Community, Environment, News, Volunteering
Following a donation of some plants we were pleased to be able to tidy and refill some more of the barrier planters in the town centre. Another four of them are now full of a nice mixture of bedding and perennials and will hopefully brighten up the town over the next few weeks and months. […]
Community, Environment, News, Volunteering
It had been quite a few weeks since we’d collected litter from the town centre, and it was good to see that the areas we’d collected from previously were notably better than the first time we’d visited. We still accumulated another 25 bags of rubbish from our morning collection taking our annual total to 229. […]
Fundraising, News, Volunteering
We once again volunteered to man a feed station for the Staffordshire Ironman 70.3 half-triathlon event. This involves setting up, preparing the drinks and food, handing them out to the riders (ours was the last station on the cycle ride) and cleaning up after the event finished. A busy few hours for everyone who attended. […]
We were pleased to be able to host a Health Awareness Day this year, our first for some time. It offered free health checks, testing BMI, blood pressure and blood sugar, with relevant advice provided, and follow up via your local GP if needed. Our District Governor Carol and her team of helpers were fantastic! […]
Community, Competitions, Environment, News, Volunteering
With our Health Awareness Day taking place inside the Bloxwich All Active centre today, we decided to target the local area around the centre for litter this week. A somewhat extended collection with 10 volunteers added a further 25 bags to our tally for the year, taking us over 200 for the year to date. […]
Community, Competitions, Environment, News, Volunteering
We returned to Dudley Fields to cover the area along Ashley Road, by the footbridge and around Busill Jones Primary School. It was a good turnout with a few new faces and several returning ones too, and with good weather and a lot of hands we were rewarded with a record breaking 35 bags collected. […]
Community, Environment, News, Volunteering
Our regular litter collection continued with a visit to Dudley Fields. For once, it was a lovely sunny morning for our collectors! We concentrated on the central area by the shops and car parking, and between us added another 19 bags to our ongoing total collected, with an assortment of other items of junk alongside. […]
Community, Environment, News, Volunteering
After clearing King George V Playing Fields recently, it was the turn of Leamore Park today, and our team of 15 great volunteers ignored the showery weather to complete a good clearance of the whole park, with a further 19 bags of rubbish collected. Our total for the year is now well over 100 bags! […]
Community, Environment, News, Volunteering
Our club has recently agreed to take on the management of the planters attached to the town centre railings. There are twenty of these in total, situated around the cenotaph and nearby, and also along the High Street by the banks, the wonderful Bloxwich Hardware and the pedestrian crossing. The first job – tidy them […]
Community, Environment, News, Volunteering
After starting the clear-up of the King George V Playing fields on March 31, we were back to complete the task. Our 14 volunteers did a fantastic job, and we collected an amazing 22 bags of litter leaving the park in a great litter-free state. Let’s hope it stays that way now for a while! […]
