A country lane litter pick will take place on Saturday 17th April 2010, starting along the B6278 [Burnmill Bank] between Carterway Heads and Shotley Bridge.
Meet in St John’s Church Hall, Snods Edge at 10.00am. Young children must be accompanied by an adult.
Please come along to help, even if you have only an hour to spare.
The Benfieldside, Blackhill, Bridgehill and Shotley Bridge Partnership organised a BIG Tidy Up this morning. Volunteers met at the Bridgehill communal room to collect their bags, equipment and instructions before setting off in groups to pick up litter from hotspots [which had been identified by survey].
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A big thank you to Consett Rugby Club, particularly the U17 & U18 teams, who came along to help tidy up litter hot spots in Shotley Bridge – along the Derwent Walk, around the Benfieldside playing fields and down by the riverside at Shotley Grove.
Thankyou also to the ten residents of Shotley Bridge who found time to give their support to pick up litter around the village centre and at Snows Green.
In total, nearly 150 bags of rubbish were collected by 75 volunteers from the litter strewn open spaces throughout the Partnership’s area.
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At the Trust’s Open Meeting last night a cheque presentation was made to the North of England Children’s Cancer Research Fund. The money was collected by the Shotley Bridge Business and Community Partnership as part of their Victorian Christmas Weekend in December.
Amy Vella of Imago handed cheques totalling £1487 to Colin Peacock, who gave a talk about the Research Fund.
Thanks go to the local business community who helped raise the funds, particularly Imago and the North East Carriage Company, each raising a third of the total.
Garth Johnson of the Trust, who organised the charity collection, said: ” We distributed around 30 collection boxes and every box was returned with money in it adding up to over £400. We are also particularly grateful to the Carriage Company for donating all of their takings over the weekend. Let’s hope the Partnership can come up with more ideas to raise even more money at a future event in the Village.”
The first newsletter for 2010 is being printed and will be distributed to members next weekend, together with a copy of the Village Directory. If you would like to read a copy go to the Pages column. You will need to have Microsoft Word software on your computer.
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On Monday 21st December there will be carol singing around the Christmas tree on the village square. Come along for 7pm. Carol sheets will be provided.
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