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This Saturday and Sunday your local Policing team will be on hand in the cafe area of the Pump House to help keep safe those new Christmas bicycle’s and scooters by offering free bike/scooter marking and also acid etching for a small fee of £1.50 per item.

Just turn up between 1pm and 3pm on Saturday and 2pm and 4pm on Sunday.

Zoe, one of the DWT Pump House volunteers has written an article about last Friday’s Tree dressing in Gheluvelt Park – we’re lucky to have such a talent on our team.

CLICK HERE to read and enjoy the run down of the days events and photos included

December 2011

Wednesday 7^th – Copcut Park, Droitwich: Tree felling, thinning and grounds clearance.

Wednesday 14^th – Amestry wood, Rushwick: Coppicing & scrub clearance.

Wednesday 21^st – No volunteer task (Staff commitments).

Wednesday 28^th – No volunteer task (Christmas holiday).

January 2012

Wednesday 4^th – No volunteer task (Christmas holiday).

Wednesday 11^th – Tom Shell Coppice, Nr. Abberley: Scrub clearance.

Wednesday 18^th – Tolladine Wood, Worcester: Coppice restoration.

Wednesday 25^th – Chapter Meadows, Worcester: scrub clearance and hedge management.

February 2012

Wednesday 1^st – Chapter Meadows, Worcester: scrub clearance and hedge management.

Wednesday 8^th – Plantation Drive, Worcester (With WCC): Hedge laying.

Wednesday 15^th – Plantation Drive, Worcester (With WCC): Hedge laying.

Wednesday 22^nd – Venue and task TBA

Wednesday 29^th – Venue and task TBA

It has been brought to our attention that the volunteer task dates are difficult to locate on this site as they are pushed off the current page by newer posts. A permanent link can be found by navigating to the About Us tab, then Job Vacancies and Volunteering Opportunities and scrolling down to the Conservation Task Diary Dates link 3/4 of the way down the page. Alternatively, you can give your mouse a rest and click here

Ironically, this post will also be pushed down by newer posts, so please take note of where to find the dates.

Not wanted to throw away a favourite piece of clothing or material?

Wanted to make it into something new?

Need a hat for this winter?

The Pump House has all the answers this weekend! Kooky Creations are facilitating an upcycling workshop in the meeting room upstairs at the Pump House this saturday from 10am.

Phone 01905 357305 or see www.kookycreations.co.uk for more information

Calling all hat enthusiasts- on Saturday October 29th upstairs in the meeting room we have a Kooky Creations hat workshop from 10am to 1pm.

All you’ll need is a piece of clothing you’d want to ‘up-cycle’ or a favourite piece of fabric and Gaynor from Kooky Creations will help you create a new hat for the autumn winter season of 2011!

Booking is necessary so contact Gaynor on 07956 844865 or visit www.kookycreations.co.uk to find out more!

‘To mark this year’s national Tree Dressing weekend, in Gheluvelt Park on Friday 2nd December, we will be sharing in a social celebration of our park trees.

Over the coming weeks we aim to create a community art expression of everyday nature by using the tradition of knitting and french knitting to draw attention to the trees we take for granted.

From October 15th when we celebrate the 5th Birthday of the Pump House based ‘United in Knitting Group’, we will have french knitting ‘dolls’ and wool at the Centre.

From this date onwards we invite young and old, professional and amateur to ‘drop in’ and make a stretch of knitting to create a glade under our favourite Beech Tree in the formal part of the park.

We will honour the tradition of knitting by creating a scrap book of thoughts and memories that everyone involved can add to, sharing their experiences.

The City Council Tree Team will be involved in hanging the knitted creations on December 2nd. All are welcome to watch them scale the trees with harnesses and ropes to hang our creations.

The Transition Worcester Food Group are organising a “glut” cookery evening with Bromsgrove chef Anita Sharma-James on Saturday 15th October.

The event will involve bringing your surplus homegrown or local veg, watching and helping Anita turn them into delicious Indian-inspired vegetarian dishes, and sharing an informal meal.

The evening will be free, with any donations going towards room hire.

The venue is provisionally the Blakefield Room at St. John-in-Bedwardine Church, St. Johns, between 5:30 and 8:30 pm.

If this event is for you, please let Transition Worcester know by the evening of Monday 3rd October, so that they can confirm the room booking!

Please reply to this email address – transitionworcester@gmail.com or phone 01905 722056

The Big Switch Off is this Friday- the 23rd September- between 16.30 and 18.30 when we can all make a combined effort to switch off those unused electrical items and see how much energy we can save. Western Power Distribution will be monitoring the switch off and in previous years there has been a 2.8% reduction in electricity consumption.

Switching off not only reduces energy consumption and CO2 emissions but can also save you money!

For more information see  http://www.warmerworcestershire.com/