk for 4 ½ hours.

08^th of January – We had a gang of 9 installing way makers and adjusting interpretation boards for 3 hours, both days were led by Bill.

 

In total there has been 4 public events since the last update;

03^rd December – Gina has been busy and has led two engagement craft workshop events. On the first the group made Christmas crafts at Langford Lakes. It was attended by 5 adults and 2 children.

06^th December – Next up at Lower Moor Farm was needle felting, there was a great turn out and 15 participants attended on the day.

13^th December – In the run up to Christmas we held a carol service family event at St Julian’s where a whopping 216 people turned up, 89 adults and 127 children. Bill led the event which was a great service where everybody got involved.

08^th January -  Tamsin was leader for the day, with a little help from Nick Self who guided a party of 12 around Morgan’s Hill on a 2 hour walk. The volunteers also did some scrub clearance, they were at the reserve for a total of 4 hours.

 

The Regular Volunteer Groups have also been busy with 3 practical conservation tasks and some site infrastructure;

 

30^th November – 5 volunteers attended at Green Lane Wood, scything for 5 ½ hours with Barbara Stiddard.

11^th December – Tamsin went ash sapling pulling with a further 5 volunteers at Morgan’s Hill for 4 hours.

13^th December – On this day Bill was at Vincent’s Wood to install a board and a kissing gate, there were 2 attendees at the reserve for 2 hours of grafting.

14^th December  - At Green Lane wood Barbara Stiddard led the volunteers for 5 ½ hours with the task of scything poplar shade, there were 4 participants on this occasion.

26^th November - Wilts CIL Group participated in a Christmas crafts engagement event at Langford Lakes. There were 23 people in attendance, 20 Adults and 3 children and the group was led by Tamsin.

 

That’s all for now.

Keep well and keep it WILD!!!

 

Rich.