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Bike Know How cancelled this weekend

Sorry everyone but the bike know how workshop planned for this sunday, 30th October has been cancelled. All other dates in the future are still good to go.

See www.choosecycling.org.uk for the next dates and more info.

Pump House Pumpkins

All are welcome this half term to see our display of pumpkins in the cafe area, including a special carved one by local sci-fi & fantasy artist and DWT volunteer John Harding.

John has  2 exhibitions this holiday in Sidbury, Worcester; a special Halloween one at the Kestrel Gallery in Sidbury this weekend and also a display case in the Commandary until November 3rd. Check them out but not for the faint hearted!

United in Knitting 5th Birthday this Saturday!

Don’t forget the 11am start of the celebrations of all things knitted, crotched and needlepointed this Saturday by United in Knitting.

Also come along and meet Knitting Nancy, Knitting Ned and the family!

They’ll tell you all about how easy it is to knit and how to get involved with this years Tree Dressings in Gheluvelt Park.

We will be uniting our park with knitting and dressing our favourite Beech Tree in the formal part of the Park on the first full weekend in December.

You have 6 weeks to meet the family!

 

See you  on Saturday 15th October!

Macmillan Fundraiser Events

PLEASE COME AND JOIN US AT THE PUMP HOUSE ENVIRONMENT CENTRE

FOR MACMILLAN’s BIG COFFEE MORNING

on Tuesday 27 September and Saturday 1 October.

 

The local team from FOREVER LIVING PRODUCTS will be here to show you the remarkable properties of aloe vera and how it can benefit our health and wellbeing on many levels.   Forever’s natural range of aloe vera and beehive products include; drinks and supplements, personal care, beauty products and cosmetics. Many of the products are also suitable for animals, and there are lots of lovely, gift wrapped Christmas ideas.

 

DWT will also donate 10% of all cafe sales during the event to Macmillan Cancer Support.

 

So please come and join Forever and the Duckworth Worcestershire Trust and spoil yourself with coffee and delicious home-made cakes, do a little Christmas shopping, and help us to raise money for MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT.

Fall dates for Worcester EC Babies

Worcester EC Babies meet every second Saturday in the month upstairs in the Pump House meeting room to share the skills used in environmentally friendly Elimination Communication which is a gentle learning practice in which the caregiver uses timing, signals, cues and intuition to respond to an infants need to use the toilet.

Meeting time is 3pm  and contact Daria on 07969 907 888 for more information

Gheluvelt Park Community Fitness Festival

Apple Pressing Days

Transition Worcester have organised Apple Pressing Days in and around the city during September, October and November.

Perfect if you have a glut of fruit from the trees in your garden.All you need to take with you is the fruit and bottles and you’ll leave with your own pressed juice!

Click on the link below for more details;

Juice Pressing

http://www.transitionworcester.org.uk/

Children’s Summer Holiday Activities 2011

Tuesday 26th July                 Survival skills

10.30-12.30am For 5 year olds and above    £3 per child

(shelter building and fire building inc a hot choc)


Thursday 28th July              Environmental Art

10.30-11.30am      £2 per child

(Natural art using materials found outside)


Friday 29th July                    Pond Tastic

10.30-11.30am   (This is dependant on us recieving more rainfall in the next few weeks as our pond level is currently to low) £2 per child


Thursday 4th August           Survival skills

10.30-12.30am For 5 year olds and above    £3 per child

(shelter building and fire building inc a hot choc)


Tuesday 9th August             Survival skills

10.30-12.30am For 5 year olds and above    £3 per child

(shelter building and fire building inc a hot choc)


Wednesday 10th August      Free Playday

Circus Skills and equipment     10-12am    Poi     1-3pm  circus skills


Wednesday 17 th August     Free Family Blackberry Picking Event

10am-2pm on Chapter Meadows (inc stalls,toilets and free blackberries!)


Thursday 25th August      Clay Play

1.30pm-2.30pm     £2 per child

(A make and Take activity using air drying clay )

 

All activities except for the 17th August need booking onto .To Book ring Laura on  01905 734980 or email education@dwt.org.uk.  Please note that until you have had confirmation your place isn’t booked. Payment is taken for activities on the day and we ask that if you are unable to attend you ring by 8am so that we can offer the places to other people.

Children must be accompanied by an adult and we ask that suitable clothing is worn.

Proms in the Park- evening event at the Pump House

The Pump House will be opening until 8pm on Friday 8th July to celebrate the Schools Proms in Gheluvelt Park. We also have the added enjoyment of participating school quartets playing downstairs in the cafe area.

We look forward to seeing you there and have a great week enjoying the Schools Proms in the Park from 10am every day.

Free ‘Build a bin’ practical course