As part of ‘Blooming Shotley Bridge’ the Trust is again holding a competition for Best Front Gardens within the Northumbria in Bloom entry.
All eligible residents have received a leaflet. [click to enlarge]
Front garden competition
April 23, 2012AGM Notice
April 21, 2012The next Open Meeting of the Trust will be it’s AGM on 22nd May 2012.
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Please note that we are holding the meeting in a new venue which has better disabled access and acoustics.
April PACT poster
April 14, 2012The next PACT meeting is to be held on 3rd May 2012 at 7pm in the Blackhill Baptist Church hall.
If you want to know more about the Benfieldside Neighbourhood Policing Team go to the constabulary website which has updates on for each month, the results of Community Speedwatch and the number of warning letters issued.
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‘The Snods’ Annual Litter Pick
April 7, 2012Shotley Low Quarter Parish Council are organising their “Annual Litter Pick” on Saturday 14th April, starting at 9.30 a.m. from St John’s Parish Hall. They “trawl” the main B6278 through Snods Edge and the local roads leading off this main road.
All equipment such as pickers, hi-viz tabards, gloves & bags etc. are supplied (and usually a cup of something!). (All the rubbish bags are collected by a trailer, brought to the Hall, and then Northumberland County Council collect & remove the the next working day).
It is a worthwhile event to help keep the local countryside free of litter. If you can spare a couple of hours you will be welcome.
Litter pick results
April 1, 2012This weekend, 40 bags of rubbish were collected by 15 volunteers from the Village Trust.
All the litter that could be seen from highways approaching the village [as well as within the village itself] including the Derwent Walk, verges, public open space and private land was picked up. 7 bags of litter was collected along the A694, between the Shotley Bridge and East Law. Most of it being food and drink containers thrown out of vehicles from takeaways, off licences and supermarkets.
We shall need to tidy up the village centre again just before the Spring judging for our entry in Northumbria in Bloom takes place on Thursday 26th April.
Two years ago we picked up 25 bags, but with fewer volunteers we did not reach as far out from the centre of the village.
We are having another litter pick on 9th June, prior to the Olympic torch arriving on the 16th.
Shotley Bridge Village Trust 