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Tag Archives: volunteering
Greening up Acocks Green
Another weekend of community spirit. On Saturday Acocks Green Village in Bloom were at Stockfield Funday encouraging children and adults to try a little gardening, with pick and mix planters, a plant swap and seed-sowing with children. Anyone who sowed seeds … Continue reading
The Great British Spring Clean
If you live near Yardley Road and are fed up of litter in the gutters and on the pavements then here is a chance to be pro-active. Meet outside the Great Western Pub at 10am. Volunteers will be given equipment … Continue reading
Posted in Acocks Green, Events, things to do, volunteering
Tagged #GBSpringClean, Acocks Green, Alexander Road, Cottesbrook Road, Douglas Road, Elmdon Road, Florence Road, Francis Road, Great Western Pub, litter, litter-picking, Malvern Road, Sherborne Road, train station, volunteering, Yardley Road
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Community Spirit on Grand Union
The weather looked off putting on Sunday for the scheduled clean up on the Grand Union canal, but it dried up and we had a great turn out of around 10 people come along. We pulled out rubbish from the … Continue reading
Posted in Acocks Green, Events, things to do, volunteering
Tagged Acocks Green, Canals and Rivers Trust, Grand Union Canal, litter-picking, volunteering, waterways
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This Sunday on the Grand Union
Come down for an hour or so and do something useful!
Posted in Acocks Green, Events, volunteering
Tagged Acocks Green, Canals and Rivers Trust, Grand Union Canal, Vineries Bridge, volunteering
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Tulip Time!
Local people are invited to join in this community event to enhance our village.
Posted in Acocks Green, Events, things to do, Village in Bloom, volunteering
Tagged Community, gardening, spring bulb planting, team work, tulips, volunteering
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My Guides for Birmingham
Eleanor Stephens from the Guide Dogs charity has been in touch with us. The charity are looking for volunteers (over 18yrs), in our area as ‘My Guides’ As Eleanor says about the role: a rewarding and flexible volunteering role – … Continue reading
Posted in Events, new skills, News, things to do, volunteering
Tagged befriending, blind, charity, guide dogs, local, My Guide Team, partially sighted, rewarding, volunteering
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Watering Duties
Village in Bloom Team have been working hard to keep planters alive around the village in this exceptionally hot and dry weather. They have worked out a watering system with the use of a large water tank on wheels to … Continue reading
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Tagged Acocks Green Village in Bloom, gardening, volunteering, volunteers, watering
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