On Saturday morning 11 members of the village trust managed to collect over 20 bags of litter from the village’s streets and open spaces. Thank you for taking time out of your weekend.
Thank you also to all the pupils at Shotley Bridge Junior School who collected litter from the school grounds and adjoining play park, before their Easter holidays.
150 pupils from Shotley Bridge Junior School were invited by the village trust to take part in an environmental poster competition again this year. Easter eggs were awarded this morning, by Sue Shaw from ‘Blooming Shotley Bridge’, to the winners of each year group.
Despite the lack of recent sunshine and warm weather, the spring tubs in the village are looking colourful in full bloom.
I took these photos in the sunshine yesterday so that we can show the Northumbria in Bloom judges on 22 April, if the daffodils and tulips are past their best by then.
Yesterday, at the Trust’s Open Meeting, a cheque for £1275 was presented to the Willow Burn Hospice, on behalf of the Shotley Bridge Business and Community Partnership. The money was raised at the Partnership’s Victorian Saturday event last November. After receiving the cheque from Garth Johnson the Trust’s treasurer, Sue Fox gave an update on funding for phase II of the development at Maiden Law, Lanchester, for which £2.2m will be needed. She also made a plea for more volunteers to help with administration and event management.
Clare Singleton also gave a presentation about Blooming Shotley Bridge and members discussed the future activities of the Trust.
For more information about volunteering, fundraising and events have a look at the Willow Burn website.
Shotley Bridge Junior School were nominated by the Village Trust to accept tubs from the HAGGRID Project (Horticulture, Agriculture, General Education and Individual Development). The Derwent Valley Partnership has supported this local project at Consett and Blackhill Park, which has provided an opportunity for young people aged between 11 and 18 to learn a range of environmental based skills with the aim of getting them involved in local community-based activities.
The tubs were presented yesterday by students from Consett Academy, who helped plant them up. They will brighten up the main entrance to the school and will be maintained by pupils there.
Police in Consett have given pots, compost and other equipment seized from drugs farms to community projects in the area. The Haggrid and Eddy groups, which work with young people in the town, are using them to help improve the local area. For more information about the project, take a look at this news article in The Chronicle.
Shotley Bridge Village Trust 