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Willow Burn presentation

March 9, 2011

At the Village Trust’s Open Meeting last night, a cheque for £1380 was presented to a trustee of Willow Burn. The charity collection was held during the Victorian Christmas Spectacular last November.  Paul Jackson gave a talk about the hospice at the former Maiden Law Hospital site in Lanchester, stating that they had now raised £1.5 million towards the £5 million target for new buildings. Construction of phase one of the new facility would be starting in the near future.

Clare Singleton and Sue Shaw gave a presentation on the Trust’s Britain in Bloom entry in the Neighbourhood Awards Scheme and Garth Johnson gave details about a photographic competition.

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Big Spring Clean

March 3, 2011

In support of Litterfree Durham’s “Big Spring Clean”, the Trust is holding a litter pick on the morning of Saturday 2nd April this year.

If you can spare an hour or two, meet at 10am in the bottle bank car park [next to the Golden Flower] and bring gloves and a litter picker [if you have one]. The trust has a small supply of litter pickers and will provide refuse sacks and bibs.

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Open meeting on 8th March

February 2, 2011

The next open meeting of the Trust is to be held on Tuesday 8th March 2011 at Shotley Bridge Junior School.

Refreshments will be available from 7.30pm and the meeting will start at 7.45pm. The agenda has still to be finalised but it will include a cheque presentation to Willow Burn of the money collected during the Victorian Christmas Spectacular and an update about the Britain in Bloom initiative.

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Charity fundraising

January 10, 2011

The final total for the charity collection at the Shotley Bridge Victorian Christmas Spectacular on 27 November 2010 has broken last year’s two day total of £1500.

£1840 was raised on the day, this year.  £1380 will be presented to Willow Burn and £460 to the Trust’s Britain in Bloom Initiative at the Open Meeting next month.

A big thank you to all the businesses, church and community groups that raised money as well as the Shotley Bridge Infant and Junior School Choirs, Consett Brass and the Sage Gateshead Chamber Choir who provided entertainment on the day.

Also, special thanks should be given to Mr & Mrs Santa, the North East Carriage Company and the Methodist Church, for making the day such a success.

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Victorian Christmas Spectacular photos

December 22, 2010

Sorry for the delay in posting these on the site but I did not have time before going on holiday.

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Thank you to all those who made the effort to dress in Victorian costume. Despite the snowy weather the event was a great success and visitors gave generously to charity. When all the collection tins are returned and counted I will post a report about the money raised for Willow Burn and the Village Trust ‘Britain in Bloom’.

Thank you also to the Methodist Church for hosting the entertainment and the Village Trust volunteer stewards who helped to ensure that the event ran smoothly.

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