As Amazon have now closed their ‘Amazon Smile’ donation scheme, we have instead enrolled the Trust with ‘Give As You Live Online’. Please consider signing up to this new scheme to help us generate additional funds in support of the work of the Trust.
https://www.giveasyoulive.com/charity/shotley-bridge-village-community-trust
Volunteers from the Blooming group of the Village Trust were hard at work today weeding and sweeping the ‘Triangle’ and preparing for tub planting day later this month.
Another 10 new tubs have been purchased to replace more of the dilapidated tubs that were first planted in 2010. They will need to be painted and prepared over the next week and filled with compost. The old tubs will also need to be broken up. 13 tubs were replaced earlier this year before the summer bedding was planted.
Thank you again to the Crown & Crossed Swords for letting us have the use of one of their garages to paint the tubs and to our County Councillors, Kevin & Stephen, for providing funding to enable the Trust to purchase the new tubs, bulbs and winter bedding plants.
Six volunteers from the Blooming group of the Shotley Bridge Village Trust dug out the stream, cut back encroaching vegetation and swept the path at ‘The Cut’ this morning.
The bottom end of the path, leading on to The Terrace, has still to be completed.
With the help of the Kiln Pit Hill Wind Farm Community Fund, the Tyne Rivers Trust has been able to install two interpretation boards at Shotley Grove next to the fish pass and boardwalk. They would love to show you the new boards and tell you about the work they have done on the River Derwent, the volunteering opportunities available and other projects throughout the Tyne catchment.
Please join them for an hour or so on the following dates:
Saturday 23rd October at 11am
Saturday 6th November at 11am
Meet on the green bridge by Shotley Grove car park.
Please email s.price@tyneriverstrust.org for further details or to confirm your attendance.
The Village Trust has joined the AmazonSmile programme, so as to allow our members and supporters to donate whilst shopping online.
If you shop at Amazon you will now be able to raise additional funds for our charity, at no extra cost to you or the Trust.
Just follow this link next time you intend shopping at Amazon to set up your account in favour of donations to the Shotley Bridge Village Trust.
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